Sonam persuades dad to socialise online (Movie Snippets)

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IANS Mumbai
Last Updated : Sep 26 2013 | 8:01 PM IST

Sonam Kapoor, who is active on social networking websites, wants her father Anil Kapoor to do the same.

Anil recently joined microblogging website Twitter and now Sonam is coaxing her father to join Facebook as well as Instagram.

"When '24' came along, it gave Anil a reason to be more interactive with his audience. So much so that he finally gave in to the social media wagon...This time Sonam is on a mission to coax her dad to get him on Facebook and Instagram," said a source close the actress.

The 28-year-old has a high fan following on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

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Sidharth Malhotra finishes 'Hasee Toh Phasee'

Sidharth Malhotra has recently finished shooting for his second movie "Hasee Toh Phasee" with Parineeti Chopra. The actor is eagerly waiting for the release of the romantic comedy.

"The shoot was completed by shooting the last song of the film at a location in Juhu (Mumbai suburb). The entire shoot of the film has been a great journey for Sidharth and is now looking forward for the film's official release," said a source close to the actor.

Dharma Productions has co-produced the film with Phantom Production, while Vinil Matthew has directed "Hasee Toh Phasee".

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"War Chhod...' director ready with three scripts

"War Chhod Na Yaar" director Faraz Haider is ready to with three more scripts post the release of the film. The scripts differ in genre, but have a common thread of comedy running through them.

"I have three scripts ready. I am thinking which one to start first. One is a political comedy in Lucknow, one is a Delhi-based thriller and one is romantic traditional comedy. They are of different genres, but all the films have comedy in them," Haider told IANS in a telephonic interview from Mumbai.

Touted as one of Bollywood's first war comedies, "War Chhod Na Yaar" features known faces like Sharman Joshi and Soha Ali Khan in lead roles. The film will hit screens Oct 11.

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