Shilpa Shetty Kundra to give lecture on health and fitness at the City Literary Institute in London!

With the launch of her yoga DVD and co-authored book The Great Indian Diet last year, Shilpa Shetty Kundra became synonymous with everything to do with yoga and fitness.The actress turned businesswoman has been invited to the City Literary Institute in London (UK) for a talk on health, fitness and the success of women in different fields. The event will be held in the month of May.A source close the actress informs, “Shilpa is very excited about her trip to London and looking forward to share her knowledge with the students at the institute. Having won the British reality television series Celebrity Big Brother 5 (in 2007), Shilpa has a great connect with the country.” Shilpa says, “I believe that if you’re not healthy, you don’t have anything. For that very reason, maintaining a healthy lifestyle plays a crucial role in a woman’s success. I look forward to talking at the university and sharing my insights on subjects I’m extremely passionate about.”

Brand approaches Kareena Kapoor Khan to be special guest marketer for a day !

While we have heard of several strategies that brands adopt to encourage and stimulate their employees and staff - this particular brand is looking at a completely radical manner at motivating their employees. We have heard of brands giving incentives, taking their employees on a holiday and even organizing regular get togethers to encourage team spirit and brain storming but a brand recently approached Kareena Kapoor Khan to be a special guest marketer for a day.Kareena who essays the role of a senior brand manager in R.Balki's Ki & Ka, has been approached by an F&B brand to sit in as a guest marketer for a presentation pitch . The brand wants Kareena to be guest for a day, during their marketing team pitches where they brain storm and conceptualize ideas. The beverage in question is a niche health drink and they would love Kareena to join them as they propose various ideas to market the product.

Marathi Cinema's first Mainstream horror film in over 100 years- Lapachhapi

This is the first time in the history of Marathi cinema over a hundred years that a classic horror is being made for an audience that largely consumes comedies and dramas and is targetted at the mainstream audience.

Director Vishal Furia is working on the post production of his Marathi film Lapachhapi for producer Jitendra Patil of Midas Touch Movies at Jai Shree Krishna Studios. Both VFX and Post Production is being done at Jai Shree Krishna Studios, Goregaon East.

Ramachandran Srinivasan is the Associate Producer of Lapachhapi and is made on a large scale with some state of the art equipment and facilities.

The film stars Pooja Sawant, Usha Naik, and Vikram Gaikwad in stellar roles.

Lapachhapi has story by Vishal Furia, Screenplay & Dialogues by Vishal Kapoor, cinematography by Chandan Kowli, Dinesh Poojari as editor, Satish Bidkar as art director, Deepak Joshi as executive producer, Make up by Subhash Shinde, costumes by Vrushali Kulkarni.

The music of the film has been done by Ranjan Patnaik, Tony Basumatary and Utkarsh Dhotekar with lyrics by Swayeshree.

Raju Chadha wins Punjabi Icon Awar

Raju Chadha, Chairman Wave Group, won the Punjabi Icon Award at a glittering ceremony with thousands of people in attendance at the Matoshree Lawns in Mumbai on the eve of Baisakhi. 
Prominent amongst the other awardees & special guests included Vivek Chand Burman of Dabur Group, senior journalist Prabhu Chawla, Actors Gulshan Grover, Randeep Hooda, Rohit Roy & Tiger Shroff, senior Supreme Court advocate KTS Tulsi, Adman Prahlad Kakar, congress leader Tejinder Singh Bittu, Surender Singh Kandhari, Canadian politician Ruby Dhalla, Donna & Tanya Chadha and filmmaker & CEO Wave Cinemas Rahul Mittra. The awards were followed by an electrifying performance by Punjabi heartthrob Diljit Dosanj, while anchors Satinder Satti and Rajiv Thakur kept the crowd in splits ! 
The Punjabi Icon Awards are held each year in Mumbai under the aegis of Punjabi Culture Heritage Board headed by Charanjit Singh Sapra.

Esha Gupta clarifies on engagement reports

Esha Gupta is quite amused with all the rumours linking to her engagement. It all began a few days back, when the actress posted a picture on her Instagram account, in which she was sporting what looked like a diamond ring.

The image caption read: “He asked and I said yes.” And soon, online portals began speculating whether Esha had secretly been engaged. Later, the actress took to her social networking site to clarify the reports stating, “NOT ENGAGED…though that size of the rock is always acceptable. (sic). First I panicked, but then I laughed it off. My parents were also laughing because my relatives and friends started calling them. When I get engaged, I’ll share my partner’s picture.”

Interestingly, Esha was shooting for a print ad for a jewellery brand, and had put up the picture as a joke. “It was just a joke between me and my make-up artist. The ring was just too nice. We did it all for fun. Had I thought about it seriously, I wouldn’t have posted the image,” adds Esha.