Lara Dutta steps into world of ‘Tweets’

The actor created her Twitter account on the sets of the film Housefull that also stars Akshay Kumar, Deepika Padukone, Jiah Khan and Riteish Deshmukh. In three hours after creating her account, Lara also managed to get around 500 followers. Details Inside.

August 18, 2009 01:59 pm | Updated 02:22 pm IST - New Delhi

Tweeting act:  Lara is excited about her entrance into the Twitter. Photo: Rajeev Bhatt

Tweeting act: Lara is excited about her entrance into the Twitter. Photo: Rajeev Bhatt

After Priyanka Chopra, Sonam Kapoor and Mallika Sherawat, Bollywood actor Lara Dutta is the latest celebrity to enter the world of social networking site, Twitter.

The former Miss Universe, who is currently shooting for her upcoming film Housefull that also stars Akshay Kumar, Deepika Padukone, Jiah Khan and Riteish Deshmukh, was helped by her co-star Riteish in setting up the Twitter account.

"Hiya! Just set up my account with help from RD on the sets of Housefull ! Very excited," Lara wrote in her first tweet on the micro-blogging website.

Riteish also expressed his happiness on Lara's entry in the world of Twitter.

"Guys. just got Lara on twitter.@DuttaLara," the Hey Baby actor wrote on his webpage.

However, Housefull director Sajid Khan was not too happy with the 'Twitter' activity on the sets of his film.

"Hi guys, this is Sajid Khan. Please do this later as I need Riteish and Lara on the set, Sethji-Akki (Akshay Kumar) is waiting along with Arjuna," the director wrote on Riteish's twitter page.

The 31-year-old actor now joins the list of Bollywood celebrities including Karan Johar, Uday Chopra and Gul Panag on Twitter and already has 484 followers just three hours after making her account on the popular networking website.

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