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Sridevi, Bipasha celebrate Onam

September 16, 2013 17:58 IST

Image: Sridevi
Photographs: Pradeep Bandekar

Here's what your favourtie Bollywood celebrities are tweeting.

Bollywood stars joined their fans to celebrate the festival of Onam, and tweeted their wishes:

Sridevi: Wishing a joyful and prosperous Onam and a wonderful year ahead.

Prabhudheva: Happy onam friends! Have a great time with your loved ones.

Bipasha Basu: I have a strong mallu connection! My brother in law Rohit is from Kerala:) Hence the Onam celebration at home.

R Madhavan: To all my lovely Malayali people....Happy Onam to you all.

Poonam Pandey: Wishing all a very Happy Onam. Its Interesting how all festivals come at the same time Idd, Parjusan, Ganesh and now Onam.. Amazing.;)

Manoj Bajpayee: Happy onam to all of you!be happy and peaceful!

Anupam Kher: Happy Onam to All. Love, Happiness & Peace Always.:)

Aditi Rao Hydari: Onam!!! Happy happy to you all- now where is the onam sadya? parapu saadam with ghee! yummmmmmy!

Dhanush: Happy onam guys. and Nayyandi single track from tom.

Ronit Roy: Here's wishing all my friends in the south and from the south a very Happy Onam.

Madhur Bhandarkar: May God bless u and the colour & lights of Onam fill your home with happiness and joy. HAVE A HAPPY ONAM.

Neha Dhupia: I was born and raised in #kerela and this day would always mean a week long of festivities! Happy #onam friends !

'Get well soon, Dilipsaab'

Image: Dilip Kumar
Photographs: Pradeep Bandekar

Several Bollywood stars turned to Twitter to tweet get well wishes for veteran actor Dilip Kumar, who was hospitalised on Sunday evening after he complained of uneasiness in the chest.

Shabana Azmi: Reports say Dilip Kumar Sb in hospital due to heart attack. Praying for the speedy recovery of a tremendous actor and a remarkable man.

Sanjay Gupta: A silent prayer for Dilip Saab to get better soon.

Saroj Khan: Get well soon Dilip Kumar Sahab. May Allah, the Almighty bless him with speedy recovery.

Manoj Bajpayee: Good morning!lets all pray for the speedy recovery of our gr8 dilip kumar ji!

'Winning hearts means more than winning a trophy'

Image: Lauren Gottlieb and Hrithik Roshan on the grand finale of Jhalak Dhikhhla Jaa 6
Photographs: Pradeep Bandekar

American performer Lauren Gottlieb, who lost the Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 6 title to Dhrasti Dhami, turned to Twitter to thank her fans for the love.

‘Sometimes when you give your heart, soul, and 100% to something the outcome doesn't matter...it's the journey that matters. Thank you so much for makin me and @punitjpathak #Jhalak journey so beautiful and memorable. I mean it from the bottom of my heart THANK YOU,’ she tweeted.

‘Even though I am the runner up I truly feel like I won the hearts of everyone in India and that to me means more than winning a trophy. ‘To come from a different country and be voted all the way to the finale just shows how much love and warmth the people of India have. I've fallen in love with India and the people out here. I came into India as a foreigner but I'm staying in India as an Indian,’ she added.

Winner Drashti Dhami also thanked her fans: ‘Helo! Finally we did it !honestly wouldnt b possible witnt u all !Thanks for all the prayers n votes ! Muah sorry 4 the delay.Love u all.’

Judge Karan Johar tweeted his vote of thanks: ‘Thank you the entire #Jhalak team and everyone at #Colrs for making the show so immensely fun and hugely Popular!!! The standard is set.'

Madhur Bhandarkar attends Ladakh International Film Festival

Image: Madhur Bhandarkar
Photographs: Madhur Bhandarkar/twitter

Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar, who is busy scripting his next romantic film, attended the second edition of Ladakh International Film Festival (LIFF).

He shared a picture and tweeted: ‘Indus River pic.#ladakh film festival 2013’ 

He shared another picture with lyricist Gulzar and added: ‘Sharing one more pic with my favourite Gulzaar saab.’ 

Filmmakers Vishal Bhardwaj, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, and Aparna Sen were also spotted at the festival.

Akshay Kumar, who is currently shooting AR Murugadoss' Thuppakki remake titled Pistol, shared a picture from the sets and tweeted: ‘Warning to all eve-teasers, never mess with women again! This picture will tell you why.’ 

Meanwhile, he has teamed up with director Neeraj Pandey again for a film which will go on floors by next year. Confirming the same, he wrote: ‘Film-making is an art & I believe Neeraj Pandey is a fine artist who brings out the better in me. Glad to be teaming up with my #Special26 director again.’