Namita Thapar, who serves as the Shark on ‘Shark Tank India 3’, took a partial exit from an airport retail brand after getting 3.5x return on her investment. This move marks the first exit ever for ‘Shark Tank India’.
The brand Rare Planet, which is recognised as India’s largest airport retailer, entered the show in 2021 and cracked the deal with Namita.
Namita Thapar said: “Rano stands out as a founder who personifies humility, determination, and an unwavering passion for supporting artisans. Meeting his parents in Kolkata left a lasting impression on me-the pride in their eyes while recounting his entrepreneurial journey truly touched my heart. This is one story to watch out for, ‘picture abhi baaki hai’.”
Started as a venture in the first year of BTech by Ranodeep Saha and later joined by Vijaya Kumar Tr as Co-Founder, the success of this company stands as a testament to the...
The brand Rare Planet, which is recognised as India’s largest airport retailer, entered the show in 2021 and cracked the deal with Namita.
Namita Thapar said: “Rano stands out as a founder who personifies humility, determination, and an unwavering passion for supporting artisans. Meeting his parents in Kolkata left a lasting impression on me-the pride in their eyes while recounting his entrepreneurial journey truly touched my heart. This is one story to watch out for, ‘picture abhi baaki hai’.”
Started as a venture in the first year of BTech by Ranodeep Saha and later joined by Vijaya Kumar Tr as Co-Founder, the success of this company stands as a testament to the...
- 1/29/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Lucknow, Nov 8 (Ians) Characters from the popular TV show ‘Bhabhi ji Ghar Par Hai’, including Vibhuti, Angoori Bhabhi, Manmohan Tiwari and others, have been roped in by the Uttar Pradesh Police for the road safety campaign as part of the Road Safety Month being marked in November.
“We are channelling the influence of these characters to echo the importance of road safety in the lives of our citizens, for their own protection and the welfare,” said Director General of police, Vijaya Kumar.
“Our new campaign titled ‘Aapka Uttar Pradesh, Surakshit Pradesh’ is a unique blend of entertainment and education that we believe, will strike a chord and spread the critical message of road responsibility across the state,” said Bd Paulson, Adg, traffic & road safety.
“The campaign with short videos will involve the show’s character Vibhuti (played by Aasif Sheikh) playing a traffic cop and speaking a Up dialect while...
“We are channelling the influence of these characters to echo the importance of road safety in the lives of our citizens, for their own protection and the welfare,” said Director General of police, Vijaya Kumar.
“Our new campaign titled ‘Aapka Uttar Pradesh, Surakshit Pradesh’ is a unique blend of entertainment and education that we believe, will strike a chord and spread the critical message of road responsibility across the state,” said Bd Paulson, Adg, traffic & road safety.
“The campaign with short videos will involve the show’s character Vibhuti (played by Aasif Sheikh) playing a traffic cop and speaking a Up dialect while...
- 11/8/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Lucknow, Nov 8 (Ians) Characters from the popular TV show ‘Bhabhi ji Ghar Par Hai’, including Vibhuti, Angoori Bhabhi, Manmohan Tiwari and others, have been roped in by the Uttar Pradesh Police for the road safety campaign as part of the Road Safety Month being marked in November.
“We are channelling the influence of these characters to echo the importance of road safety in the lives of our citizens, for their own protection and the welfare,” said Director General of police, Vijaya Kumar.
“Our new campaign titled ‘Aapka Uttar Pradesh, Surakshit Pradesh’ is a unique blend of entertainment and education that we believe, will strike a chord and spread the critical message of road responsibility across the state,” said Bd Paulson, Adg, traffic & road safety.
“The campaign with short videos will involve the show’s character Vibhuti (played by Aasif Sheikh) playing a traffic cop and speaking a Up dialect while...
“We are channelling the influence of these characters to echo the importance of road safety in the lives of our citizens, for their own protection and the welfare,” said Director General of police, Vijaya Kumar.
“Our new campaign titled ‘Aapka Uttar Pradesh, Surakshit Pradesh’ is a unique blend of entertainment and education that we believe, will strike a chord and spread the critical message of road responsibility across the state,” said Bd Paulson, Adg, traffic & road safety.
“The campaign with short videos will involve the show’s character Vibhuti (played by Aasif Sheikh) playing a traffic cop and speaking a Up dialect while...
- 11/8/2023
- by Agency News Desk
EntertainmentAsif Ali plays the lead in the film that is based on true events.Oscar-winning sound designer Resul Pookutty is turning filmmaker with the Malayalam movie Otta, featuring Asif Ali in the lead. The movie, based on true events, is expected to release on October 27. The release date was announced by Resul Pookutty in a tweet on Saturday, September 2. “Thanks for the overwhelming response to the teaser. Here we come on October 27, 2023. See you all in the cinemas,” Resul Pookutty said. The first look poster and teaser were shared by stars including Amitabh Bachchan and Prabhas. In the film, Asif Ali and Arjun Ashokan play Hari and Ben, two young men who leave their homes after a fight with their parents, and find their lives going out of control. What happens in their life forms the rest of the story. There are actors from other industries in the cast including Sathyaraj,...
- 9/3/2023
- by Cris
- The News Minute
Mollywood Theatre owners in Kerala are miffed that movies are not doing well, and in the rare occasion they do, the theatres cannot reap much benefit. For representation / Courtesy - Vimaljoseph93 / Wiki CommonsOn the day that 2018, a Malayalam film that has been doing really well in theatres, is coming out on an Ott (Over The Top) platform, several movie houses in Kerala are remaining closed in symbolic protest. The decision to shut down theatres associated with the Film Exhibitors United Organisation of Kerala (Feuok) on June 7 and 8 was announced on June 6. K Vijayakumar, president of Feuok, said that theatre owners took the drastic step since 99% of the films were failing and the rare movie that worked was being taken out of theatres too soon. The film 2018, based on the devastating floods of Kerala in that year, released on May 5 and within two weeks, crossed the Rs 100 crore mark. It became...
- 6/7/2023
- by Cris
- The News Minute
Lucknow, April 5 (Ians) Uttar Pradesh will soon have its first skin bank when the King George’s Medical University (Kgmu) opens one to facilitate the treatment of patients with burn injuries.
The bank will save such patients from life-threatening situations.
Prof Vijay Kumar, head of department of plastic surgery, said, “The infrastructure is ready. We have started the process to procure equipment and get a licence for the skin bank. All this will be completed in phases in a few weeks.”
A skin bank is a place where skin from a donor, mostly people who wish to donate organs after death, is harvested and preserved. The skin bank is a valuable resource in providing allograft skin as a cover for partial or full thickness burn injuries.
“Our burns ward is occupied fully at any given time as the need for skin graft is increasing due to a rise in serious accidents.
The bank will save such patients from life-threatening situations.
Prof Vijay Kumar, head of department of plastic surgery, said, “The infrastructure is ready. We have started the process to procure equipment and get a licence for the skin bank. All this will be completed in phases in a few weeks.”
A skin bank is a place where skin from a donor, mostly people who wish to donate organs after death, is harvested and preserved. The skin bank is a valuable resource in providing allograft skin as a cover for partial or full thickness burn injuries.
“Our burns ward is occupied fully at any given time as the need for skin graft is increasing due to a rise in serious accidents.
- 4/5/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Film Review – Selfiee
Directed by Raj Mehta
Produced by Hiroo Yash Johar, Aruna Bhatia, Supriya Menon, Karan Johar, Prithviraj Sukumaran,Apoorva Mehta, Listin Stephen
Written by Rishhabh Sharrma
Starring Akshay Kumar · Emraan Hashmi · Nushrat Bharucha · Diana Penty ·
Music byAnu Malik; Tanishk Bagchi; Yo Yo Honey Singh; The PropheC; Lijo George-dj Chetas; Vikram Montrose; Aditya Yadav; Tarun
Release 24 February 2023 (United Kingdom)
Raj Metha’s latest offering is a remake of the Malayalam 2019 blockbuster film Driving License. The story follows film actor Vijay Kumar (Akshay Kumar) who wants a driving licence urgently and his ardent fan, Rto Inspector Om Prakash Aggarwal (Emraan Hashmi), agrees on delivering it illegally but requests a Selfiee in exchange, but things don’t go to plan and due to a misunderstanding, a feud develops between them that takes a toll on each other’s personal and professional lives.
With the general story revolving around this premise,...
Directed by Raj Mehta
Produced by Hiroo Yash Johar, Aruna Bhatia, Supriya Menon, Karan Johar, Prithviraj Sukumaran,Apoorva Mehta, Listin Stephen
Written by Rishhabh Sharrma
Starring Akshay Kumar · Emraan Hashmi · Nushrat Bharucha · Diana Penty ·
Music byAnu Malik; Tanishk Bagchi; Yo Yo Honey Singh; The PropheC; Lijo George-dj Chetas; Vikram Montrose; Aditya Yadav; Tarun
Release 24 February 2023 (United Kingdom)
Raj Metha’s latest offering is a remake of the Malayalam 2019 blockbuster film Driving License. The story follows film actor Vijay Kumar (Akshay Kumar) who wants a driving licence urgently and his ardent fan, Rto Inspector Om Prakash Aggarwal (Emraan Hashmi), agrees on delivering it illegally but requests a Selfiee in exchange, but things don’t go to plan and due to a misunderstanding, a feud develops between them that takes a toll on each other’s personal and professional lives.
With the general story revolving around this premise,...
- 2/24/2023
- by Rima Bhatia
- Bollyspice
Director Raj Mehta’s (of JugJugg Jeeyo) ‘Selfiee’ is a comedy-drama film, a remake of the 2019 Malayalam film ‘Driving Licence’ that featured Prithviraj Sukumaran and Suraj Venjaramoodu. Though Selfiee is a remake, the plot, situations & circumstances are slightly adjusted to the sensibilities of Akshay Kumar fans. And that seems to be a letdown. While Driving Licence was very straight forward in showcasing the issue and the resolution, Selfiee is over-the-top, which kills the very soul of the narrative.
We have sporadically seen celebrities, particularly film stars, and their brush with the law. Well known people, at times, have run-ins with the law – situational, circumstantial, or intentional and some have even been behind bars. Some celebs bewail that the law is often tougher on them, however law enforcement agencies maintain that celebrities are not immune to the law and that all citizens must abide by it. Akshay Kumar, Emraan Hashmi starrer...
We have sporadically seen celebrities, particularly film stars, and their brush with the law. Well known people, at times, have run-ins with the law – situational, circumstantial, or intentional and some have even been behind bars. Some celebs bewail that the law is often tougher on them, however law enforcement agencies maintain that celebrities are not immune to the law and that all citizens must abide by it. Akshay Kumar, Emraan Hashmi starrer...
- 2/24/2023
- by Nitin Jain
- GlamSham
Director Raj Mehta’s professionally packaged comedy hits all the bright, wacky notes, just don’t expect anything more than sheer daftness
After the monumental success of Pathaan, something a little more low-rise. Director Raj Mehta has emerged as Bollywood’s best-placed continuity candidate, landing one of the industry’s last pre-pandemic hits with 2019’s babymaking romp Good Newwz, before resuming with post-lockdown marital farce Jug Jugg Jeeyo. His latest expands upon the 2019 Malayalam hit Driving Licence, with its copper-bottomed premise: a movie star is driven nuts by the superfan schooling him in three-point turns. Another broad, sitcom-bright crowdpleaser, prone to abusing the wacky sound effect button, this latest Mehta comedy has nevertheless been packaged with a professionalism that’s hard to deny.
Crucially, Mehta gets his script right. Regular scribe Rishhabh Sharrma ensures this feud, between unsmiling action hero Vijay Kumar (Akshay Kumar) and moustachioed jobsworth Om Prakash Agarwal...
After the monumental success of Pathaan, something a little more low-rise. Director Raj Mehta has emerged as Bollywood’s best-placed continuity candidate, landing one of the industry’s last pre-pandemic hits with 2019’s babymaking romp Good Newwz, before resuming with post-lockdown marital farce Jug Jugg Jeeyo. His latest expands upon the 2019 Malayalam hit Driving Licence, with its copper-bottomed premise: a movie star is driven nuts by the superfan schooling him in three-point turns. Another broad, sitcom-bright crowdpleaser, prone to abusing the wacky sound effect button, this latest Mehta comedy has nevertheless been packaged with a professionalism that’s hard to deny.
Crucially, Mehta gets his script right. Regular scribe Rishhabh Sharrma ensures this feud, between unsmiling action hero Vijay Kumar (Akshay Kumar) and moustachioed jobsworth Om Prakash Agarwal...
- 2/24/2023
- by Mike McCahill
- The Guardian - Film News
New Delhi, Sep 2 (Ians) The National Rifle Association of India (Nrai) on Friday announced a 48-member Indian rifle and pistol squad for the upcoming International Shooting Sport Federation (Issf) World Championship, scheduled from October 12-25, in Cairo, Egypt.
A 24-member Shotgun squad was already announced earlier for the Shotgun World Championships beginning in Osijek, Croatia, on September 19, 2022.
The team for the World Championship is loaded with first-timers while Olympic silver medallist Vijay Kumar and silver medallist from the previous world championships, Anjum Moudgil will bring in the weight of experience.
The experienced campaigners in the squad include the likes of Olympians Manu Bhaker, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar and Elavenil Valarivan, besides Divyansh Singh Panwar, who has qualified in the junior section.
Shiva Narwal, who will be leading the Indian trio in the men’s 10m air pistol, is not yet 17 and will be in his first Worlds. Others like Swapnil Suresh Kusale,...
A 24-member Shotgun squad was already announced earlier for the Shotgun World Championships beginning in Osijek, Croatia, on September 19, 2022.
The team for the World Championship is loaded with first-timers while Olympic silver medallist Vijay Kumar and silver medallist from the previous world championships, Anjum Moudgil will bring in the weight of experience.
The experienced campaigners in the squad include the likes of Olympians Manu Bhaker, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar and Elavenil Valarivan, besides Divyansh Singh Panwar, who has qualified in the junior section.
Shiva Narwal, who will be leading the Indian trio in the men’s 10m air pistol, is not yet 17 and will be in his first Worlds. Others like Swapnil Suresh Kusale,...
- 9/2/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
MollywoodThe Kerala Film Chamber has said it will not allow ‘Drishyam 2’ to have a theatrical release following the makers’ decision to premiere the film on an Ott platform.Tnm StaffStill from Drishyam 2Actor Mohanlal’s most awaited film Drishyam 2, directed by celebrated filmmaker Jeethu Joseph, is all set for an Ott release on February 19. Speculation about the film’s theatrical release has been going on since December. However, when the makers announced the release of the film on the Ott platform Amazon Prime, there was a lot of criticism. The Kerala Film Chamber has now said that Drishyam 2, like other Malayalam films which released on Ott, will not be allowed a theatrical release. “Drishyam 2, like any other Malayalam film that released first on an Ott platform, will not be allowed to have a theatrical release. The films that register with the film chamber sign an affidavit that they...
- 2/16/2021
- by Cris
- The News Minute
Kollywood 'Enemy's' cast and crew will be leaving for Dubai on February 10th and the shooting will commence on February 15th.Digital NativeMamta Mohandas has bagged a role in the Tamil film Enemy and will be paired opposite Arya in this multi-starrer. Directed by Anand Shankar, the film stars Vishal and Arya as the male leads with Mamta Mohandas and Mrinalini Ravi as the heroines. Enemy is bankrolled by Vinod Kumar under the banner Mini Studios and has Prakash Raj in a pivotal role. The technical crew of this film includes S Thaman for music and Rd Rajasekar for camerawork. Ramalingam is the art director and Raymond Derrick Crasta has been signed in as the editor. Touted to be a complete action entertainer, Ravi Verma has been roped in to choreograph the stunt sequences. It's final. My best friend @arya_offl is now my "Enemy".We have no choice,...
- 2/2/2021
- by Sreedevi
- The News Minute
KollywoodTrident Arts, producer of Vishal's previous film 'Action', has alleged that the actor has to pay Rs 8 crore to the production house to settle the losses incurred.Digital NativeThe Madras High Court on Tuesday ordered notices to be sent to actor Vishal and director Ms Anandan in connection with the release of their film Chakra on the Ott platform. In a plaint filed by Trident Arts, it was alleged that Vishal owed the production house Rs 8 crore to settle the losses of their previous film Action. Action, released last year, fared poorly at the box office. In the complaint, Trident Arts alleged that during the making of the film, Vishal entered into an agreement with them to settle the losses if the film did not do well at the box office. The film was made on a budget of Rs 44 crore and Vishal entered into an agreement to bear the...
- 9/23/2020
- by Anjana
- The News Minute
KollywoodThe film has Vishal playing the hero.Digital NativeVishal will be pairing up with Ritu Varma in an upcoming film that will be directed by Anand Shankar. Other details about the Anand Shankar directorial will be revealed in due course of time, we hear. The groundwork for this project is on and in the meantime Vishal will be completing his current assignments on hands. The star is busy wrapping up the shooting of Mysskin’s Thupparivalan 2 in London. The hero will also be bankrolling the film under his banner Vishal Film Factory. While Arol Correli had composed music for Thupparivalan, the sequel will have music score by the maestro Ilayaraja. The team will be completing a 45-day schedule in London before its return to India. Thupparivalan 2 is the sequel to the crime thriller that was released on September 14 in 2017 and it went on to score big at the box office.
- 12/17/2019
- by Priyankar
- The News Minute
InterviewArun Vijay tells Tnm about working with the large star cast, his rapport with Mani Ratnam and more.S SubhakeerthanaThis is Arun Vijay’s 23rd year in Tamil cinema, and Chekka Chivantha Vaanam (Ccv), releasing this Thursday, is his 25th project. Finally, the actor got an opportunity that he was waiting for -- two decades -- a film with Mani Ratnam. “Good things take time,” he smiles. Excerpts from a conversation follow: You’ve been a part of multi-starrers, like Yennai Arindhaal, in the past. Ccv is also one. Mani (Ratnam) sir gives equal space to all his characters. He’s not your usual filmmaker. And that’s why his films stand out. Someone of his stature doesn’t have to narrate the entire script to me. But he did. I was quite impressed with my character (Thyagu). Even now, I don’t understand how I bagged the film. It feels like a dream.
- 9/25/2018
- by Sowmya
- The News Minute
ObituaryHe had directed more than 15 films, setting in a certain trend of blending humour with romance.Tnm StaffFilmmaker Kk Haridas, known for making comedies, passed away at a hospital in Kochi on Sunday. He had directed more than 15 films, most of them coming out in the latter half of the nineties. Haridas, had, for years, worked as an assistant and later an associate, before turning a director with the 1994 film Vadu Doctoranu (The bride is a doctor). That was also the comeback film of actor Nadhiya Moidu, after a small gap. The movie has Jayaram in the lead, playing a husband who is terribly disappointed at his wife being a veterinary doctor, and not the physician he thought her to be. Comedies featuring younger actors such as Vijayakumar and Dileep followed – films like Kokkarakko, which is about a few young men stealing chicken, and Kakkakum Poochakkum Kalyanam in which Dileep...
- 8/27/2018
- by Cris
- The News Minute
KollywoodThe Superstar became an overnight rage among the auto drivers of Tamil Nadu and his punch line, ‘Naa oru dhadavai sonna, nooru dhadavai sonna maadhri!’ was immortalised Digital NativeDigital NativeIn the year 1995, 23 years ago, Rajnikath's cult-classic Baasha was released for Pongal. Baasha was a trend-setter in the nineties which was the first of the many films that showed the hero in a ‘negative’ role. The film ran for 368 days grossing record collections and went on to become a massive hit. Directed by Suresh Krissna, who also delivered another classic hit Annamalai with the Super Star, Baasha has Rajini playing an auto driver with a deadly flashback. The movie is considered to have changed Rajinikanth's career and set the path for his defining style. The film was also instrumental in creating a market for Rajinikanth in Telugu and Hindi. The Superstar became an overnight rage among the auto drivers of Tamil Nadu and his punch line ‘Naa oru dhadavai sonna, nooru dhadavai sonna maadhri!’ was immortalised. It starred Nagma, Raghuvaran, Janagaraj and Vijayakumar in supporting roles. The digitally remastered version was released last year in 14 cinemas with 100 shows across Chennai and it had minted Rs 40 lakh on its opening weekend itself. On the other hand, Rajinikanth’s 2.0, has shaped up very well. Made on a lavish budget, the film is believed to feature over 11,000 computer graphic shots, making it the highest number for an Indian film. A sequel to Enthiran, the film has also stars Amy Jackson, Akshay Kumar and Sudhanshu Pandey in key roles. Kaala directed by Pa Ranjith, who has reunited with Rajinikanth after last year’s Kabali, features Thalaivar in the role of a slum lord turned gangster who fights for the rights of oppressed Tamils in Mumbai. Since the film has been mostly shot against the backdrop of Mumbai, the makers have simultaneously shot the film in Hindi.
- 1/12/2018
- by Editor
- The News Minute
The Vishal starrer Thupparivalan was released on September 14 this year and it went on to score big at the box office. The film, directed by Mysskin, had Vishal playing the lead role with the star cast also including Prasanna, Vinay, K Bhagyaraj, Andrea Jeremiah, Anu Emmanuel, Shaji Chen, Vijayakumar, Abhishek Shankar, Simran, John Vijay and Master Nishesh. The film is based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s fictional detective character, Sherlock Holmes.
- 11/16/2017
- by TNM NEWS
- The News Minute
Chennai, Jan 19: Actress Vanitha Vijayakumar, daughter of late actress Manjula Vijayakumar, has clarified that she is not yet married to choreographer Robert, but plans to wed soon. She says they both are good friends and are currently working towards setting up a production house.
"I clarify that we are not married officially. We are good friends and both of our families are aware of our friendship. We both are planning to start a production venture together. Marriage is on the cards, but will come the official way," Vanitha said in a statement.
"We wish to complement each other with professional success. We will announce our project very soon officially," she added.
Vanitha has already been married twice. Her first.
"I clarify that we are not married officially. We are good friends and both of our families are aware of our friendship. We both are planning to start a production venture together. Marriage is on the cards, but will come the official way," Vanitha said in a statement.
"We wish to complement each other with professional success. We will announce our project very soon officially," she added.
Vanitha has already been married twice. Her first.
- 1/19/2014
- by Amith Ostwal
- RealBollywood.com
Chennai, July 23: Popular southern actress Manjula Vijayakumar, who was suffering from jaundice, breathed her last Tuesday at the Srmc hospital here. She was 59.
"She was admitted to Sri Ramchandra Medical College (Srmc) a week ago after she suffered a severe fall in her house. She was undergoing treatment for this and two days back was diagnosed with jaundice," a source close to the family told Ians.
She is survived by her husband Vijayakumar, popular Tamil actor, and three daughters - Vanitha, Preetha and Sridevi.
Her last rites will be performed in the evening.
Manjula, once a popular face in Tamil,.
"She was admitted to Sri Ramchandra Medical College (Srmc) a week ago after she suffered a severe fall in her house. She was undergoing treatment for this and two days back was diagnosed with jaundice," a source close to the family told Ians.
She is survived by her husband Vijayakumar, popular Tamil actor, and three daughters - Vanitha, Preetha and Sridevi.
Her last rites will be performed in the evening.
Manjula, once a popular face in Tamil,.
- 7/23/2013
- by Anita Agarwal
- RealBollywood.com
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