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After tigress Durga last year,Priyanka Chopra has now adopted a lioness from Birsa Munda zoo in Ranchi...

After tigress Durga last year,Priyanka Chopra has now adopted a lioness from Birsa Munda zoo in Ranchi. The zoo received a cheque of 8216;200,000 from Priyanka Chopra Foundation for the adopted lioness that has been named as Sundari. The contract for the same will last till April 30,2013. The official said Priyanka had adopted tigress Durga last year. Last year the zoo introduced a scheme for adoption of any animal for a period of one year to 11 years.

Special screening

A screening of Shanghai was held in Mussoorie for some IAS officers by director Dibakar Banerjee and actor Abhay Deol recently. The duo travelled to the hill station to showcase the film. After the screening,they also had an interactive session with the officers. The film was even screened for the students,teachers and administrators of the Academy. The team travelled to eight cities in 48 hours as part of their promotional campaign for the film.

No smoking

Ranbir Kapoor was recently summoned by an Udaipur court after some pictures of him smoking on the sets of Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani appeared in local newspapers. A complaint was filed by Udaipur resident Harish Vaishnav and Ranbir was booked for violating Section 5 of the Rajasthan Prevention of Smoking Act which says that if a person is found guilty of smoking in public places,he can be sentenced to a maximum imprisonment of six months or a fine of 8216;200.

Retired hurt

Varun Dhawan,son of director David Dhawan,who is making his acting debut in Karan Johars film,Student Of The Year,was badly injured while shooting an action sequence for the film at Mumbais Film City. He was in terrible pain and after administering first aid,he was taken to a nearby hospital where a major fracture was detected. Although ten days of work remains,the shooting was called off.

Welcoming Viaan

Shilpa Shetty has named her son Viaan Raj Kundra,which means full of life and energy. This was officially declared on Twitter after the naming ceremony that was held at the Kundra residence in Juhu,Mumbai. Viaan was born on May 21 at Hinduja Hospital in Mumbai. He became the youngest member to have a Twitter handle and already has more than a thousand followers.

Double trouble

The entry of a leopard on the sets of Vishal Bhardwajs Ek Thi Daayan had the entire crew in panic. The animal strayed onto the set at Mumbais Film City. The crew of the film was stopped by forest officials from entering the set after they discovered the wild animal was still on the sets. The shooting commenced only after the people from the forest department caught the animal.