Entertainment: Twitter celebrates Aazadi after Pahlaj Nihlani gets ‘censored’ from Board

Veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal hopes with Prasoon Joshi’s appointment as the new chief of the Central Board of Film Certification, things will improve.

“Prasoon Joshi himself is an artiste. He is a highly rated poet, he also knows media extremely well.”

The government replaced Pahlaj Nihalani with songwriter-poet Prasoon Joshi as the chairperson of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) on Friday. Since his appointment as the chief of the 23-member Board Nihalani has been embroiled in controversies. His appointment as the CBFC chief was said to have been pushed by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

According to the Information and Broadcasting Ministry, Joshi was appointed with immediate effect for a period of three years or until further orders.

Meanwhile, people are celebrating it as Azadi for Bollywood:

Mahesh Bhatt to make 'Aashiqui 3' with Alia and Sidharth

Alia, who made her Bollywood debut with Student of the Year, is collaborating with her father for the first time.

She is excited to be a part of Aashiqui franchise and said the upcoming film in the movie series will be special as it's her father and director- producer Mahesh Bhatt's home production.

The third installment in the musical romance film series will see Alia opposite Sidharth Malhotra. There were reports that Alia was not too keen on doing the film but the actor on Friday took to Twitter to rubbish such stories.

In another tweet, the actor said the project would take time:

Jacqueline celebrates birthday in Japan

Lankan beauty, Jacqueline Fernandez is celebrating her birthday in Japan. She turns 32 on Saturday, she gave a glimpse of her vacation on Instagram:

Bollywood is also wishing the actress on Twitter: