Radhika Apte celebrates birthday with work (Movie Snippets)

Actress Radhika Apte is celebrating her 31st birthday on Wednesday dubbing for her upcoming film "Bombairiya" and rehearsing for a performance.

Radhika said in a statement: "This year I'm pretty much celebrating my birthday with work which is great too. I have to dub for my film and also rehearse for one of my performances. It is probably the first time that it's all work and no play."

With four films, including "Phobia" and "Kabali", released already, Radhika is gearing up for three more movies "Ula", "The Field" and "Bombairiya" to hit the screens.

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'Raaz 3' role was toughest, darkest for Bipasha

Bipasha Basu-starrer "Raaz 3" has completed four years of its release, and the actress says it is the toughest and darkest role she has ever played on the silver screen.

"Raaz 3" revolves around a girl named Shanaya, a famous actress, who feels threatened when Sanjana, a young starlet, makes her debut. Shanaya resorts to black magic which ultimately ruins her professional and personal lives.

Bipasha shared the film's poster on Instagram.

"Throwback 7 Sep 2012 'Raaz' 3 released. The toughest and the darkest role that I ever played through the toughest phase of my life. Thank you all for the tremendous appreciation for my role of Shanaya," she captioned the image.

The 37-year-old actress shared that she is "waiting to entertain you all soon with something even better."

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Aamir Khan lauds title song of 'Mirzya'

Superstar Aamir Khan has lauded the title track of the forthcoming film "Mirzya", directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra.

The song features lead debutants Harshvardhan Kapoor and Saiyami Kher.

The vocals are backed by singer Daler Mehndi, with lyrics penned by Gulzar and music by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy.

"Mehra always comes up with the best music! Great track," Aamir posted.

Aamir and Mehra had worked together for the 2006 blockbuster "Rang De Basanti", which was produced by Ronnie Screwvala.

"Fab title song and great visuals to support it. Super edit to the song, gives full flavour to the movie. All the very best," Screwvala said in a statement.

"Mirzya" is inspired from the folk tale of the legend of Mirza-Sahiban. The film is an epic action-romance set in contemporary times.

Prsented by Cinestaan Film company and ROMP Pictures, the film is set to release on October 7.

--IANS

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