Aditi Rao Hydari stealing hearts and awards in South Film Industry

With an impactful Telugu debut in Sammohanam which released this week, Aditi Rao Hydari has floored the audience and critics with her impeccable performance in this romantic drama. The highly-anticipated Telugu film, helmed by National Award-winner, Mohana Krishna Indraganti and featuring Sudheer Babu has been hugely appreciated by the masses for its brilliant narrative, catchy music, stellar performances and crackling chemistry between Aditi and Sudheer.

Sure footed and on the rise, Aditi has been garnering huge amounts of praises for holding on her own and her effective portrayal of an actress named Sameera in Sammohanam by the critics, trade, audiences and the film fraternity alike. Interestingly, it’s a fact unknown that the talented actress has also dubbed for her own dialogues in the movie.

Recently, this flawless beauty got lauded for her Tollywood appearance and bagged just more than applause. The actor won ‘The Best Debut’ Award and ‘Most Romantic Jodi of the Year’ Award for her awaited Telugu debut in Zee Cine Awards Telugu 2018, scheduled in Hyderabad on 6th January, 2019.

Aditi quotes, “First of all, it would be impossible to stand out as an artiste throughout the movie without my co-stars. I’m overwhelmed and completely speechless upon the positive response I’ve been receiving.”

“When one's work gives pat on the back, of course one feels more confident in their guts. An immense gratitude towards every soul who broke a sweat to make our dreams come true,” she adds.

Here's how Nawaz reacted after watching Amrita Rao's performance as MeenaTai Thackeray

The much awaited biopic of Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray played by actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui is all set to hit the theaters. The film will also have the Vivah actress Amrita Rao playing the role of MeenaTai Thackeray (wife of Balasaheb Thackeray).  MeenaTai Thackeray is known to be a strong pillar for the Thackeray family.

While dubbing for his role, Nawazuddin saw an emotional scene of Amrita's character MeenaTai who had to read out a letter written to her by Balasaheb from jail. Nawaz had to give his voice to the letter and while doing the voice over he was moved by Amrita's performance. Post dubbing, the actor rushed out and asked the director to speak to call Amrita. The actor who got emotional, complimented her for her performance.

Thackeray slated to release on 25th January 2019.

Ombré Lane,Women’s workwear brand,receives seed funding

Ombré Lane,a premium workwear brand for women has recently raised an undisclosed amount of funding from a group of angel investors including ex-Linkedin,India CEO Akshay Kothari, Linkedin General Counsel Aditi Jha, Director at Bristol-Myers Squibb US Neeraja Balachander.

Ombrelane.com offers functional office-wearstyles via their ecommerce website, shipping all over India. The brand waslaunched by sisters Shweta and Prachi Sharma. Shweta is an MBA from The Wharton School and Prachi is a graduate from NIFT Delhi. Launched with the motto of making women feel confident as well as comfortable at work, Ombré Lane’s 3 primary focus areas are:

1.  Functionality:An emphasis on functionality likeno gape buttons and lining,functional pockets, thoughtful solutions for panty lines, holders to secure bra straps, invisible elastic to manage weight fluctuations and menstrual bloating, and easy maintenance and wash care.

2. Superior fit post extensive surveys keeping in mind an Indian women’s body shape, height and workwear requirements. Brand’s fit and size chart were created after interviewing, fit testing and measuring over 1000 women and it keeps evolving with every customer feedback they received.They found that over 70% of Indian women have a pear-shaped body and an average height of 5 feet 2 inches,yetover 75% of western workwear available in the Indian market is made for a woman with height of 5 feet 7 inches and the rectangular body shape which is common in the west. 

Shweta further adds, “We want the brand to represent the modern working woman in India. We want them to put their best foot forward and feel confident and comfortable at work without getting distracted by or feeling conscious. We want them to break every glass ceiling and look good doing it!” 

Women’s workwear is an untapped market in India with a market size of over Rs.10,000 crores and is expected to grow in double digits over the next 5 years.

The start-up plans to utilize the funds to establish Ombré Lane as the go-to destination for modern Indian women looking at buying functional and well-fittedapparels. With an annual growth forecast of 5xgrowthfrom the current run rate the brand plans to scale significantly over the next one-year while staying focused on building the brand.

&TV | Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain completes 1000 episodes

&TV’s enormously popular show Bhabhiji Ghar Par Hain has yet again achieved a new milestone. Celebrations and excitement are in the air as the show completes 1000 episodes of endlessly entertaining the audience. To mark this occasion the entire cast and crew along with the ever so proud producers, celebrated this occasion with a cake along with a promise to keep the spirit of comedy and entertainment on the go.  Present were  Shubhangi Atre, Rohitashv Gour, Aasif Sheikh, Yogesh Tripathi, Salim Zaidi, Deepesh Bhan, Vaibhav Mathur amongst others.

Sharing his excitement on the completion of 1000 episodes with great pride, Aasif Sheikh a.k.a Vibhuti Narayan Mishra said, “Being Vibhuti and experiencing every side of him in this show has been such an amazing journey and I am really glad our consistent hard work has paid off. Despite the several ups and downs and numerous hiccups, our show survived and has done tremendously well in this space today. Bringing this show to what it is,  has never been a one man army job, but a combined effort and sweat of all those who worked day and night to make this show an audience’s favourite. Everyone from the director to the writer has supported me immensely in my creative thoughts and in ways to make Vibhuti, one of the most loved characters of the viewers. Having reached so far, achieving one milestone after the other, we are still on our toes and each of us want to go beyond all the paths that we have explored. Thanks to &TV for trusting our intuitions and believing in the talent of this show.”

Shakeela biopic gets a new quirky poster as an ode to the 90s

Shakeela biopic has become one of the most anticipated biopics to look forward to this year. Based on the life of the south adult film actress, the film helmed by director Indrajit Lankesh is set to delve into the true life beyond the screen image of the actress who defied the norms in the late 90s in the south film industry.

The makers earlier released the first look poster of the film in November with the lead actress Richa Chadha embellished in an outfit made of only gold jewellery standing against hate messages inscribed on a wall showcasing the discrimination and hate Shakeela had to face for her choices during the course of her illustrious career.

Now with the beginning of a New Year, the makers have released a fun, quirky poster with Richa Chadha as Shakeela immersed in a glass of alcohol with the line wishing everyone - “Iss Saal Ka Jaam, Shakeela ke Naam”. The poster is meant to be an ode to the late 90s when such quirky imagery was a regular part of film posters.

The film has been produced by Sammy's Magic Cinema and Yoddhas Entertainment.