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IMAGE: Poonam Pandey visits Kumbh mela

September 11, 2015 11:47 IST
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A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities:

 

Starlet Poonam Pandey recently paid a visit to the ongoing Kumbh Mela, took a dip in the holy Sangam water and sought blessings.

She posted a picture, above, and tweeted: ‘Just visited KumbMela...Proud to be an Indian, Proud to be a Hindu.’ 

She shared some more pictures and added: ‘Born Free..Live Free..Sin free ;) Me after visiting KumbMela !!!’ 

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'All the best to team Hero!'

Several celebrities turned to Twitter wish luck to Sooraj Pancholi and Athiya Shetty for their debut film Hero that released today:

Hrithik Roshan: Loved d promos of #HERO. @soorajpancholi9 n @theathiyashetty ur blessed Im watching it dis sat. Bright light n love! Cu soon.

Alia Bhatt: All the best and lots of love @soorajpancholi9 and @theathiyashetty !!!!!! #Hero today.

Amy Jackson: I can't get enough of you both on screen @theathiyashetty @soorajpancholi9 Absolutely loved Hero.

Elli Avram: Hero it was beautiful to watch @soorajpancholi9 & @theathiyashetty :)))) lots of love to both of you rock stars!!

Arjun Rampal: All the best to team #Hero ur hero director @nickadvani this beautiful new pair of @theathiyashetty @soorajpancholi9 wish u all the success

Ayushmann Khurrana: Best of luck @nickadvani @soorajpancholi9 @theathiyashetty! This is your happy Friday! :-)

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Amitabh Bachchan, Ratan Tata to join fight against TB

 

Amitabh Bachchan, who has been associated with many social causes, recently launched a campaign against tuberculosis.

He shared a picture from the event, above, and tweeted: ‘I pledge my support for a #TBFreeIndia @forTBfreeIndia @TheUnion_TBLH .. with Mr Ratan Tata & US Ambassador.’ 

‘I am a TB survivor #TB, know that it is curable and one can overcome it,’ he added.

The Call to Action for a TB-Free India campaign is an initiative led by Government of India to engage corporate, civil society and community leaders to end TB in the country.

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Sonam, Priyanka praise Sonakshi for defending herself

Bollywood actresses really do have each other's back in times of crisis.

After Sonakshi Sinha was trolled for expressing her views on Mumbai’s controversial meat ban, her colleagues Sonam Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra turned to Twitter to support her.

Sonam Kapoor ‏tweeted: ‘I'm super proud of @sonakshisinha for having the courage to have an opinion and not backing down.. #whattagirl #wearyourcourage #bulliessuck. To everyone out there please have the courage to stand up to bullies, trolls and people who generally put you down… Have an opinion whether it's good bad or ugly.. Let no one silence your voice.. Have the courage to stand up for what you think is right!’

Priyanka Chopra wrote: ‘People hide behind wt they want the world 2 see them as cause it's easier! Standing up for urself takes OVARIES! Go @sonakshisinha #TweetTweak.’

Meanwhile, Sonakshi is getting away from all the social media madness.

Her dad Shatrughan Sinha tweeted: ‘Off for a short vacation - of the family, by the family and for the family. Looking forward to some good news on my return...God willing.’

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Shah Rukh: Whenever I see FAN the film, I become arrogant

Shah Rukh Khan seems happy with the way his upcoming film Fan is turning out.

The 49-year-old actor took to Twitter to thank director Maneesh Sharma and tweeted: ‘Whatever anyone might say... the honest truth is that whenever I see FAN the film, I become arrogant. Thx Maneesh & team for finding me again.’

Produced by Aditya Chopra, the film also stars Waluscha De Sousa, Illeana D'Cruz, Shriya Pilgaonkar and Ali Fazal.

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Asha Bhosle: Sania Mirza is such a nice person

 

Veteran singer Asha Bhosle, who is in the US on a musical tour, recently caught up with tennis star Sania Mirza.

She posted a picture, above, and tweeted: ‘NYC: Sania Mirza & I wishing each other best of luck for our respective events on 13 sep 2015.’ 

‘She's such a nice person. I wish her all the best and hope she wins the U.S. Tennis Title on 13 September '15,’ she added.

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Tamannaah Bhatia, Ravi Teja take Bengal Tiger to Switzerland

Actors Tamannaah Bhatia and Ravi Teja are currently in Switzerland to shoot a song for Sampath Nandi’s upcoming Telugu film Bengal Tiger.

Tamannaah tweeted: ‘Enroute #Switzerland , song shoot for #Bengaltiger @DirectorSampath with Raviteja sir.’

The film also stars Rashi Khanna and Boman Irani.

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Kunal Khemmu, Zoa Morani gear up for Bhaag Johnny

 

Actors Kunal Khemmu and Zoa Morani have started touring the country to promote their much-delayed film Bhaag Johnny.

Kunal posted a picture, above, and tweeted: ‘Some movie promotions happen at gun point. Lol;) #bhaagjohnny promotions in Raipur today.’ 

Directed by Shivam Nair, the thriller will release on September 25.

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