Like the rest of the world, the film fraternity was shocked by the Peshawar school massacre.
The cast and crew of the Hindi film Duronto paid tribute to the victims. Manoj Bajpayee posted a picture from the sets, and tweeted: 'Film unit of DURONTO observed 2 mts of silence in memory of the children killed in peshawar.'
Aamir Khan: 'Just heard about the innocent children being killed in Peshawar. I'm devastated.'
Shah Rukh Khan: 'The soul is healed by being with children. Extreme anger & disgust for all those who took our children, our future, our healers away.'
Shatrughan Sinha: 'Strongly feel that the Indian Parliament should be adjourned tomorrow as a tribute to the children & teachers who have lost their lives and also to salute the security forces of Pakistan who managed to save more than 900 children. It should be seen as India's protest against terrorism in the sub-continent and we should make it a statement for expressing the solidarity of the SAARC nations.'
Shekhar Kapur: 'Killings of innocent children is not justified in any religion or culture. Its an act by depraved desperate and Godless men.'
Pritish Nandy: 'Its time for India and Pakistan to set aside all their silly differences and fight terrorism as their common enemy. If anything can heal Indo-Pak relations its this fight against a common enemy, terrorism. We both have lost too much, too many times.'
Anushka Sharma: 'So bloody sad & outraged seeing the photos . What kind of world is this ?mass murdering children ? Only sick minds & cowards can do this. This is the cruellest most inhuman cowardice act. it pains me so much.Prayers & strength with the families of the innocent kids killed.'
Varun Dhawan: 'Darkest day of the human race. No RELIGION tells you to kill children.cant believe someone is capable of this monstrosity.'
Alia Bhatt: 'No such thing as humanity.Its appalling to even think that we are capable of being so monstrous and so majorly MESSED UP!!!'
Preity Zinta: 'So sad to hear about the massacre of school kids in Pakistan. Acts like this are not acts of TERROR but of pure COWARDICE.'
Bipasha denies dating Karan Singh Grover
Bipasha Basu, who recently split with boyfriend Harman Baweja, took to Twitter to clear the air about her Alone co-star. 'I am not dating Karan,' she wrote.
Alone will release on January 16.
Pooja Bhatt signs Diandra
Model Diandra Soares, who recently got evicted from reality show Bigg Boss 8, is all set to enter Bollywood. Actress-turned-filmmaker Pooja Bhatt has already signed her up for two films.
Meanwhile, Diandra is enjoying her time outside. She wrote: 'Feeling so much love, met so many people today who hv come up to me n said they hv stopped watching BB8 now! Lots of love to u all- blessed! I wish n hope everyone in BB8 house can keep calm even under stressful situations n stay true n honest to themselves n the audiences!!!!'
Sunny Leone is the most searched celebrity in India
According to Google, Indo-American actress Sunny Leone is the most searched celebrity in India. She was followed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Deepika Padukone, Alia Bhatt, Priyanka Chopra, Shah Rukh Khan and Poonam Pandey.
She thanked her fans and wrote: 'Thank you to all who have made me 1of the most searched in India! I never count awards as success but this news is my reward! Love you all!'
Ritiesh Deshmukh turns 36
Actor Riteish Deshmukh turns 36 on December 17 and his wife Genelia D'Souza took to Twitter to wish him.
'Happy Birthday to the one person who I admire the most and adore the mostest.. My Navra..The Father of my child..The bestest Ever,' she wrote.
Ritiesh will be next seen in Bangistan, which is scheduled to release on April 17.
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