Sushmita to celebrate 35th birthday in Dubai (Movie Snippets)

NEW DELHI - Bollywood actress Sushmita Sen is heading to Dubai with her two adopted daughters to celebrate her 35th birthday Nov 19.

“At the international airport with kids flying to Dubai to bring in birthday with mom… and what a mess at d airport!!! Some drill taking place,” Sushmita posted on her Twitter page Saturday.

Sushmita’s spirits for her birthday break already seem dampened. “Entire airport evacuated… all passengers standing out in the heat, flying tempers, raised voices… what a way to begin!! Truly sad,” she wrote.

The former Miss Universe, who has featured in films like “Biwi No.1″, “Main Hoon Na” and “Do Knot Disturb”, adopted her first daughter named Renee in 2000. She adopted another girl in January this year, and named her Alisah.

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Generous Hrithik gifts lakhs!

Hrithik Roshan’s generosity knew no bounds on Zee TV’s reality show “Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Singing Superstar” when he took out his cheque book and gave Rs.100,000 each to the top seven contestants on the music reality show.

The contestants - Abhilasha, Ali Sher, Kamal, Sugandha, Sniti, Bisakh and Ranjeet - felt on top of the world.

Abhilasha, who sang a song from Hrithik’s upcoming film “Guzaarish”, said she is confused about what to do with the cheque.

“I’m in two minds. I don’t know what to do with the cheque - should I encash it or preserve it for the life time for generations to see!!!” she said.

Though Hrithik had thought of rewarding the best singer, he couldn’t control himself and rewarded all the contestants.

“I thought I will give one cheque to the best singer of the evening… but looking at this pool of talent, I can’t help but reward all of them with whatever little I can,” Hrithik said on the show.

“Aaj jitna mera bank balance kam huya hai… ussse kayi zyada main apne dil mein leke ja raha hoon (Whatever effect of this gesture has happened on my bank balance, I am taking much more than that in my heart from this platform),” he added.

The actor came as a guest on the show to promote “Guzaarish”.

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Bipasha has ’super fun’ time in Australia

Bengali beauty Bipasha Basu says she had a lot of fun while preparing for her first international project “Singularity” in Australia.

“My preparation for ‘Singularity’ was super fun! Horse riding, underwater swimming, rehearsals and discussions with the cast, working on my look! Great team,” Bipasha posted on Twitter.

The actress went to Brisbane for initial rehearsals of the movie, being helmed by English-French director Roland Joffe.

“Back from Australia. In Mumbai for a day, setting new look for ‘Players’, leaving for Goa to start shoot! Really hectic days,” she added.