Bollywood wishes Aamir Khan on his birthday

Mumbai: Aamir Khan has etched an image as Bollywood's 'Mr. Perfectionist' in action-packed, comedy, romantic and emotional movies in his career of over 25 years. As the superstar turned 50 on Saturday, his co-stars and directors talked about a different and fun side of him.
While actress Preity Zinta feels that along with dedication to his work the star has a streak of madness that adds a zing to life, Amisha Patel says that he will always be 22 for her.
Directors like Rajkumar Santoshi and Indra Kumar also kept his professional life aside and described Aamir as a "true friend".
Aamir has regaled his fans with films such as "Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak", "Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke", "Sarfarosh", "Lagaan", "Rang De Basanti", "Fanaa", "Ghajini", "3 Idiots" and "Talaash" and the very recent "PK" during his long career of more than two decades.
He is currently busy preparing for his role as a wrestler in "Dangal".
On turning 50, some stars and directors shared their opinion about Aamir and wished him a "more successful life" ahead.
Preity Zinta: Aamir has always been very focused on his work, dedicated, sweet, a bit mad and a lot of fun. We had a lot of fun working in "Dil Chahta Hai". It was a youthful film. And we were all young, and raring to go. All of us had a ball working on it.
Amisha Patel: Everyone knows Aamir to be a perfectionist. But only those who have worked with him can vouch for his integrity. I am one of the lucky heroines who had the privilege of doing one of my most important films "The Rising: Ballad of Mangal Pandey" with Aamir. It was at the audition for "Lagaan" that I met Aamir for the first time. I remember he was a superstar. I was a nobody. Yet he treated me so gently and affectionately. I learnt so much just watching Aamir at work. Honesty comes naturally to him. Is he really turning 50? To me he's eternally 22.
Urmila Matondkar: It was wonderful working with Aamir (in "Rangeela"). The best thing about working with him is that you can explore any number of ways of approaching the same scene and then working out the best possible way of executing that scene. I wish him many more successful films.
Rajkumar Santoshi (who worked with Aamir in "Andaz Apna Apna"): The Aamir that I know is honest, sincere, and a hardworking actor, a sensitive person and a true friend.
John Matthew Matthan ( who worked with the superstar in "Sarfarosh"): The Aamir that I know is a great guy to know and work with.
Indra Kumar (worked with Aamir in "Dil") : He is a truly good human being and emotional. He is always there to help family and friends.
Ashutosh Gowariker (Worked with Aamir in "Lagaan"): The Aamir I know is an enigma.
Vijay Krishna Acharya (Worked with him in "Dhoom:3" ): The Aamir that I know is normal and naughty.

Losing 'Singh is Bling' unfortunate: Kriti Sanon

Mumbai: Kriti Sanon, who made her Bollywood debut with "Heropanti", has stepped out of "Singh Is Bling" due to constant delays. The actress says its very unfortunate that she couldn't do the film.
Directed by Prabhudeva, "Singh Is Bling" features Akshay Kumar in the lead role and Kriti hopes that she will get the chance to work with both in future.
"I feel disappointed as I really wanted to do that film. I hope I get an opportunity to work with Akshay Kumar and Prabhudeva as they are very supportive people," Kriti told reporters in a group interview.
"I think it's unfortunate that I was not able to do that film but someday I will get to work with them," she added.
The actress, who even started learning karate for the film, says skills never go waste.
"As far as learning is concerned, you are adding this to your talent. Whatever you learn will never go waste. It will be beneficial for me in future," she said.

 Sanjay Gupta: Working with Shabana Azmi like crossing a milestone

Mumbai: Filmmaker Sanjay Gupta is elated over teaming up with Shabana Azmi for his film "Jazbaa". He says working with the veteran actress and social activist takes his career to a new high.
The filmmaker took to micro-blogging site Twitter to share his thoughts before starting the shoot with the actress on Sunday.
"Oh and tomorrow will be first day on JAZBAA set with Shabanaji. Working with her will be another milestone crossed in my career," Gupta tweeted on Saturday.
The actress is known to take audiences to a different zone with her acting and expressions and has kept a balance between parallel and commercial cinema in her career.
Shabana, who is married to writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar, is credited for her critical performance in films like "Ankur", "Arth", "Junoon" and "Amar Akbar Anthony".
In recent times, she has won accolades for her work in "Fire", "Godmother", "Morning Raga" and "Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd." and "Matru ki Bijlee ka Mandola".
Meanwhile, "Jazbaa" has grabbed eye-balls for many reasons as it is also the comeback vehicle of Aishwarya Rai.
The film also features Irrfan Khan, Anupam Kher, Atul Kulkarni, Chandan Roy Sanyal and John Abraham in a cameo.

Alia Bhatt turns 22, B-town wishes her success
Bollywood celebrities led by Abhishek Bachchan, Parineeti Chopra, Shraddha Kapoor and among others took to Twitter to extend their warm wishes for actress Alia Bhatt as she turned 22 today.

Shraddha said, ""@aliaa08 birthday time!!! Happy happpppy birthday!!! Have lots of fun and lots of cake!!! ;) :D MUAAAHH."

"Aliaaaa!! @aliaa08 Wish you the happiest of birthdays!!!! Lots of love, happiness and success to you :) !!!!," Parineeti tweeted.