Farhan Akhtar turned to Twitter to share co-star Priyanka Chopra’s first look in Dil Dhadakne Do and tweeted: ‘Counting down to DDD-Day. Trailer launch in a week. For today, here's a peek @priyankachopra's look in @DDDTheFilm.’
Dil Dhadakne Do revolves around a dysfunctional Punjabi family on a cruise trip. It will release on June 5.
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Happy Birthday Jaya Bachchan
Jaya Bachchan celebrated her 67th birthday on April 9 and several celebrities wished her on Twitter:
Abhishek Bachchan: Happy Birthday Ma. Love you eternally.
Sujoy Ghosh: Today is jayadi's happy birthday.. one of my favourite actress of all time. you have to see some of her bengali works.. faatafati stuff!
Aditi Rao Hydari: Happy birthday to the timeless #JayaBachchan... Love love love her.
Prosenjit Chatterjee: Happy birthday2d beautiful lady I hv ever met and an amazing actress 4m whom one can learn a lot. God bless u Jaya di.
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PK to release in Germany
Aamir Khan-starrer PK will release in Germany on April 16.
Director Rajkumar Hirani tweeted: 'Guten Tag Germany! Excited to announce that #PK will hit cinema screens in Germany on April 16th! #PKInGermany.’
The film co-stars Anushka Sharma, Sushant Singh Rajput, Boman Irani, Saurabh Shukla, and Sanjay Dutt.
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Lara Dutta gears up for Fitoor
Lara Dutta Bhupathi will start shooting for Abhishek Kapoor’s next, Fitoor.
‘Sagar ke uss paar, for the Fitoor shoot today! Am hoping this hot day is going to give way to a cooler evening! #allnighter!’ Dutta tweeted.
The film is based on Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations, and will also star Rekha, Katrina Kaif and Aditya Roy Kapur.
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Abhishek starts shooting for Hera Pheri 3
Abhishek Bachchan is shooting for Hera Pheri 3 in Dubai. The actor tweeted: ‘Hera Pheri shoot day 1. Here we go….. #GoForIt.’
The film will also feature John Abraham, Paresh Rawal and Suniel Shetty.
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Subhash Ghai catches up with Lata Mangeshkar
Filmmaker Subhash Ghai, who worked with Lata Mangeshkar in many films, recently paid her a visit at her residence in Mumbai.
He shared a picture of them (above) and tweeted: ‘It was just great to chat with singing queen of india lata ji @her home wth many interesting flashbacks of music life.’
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Lupita Nyong'o shoots for Queen of Katwe
Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong'o has started shooting for Mira Nair’s upcoming film Queen of Katwe Uganda.
Mira Nair shared a picture from the sets (above) and tweeted: ‘Robert Katende breaks coconut on first day shooting #queenofkatwe w remarkable #lupitanyong'o in my beloved Kampala.'
The film will tell the story of Ugandan chess wunderkind Phiona Mutesi.
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