Amitabh apologises to Rajnikanth

Amitabh Bachchan didn't think that his twitter joke on Tamil superstar Rajnikanth would anger so many of his fans.

'Someone sent me this on mobile: "When Graham Bell discovered the telephone, he found two missed calls from Rajnikant!!" Brilliant,' Bachchan had tweeted earlier.

He immediately corrected: 'Ok! Graham Bell 'invented' the telephone ... not 'discovered' as written earlier .. in Rajni joke .. !!! Apologies!!'

He clarified to a fan that he wasn't making fun of the superstar. 'Not making fun of him ...praising his status and his greatness ..he is noble successful humble person , and revered like a God,' he added.

Hindus all over the world are celebrating Ram Navami today, the birth anniversary of Lord Ram. Bollywood stars tweeted in their wishes.

Celina Jaitley tweeted: 'Heres wishing all u PUPPYLICIOUS tweeties a SHUBH RAM NAVMI .. may the Ram in us always overcome the RAKSHASAs of R soul.'

Madhur Bhandarkar wished his fans: 'Happy Ram Navami to ur friends & family.'

Neil Nitin Mukesh is off to Shirdi to mark the occasion. 'On my way to shirdi! And what better day than RAM NAVAMI,' he tweeted.

Abhishek Bachchan greeted his fans: 'Good morning and happy Ram Navami everyone.'

Amitabh Bachchan tweeted: 'Ram Navmi ke paavan avsar pe aap sab ko hardik shubhkamanayein .. sneh, shraddha, samriddhi aur mangalmay jeevan!'

Bipasha Basu decided to get active on twitter, now that her film Dum Maaro Dum is coming up for release.

'Hey all! I know I have hardly been active on twitter! There is so much work happening that I seriously don't get much time to myself even! I just want you all to know that I appreciate each one of ur tweets so much! Thank you for all your love n support always!' she updated.

Priyanka Chopra, Shahid Kapoor and Kunal Kohli are in Notthingham, UK, working on their latest film. Kohli tweeted: 'On recce in Nottingham for my film with Shahid and Priyanka.'

Does this mean Priyanka and Shahid are back together?

Actors cheered Australian cricketer Shane Watson, who broke the ODI record for the most number of sixes scored in a one-day innings.

Shilpa Shetty seemed really happy for picking him for her team. 'Go Watson!Can't wait to c u with the Royals..Congrats!Wat an achievement! Pl save some of those Sixes for RR;) ha ha ha. Take a bow on ure ODI World record..U desrve it:) :) can't stop smiling:) :) :)' she tweeted.

Sonakshi Sinha posted a picture of her from Hyderabad. 'Live mad. After effects of launching the provogue store in hyderabad. Hydera-GOOD,' she tweeted.

Bipasha Basu, on the other hand, had a party with crew of Singularity at Amar Mahal in Orchha. She tweeted: 'Celebration with the singularity crew after India won the world cup! Everyone was so ecstatic!