Here’s what the celebrities posted on Twitter on his death:

Salman Khan: This Freedom at last. Hope they give him to his family. We all tried, guess not hard enough. May god give his family strength and his soul rest in peace.

Madhur Bhandarkar: This Pakistan should have sent his body earlier to India. Feel sad for Sarabjit Singh’s family. For them, the long hopeful wait has come to a sad end. His death will always be a reminder of petty minded politics.

Javed Akhtar: This Some day I may forget Kargil, but will never forget Sarabjit’s murder. It is an act of extreme meanness by a very petty minded establishment.

Mahesh Bhatt: This Sarabjit Singh’s death has pushed the Indo-Pak relationship to the brink. The Pakistan civil society needs to push their government to act humanly..

Kunal Kohli: This Dear Sarabjit’s family. Like the families of Nirbhaya, the beheaded solider, the 5-year-old old raped girl. Your son too will not get justice.

Farhan Akhtar: This With Sarabjit’s death, Pakistan has painted itself a heartless villain, even in the most forgiving Indian’s eye. Unforgettable insensitivity. RIP.

Sophie Choudry: This RIP Sarabjit Singh. Strength, prayers and condolences to the family. Hate may have killed him, but red tape let him die.

Sonam Kapoor: This I feel betrayed as an Indian.

Aadesh Shrivastava: This Sarabjit ki mout ka zimmeydaar Pakistan ke saath saath hamari sarkaar bhi zimmedaar hai..bahut hi dukh ki aur sharm ki baat hai. (Our government is equally responsible just like Pakistan’s government for Sarabjit’s death. It is a matter of grief of shame.)

Sarabjit Singh died in a Lahore hospital Thursday, a week after being severly beaten up by two fellow inmates in jail. He had been sentenced to death for bomb blasts in Lahore and Multan that left 14 people dead.

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Madhur Bhandarkar at an event

I vividly remember my first interaction with Madhur Bhandarkar when he was gearing up for the release of Corporate. Six years, quite a few films and several conversations later, one thing that has always held true for Madhur Bhandarkar is the sheer positive outlook that he brings with him. Always in a cheerful mood regardless of the work pressure he may be facing due to his film commitments of the tense situation he may be in due to certain unsavoury controversies in life, the man has never stopped smiling.

Currently in a holiday mood and looking forward to making some big announcements at the start of next year, Madhur is in a retrospective mood as he looks back at 2012 that saw him finally realising his dream of telling the tale of Heroine and then also getting acquitted of the rape charge that was haunting him for nearly a decade.

“Well, of course it has been a great feeling and I would first and foremost say thanks to God. I have stayed strong all this while just due to my belief in God. This is the reason why I have always said that I am God’s blessed child,” Madhur brings on a smile here, “Obviously nothing would have been possible if not for my family which always stood by me. My friends, relatives, brothers, they have always been there since 2004 when the ordeal began.”

However if one felt that he would be seen laughing away to glory after the feeling of being set free, that was not the case to be. Instead, it was a sigh of relief that one could clearly sense, hence proving it once again that beneath the status of a celebrity, he was a normal human being after all who was clearly disturbed by the happenings in his life and was not looking at a new phase ahead which didn’t have place for any blemishes from the past and was only looking ahead for a blossoming future.

“To survive eight and a half long years in such a situation is a very big thing but that never unfazed me or demoralised me,” he reminisces, “On the contrary my career has seen a huge jump, be in terms of box office success, critical acclaim or the National awards that came in. Otherwise you know, people do get demoralised or feel dejected since things like these are expected to hamper your growth and lower your morale. However I fought it out to get this all cleared. Ultimately this is over and all is well that ends well!”

Still, from the time the case was filed against him till as good as the recent times when he was acquitted, it is obvious that Madhur must have realised his true friends and acquaintances, especially from the industry. Has this been a learning curve in his life as a professional as well?

“See one thing is there that I would be very honest and precise about. I have never tried to sit down and analyse who is there with me or not. Industry equations keep changing all the time. When I started my career, my first film Trishakti was a disaster. It just came and went with a whimper. My whole perspective changed there and then. I don’t have any friends in the industry and I am absolutely in my own world. I have created my own brand of cinema and am very happy with it.”

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Madhur Bhandarkar

The national award winning director Madhur Bhandarkar has been invited by The Cairo International Film Festival to join their International Jury. They will be launching their 35th edition of the Film Festival starting from 27th November to 6th December, 2012.

This is not the first time Bhandarkar is going to be a part of the film festival. In 2010, a retrospect of Bhandarkar’s five films had taken place at the Film Festival. They had screen Chandni Bar, Page 3, Corporate, Traffic Signal and Fashion at the 33rd Cairo International Film Festival.

Said Bhandarkar, “I am delighted to be a part of the International Jury for the 35th edition of Cairo International Film Festival. I love the theme that they have ‘Positive thinking revolution and freedom’. This is an honour, which I humbly accept.”

Bhandarkar has been a known name in the international festival and will be judging the international line-up of films from different parts of the world alongside other jury members.

Other esteemed Jury members for the International Film Competition are actor/producer Khaled Abol Naga (Egypt), director Babak Payami (Canada), actress Menna Chalabi (Egypt), actor Fabio Testi (Italy), actress Magdalena Boczarska (Poland), producer Malek El Akkad (USA) and Director of New York Film Festival Richard Pena (USA). The President of the Jury for the International Film Competition is Marco Múller, who in the past has been the director of international film festivals like Rome, Rotterdam, Venice and Locarno.

Here’s what our Bollywood celebs tweeted:

Riteish Dehmukh: congratulations govt of India – for doing it so effectively. For once the govt broke the news n not the news channels

Abhishek Bachchan: Man who should be honoured today: the one who captured Kasab: Asst Sub Inspector Tukaram Omble.

Mahesh Bhatt: A life for so many lives!You kill and violate the sanctity of life then your life should be taken & in the same manner as the life you took.

Kunal Kohli: Kasab has been hanged ! Finally. God forbid there’s a next time we need to hang/execute such terrorists faster. Now that Kasab has been executed,can we also get his handlers & the planners who attacked my city ? We need them executed too. If the u.s can do a military operation & execute Osama with no trial,why can’t we do the same to the handlers/planners of the Mumbai attacks

Paresh Rawal: Kasab gets hanged but no news channel had single idea about it. What happend to their sources. Guess all sources were busy in PM’s free Bhoj

Madhur Bhandarkar: I applaud the Govt & esplly Shindeji & home ministry for such a controlled execution of #Kasab. #Kasab’s execution is a victory not only for the mumbaiker who suffered at the hands of terror, but the entire nation.

Anubhav Sinha: I only hope there are no more Kasabs being trained elsewhere in the world while we rejoice the execution of one. Not a big fan of Capital Punishment. But if at all, we MUST know that Kasab is just the last domino piece to fall. Topple the first one.

Ken Ghosh: Kasab is now facing the highest of all courts! Sentences meted out here are for all eternity

Celina Jaitly: Today R Veer Shaheed & the victims of 26/11′s horrendous acts of terrorism will finally Rest In Peace..Kasab u & ur mates will burn in hell. Well done govt. Of india ..how ever the source of the ideology of the fanatics who turn young men into terrorists is still alive..

Shreyas Talpade: Finally…..may u rot in hell with your brethren bloody bas#**d. #Kasab

Ashish Chowdhry: Why should I rejoice Kasab’s death? I will rejoice when lil’ innocent children will stop being taught to kill in the name of God n Religion.

Geeta Basra: Kasab hanged till death! Great news and relief! Justice prevails!

Vishal Dadlani: Kasab was just an errand-boy with a gun. India is thrilled with his death, but the real culprits must be laughing at our sheer gullibility!

Anupam Kher: Justice may not replace the feeling of loss but it gives strength & hope to continue life with renewed belief in system we live in. #Kasab

Here’s what they tweeted:

Amitabh Bachchan: Hurricane ‘Sandy’ still huge cause of concern .. satellite pictures look so frightening .. be safe everyone !!

Priyanka Chopra: Supposed to fly to New York City! Sandy needs to leave!!!! Hope all’s well there! Be careful.

Madhur Bhandarkar: Feeling sad with the constant updates on Hurricane #Sandy. I wish & pray for the people of US to be safe.

Bipasha Basu: Sometimes mother nature can show its rage.Hurricane Sandy a big concern!Praying.

Anupam Kher: My prayers for everyone’s safety & well being in America. May Lord Shiva protect you all from any kind of harm. Om Namah Shivay. #Sandy

Sonam Kapoor: Praying for all the ppl affected

Siddharth: Even the most tumultuous night must be followed by calm…you can only hope the damage is not irreversible. Applies to #sandy . And to life…

Sandhya Mridul: Dear God please make Sandy Stop #Prayers

Daler Mehndi: Rab meher karey ..on all those who are affected by Hurricane #Sandy…take good care..pray..stay blessed…Rab Rakha

Sanjay Gupta: This Storm Sandy is such crap. It’s creating havoc in the greatest city on earth. God bless NYC.

Nargis Fakhri: Gosh just checked the update on hurricane sandy! It’s was no joke. I was in nyc4 Irene which was nothing compared 2this. Hope every1 is safe

Neha Dhupia: #sandy looks very worrying!

Kunal Kohli: Sandy better shut down fast. Worried about my family in NYC and NJ

Sophie Choudry: Praying all of u out thr r safe! #Sandy

Ayushmann Khurrana: Stay safe! #nyc

Lisa Ray: Wishing everyone at home a safe and quick passing of #Sandy

Kareena Kapoor in a Still from Heroine Movie

The movie is not going to lose out on it’s investment but sure couldn’t live up to the hype woven around it. Tomorrows releases English Vinglish and Kismet (Kismat) Love Paisa Dilli will surely end Heroine‘s journey this very week.

Kareena Kapoor in a Still from Heroine Movie Halkat Jawani Song

The film is seeing a steady drop just after its 1st week run at the domestic box office. Having made about 9 Crores at the overseas box office, Heroine now stands at a worldwide box office total of 47.7 Crores. From the looks of it the movie will not make more than 4 Crores in it’s 2nd weekend and about 6 Crores in the 2nd week.

The movie it seems felt prey to bad reviews, festivities, T20 Cricket and other factors. However, even the audiences did not seem to be a big fan of the movie and hence the box office collections.