Bollywood

Divided by borders, united by peace: Bollywood hails Satyarthi, Malala

Darpan News Desk Darpan, 10 Oct, 2014 12:42 PM

Filmmakers and actors from the Hindi movie industry Friday came forward to congratulate India's Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai for winning the Nobel Peace Prize, and rooted for peace between the two countries.

Satyarthi is a child rights activist, while Pakistani teenager Yousufzai is known for standing up to the Taliban and surviving a near-fatal shooting.

Following the news that the duo will share the coveted honour, Indian film celebrities took to Twitter to share their congratulatory messages:

Farhan Akhtar: Life feels good when good things happen to good people. Heartiest congratulations to Mr Kailash Satyarthi & Malala. #NobelPeacePrize.

Mahesh Bhatt: Kailash Satyarthi wins the Nobel Peace Prize 2014 for his work on promoting child rights in India.

Madhur Bhandarkar: Delighted that #KailashSatyarthi & #Malala have been conferred #nobelprize2014! Proud moment for all who believe in world peace & prosperity.

Anupam Kher: CONGRATULATIONS to Kailash Satyarthi of India & Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan for Nobel PEACE Prize, 2014. Peace is Always a Possibility.

Purab Kohli: India and Pakistan - divided by political borders, united by peace! #NobelPeacePrize #KailashSatyarthi #Malala

Anil Kapoor: Congratulations! Proud to hear that Malala Yousafzai & Kailash Satyarthi won the Nobel PEACE. @MalalaFund @k_satyarthi

Riteish Deshmukh: Great news - Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi win Nobel Peace Prize - #IndoPakPeace.

Rahul Bose: Wonderful news about the #NobelPeacePrize. Congratulations, Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousufzai.

Siddharth: Malala Yousafzai continues to be the most important young lady of this generation. Not yet 18. Nobel peace prize winner. #salute

Hansal Mehta: Kailash Sathyarthi and Malala Yousufzai win the Nobel Peace Prize! India and Pakistan share a peace prize.

Pritish Nandy: How wonderful to see the Nobel Prize guys sidestep all the predictable choices and award Kailash Satyarthi, a man who rarely attracts media. Hopefully now, the cause that Kailash Satyarthi so strongly espouses will get some more media attention and become mainstream.

Prev Next

MORE Bollywood ARTICLES

SRK wishes newcomer Armaan 'happy first step'

Armaan Jain is the latest star kid to join Bollywood and superstar Shah Rukh Khan has showered him with blessings for his debut film “Lekar Hum Deewana Dil" that hit the screens Friday.

SRK wishes newcomer Armaan 'happy first step'

Madhuri's Motu Patlu dance!

Bollywood's dancing diva Madhuri Dixit, who has grooved with stars like Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan, was more than happy to get a chance to learn some dance steps from cartoon characters Motu Patlu recently.

Madhuri's Motu Patlu dance!

Shahid's mantra: Anything for the craft

There was a time when actors used to do two-three shifts for various projects. But not any more! Different films require different looks nowadays and actors, including Shahid Kapoor, are not compromising on this.

Shahid's mantra: Anything for the craft

'ABCD 2': Varun plays Suresh from Fictitious Dance Academy

You might see Varun Dhawan spending a lot of time these days with a young dancer named Suresh from Nala Sopara here because he is playing him in Remo D'Souza's directorial venture "ABCD 2", the sequel to "ABCD - Any Body Can Dance".

'ABCD 2': Varun plays Suresh from Fictitious Dance Academy

Vidya Balan in Palak's shoes

Film actors are going all out to promote their movies. So, actress Vidya Balan didn't hesitate one bit when she turned up on a dance reality show posing as Kiku Sharda's popular onscreen character Palak, recently.