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F ilms have kept her busy,but Yami Gautam,like hercontemporaries, has a side business on her mind.The actress has a beautiful property in her home-
town, Himachal Pradesh, which she says will lead to a‘fruitful’ venture, quite literally. In a candid chat with us,she spoke about her upcoming film, Bala, future plansand more. Excerpts from the chat:You made your Bollywood debut with AyushmannKhurrana in 2012 with Vicky Donor. Bala reunites thetwo of you. Has your equation changed? Have the twoof you been in touch over the years?
After Vicky Donor,we did a music videotogether.This time we have teamed
up for a movie.We have been intouch, but wouldn’t commu-
nicate often, as we havebeen busy with our re-spective careers. How-ever, when we met forBala, the energy wasthe same as it was inour first film together.Only,earlier we used tohog on the sets, but this
time around we weremore in control (laughs!).
The caterer on the sets ofVicky Donor was really good!
We used to gorge on dalmakhni, butter chicken, chicken
tikka,malai kebabetc.Also, the guesthouse we were staying at,had a private cook.
He knew we loved food and so he would excitedly tell usthat he made special kadhi or crispy pakodas for us. Youcan see in Vicky Donor, how healthy we looked on thescreen (laughs!). However, the Punjabiyat in him and thepahadiyat in me, when it comes to food, has taken a back-seat now. Now, we are more fitness conscious.
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A show celebrating inclusivity in fashionW hat comes to your mind when you think of
fashion influencers? Probably,glamorous girlsdressed in high-fashion outfits that are out of
your comfort zone. Well, reality fashion series, MyntraFashion Superstar, which is touted to be the first of itskind, aims to break all such myths. It shows how be-coming a fashion influencer not only requires a lot ofhard work, but also that the world of fashion is truly in-clusive in spirit. This series showcases the journey of 10contestants with strikingly distinct personalities, fight-ing for the title of ‘Myntra Fashion Superstar’. It’s beingjudged by Sonakshi Sinha and a host of other big namesfrom the fashion, entertainment and digital industry.Mentored by celebrity stylist Shaleena Nathani, the showalso aims to break stereotypes in the fashion industryregarding body types, gender and ethnicities.
The three finalists reiterate the philosophy that ‘fash-ion is for everyone’. While Tanumita Ghosh is a duskyfashionista from Kolkata, Deepen Sharma is a gender-fluid social media star from Mumbai. Sumedha Sharmafrom Delhi stands for being ‘flabulous’ aka curvy-and-happy.
Seen as one of the many firsts for the e-commercefashion app, the show has opened its doors to a wider,more inclusive set of fashion and social influencers.Apart from the contestants’ sense of fashion, it’s theirability to create content that has catapulted them to thetop. The winner will be the leading voice of fashion forthe e-commerce platform and will host a fashion showon Zoom TV. The series finale, which will declare In-dia’s next big fashion influencer, will go live at midnighttoday, on the Myntra app and their social channel alongwith Zoom TV.
Tanumita Ghosh, Deepen Sharma, Sonakshi Sinha and Sumedha Sharma
A PL Apollo launched its new sustain-ability initiative — Steel for Green —at an event held at a Gurgaon hotel on
November 2. In recent years, the brand hasclaimed to have taken major steps to contributeto a more sustainable planet and this eventcommunicated this agenda both to memberswithin the company and to the outside world.
Brand dealers from across the country werepresent at the event,along with brand officialsacross the hierarchy as well as importantcelebrities associated with the brand.
The event saw the participation of Karis-ma Kapoor,Chunky Panday,Neha Dhupia andGovinda, who felicitated the dealers and oth-er guests at the event. The event also featuredscintillating performances by Coke Studio andUrvashi Rautela.The brand has been pushing for mass adop-tion of steel products instead of wood. Sowhether it’s steel Chaukhat, which serves as
a replacement for the wooden chaukhat out-side a house,or the steel handrails that sub-stitute wooden handrails on staircases, itsproducts have been constantly pushing the envelope.
The Steel for Green campaign includesthe launch of a new TVC with none otherthan Amitabh Bachchan,along with a TVCfor the Chaukhat.Sanjay Gupta,CMD,APLApollo, remarked, “In today’s day and age,every company has to think long and hardabout how they are contributing to makingthis world greener. We’ve been committedtowards sustainable growth for a while nowand our Steel for Green initiative is goingto take this to the next level. This eventhelped us ensure that all our stakeholders—whether it’s our employees, our dealers,our brand ambassadors, or the public atlarge — are aligned to our mission goingforward.”
A star-studded launch for green initiative
(L-R) Sanjay Gupta, Karisma Kapoor and Chunky Panday
Ranjit Kumar
S he made her debut with the Tamil film,Mythili Ennai Kaathali, in 1986, and be-came quite a sensation overnight. After
working in all the south language films, and evenin Bollywood, Amala quit the industry post hermarriage. Though she’d made a comeback in Tol-lywood a few years ago, her last Kollywood ven-ture was the 1991 release, Karpoora Mullai. Andnow,after 28-odd years, the actress is all set to reap-pear on Tamil screens with Sharwanand-Ritu-Varma’s film, which is being directed byShree Karthick.
Confirming the news,producer SR Prabhu tellsus, “When Karthick narrated the script, he toldus about this particular character and how it wouldbe great if Amala ma’am could do it. I heard thatshe was not very keen on doing feature films then,but we decided to give it a try.We met her for a nar-ration a few months ago. After hearing her char-acter sketch, she sounded excited and said thiswas the kind of script she was willing to do inTamil.”
Talking about her role, Karthick, who comesfrom a short and ad film background, says, “It’s asolid mother character — to Sharwanand — andnot somebody who just breezes through the screenfor the sake of it. It’s a strong character and hasto give out that positive vibe as well. Even when Iwas writing this character,I only had Amala ma’amin mind because she has a pleasant face and a smilethat can spread cheer. Since she hadn’t acted inTamil for so many years,she’ll also add that fresh-ness factor to the script. It’s a Tamil-Telugu bilin-gual, and she has already started shooting for herportions in Hyderabad. She’s speaking in boththese languages, and she is very fluent in Tamil.”
EVEN WHEN I WAS WRITINGTHIS CHARACTER, I ONLY HADAMALA MA’AM IN MIND. SHEHAS A PLEASANT FACE AND A SMILE THAT CAN SPREADCHEER
— Shree Karthick
F or a while now, it hasbeen reported that debu-tante Lovely Singh will
be playing the lead in Mysskin’sThupparivalan 2, in whichVishal will play a detective onceagain. Now, we have it thatLovely has been rechristenedAshya for the film, and the twowill start shooting for the filmin Bristol, London, from today.
A source in the know says,“Mysskin chose Ashya becauseshe could pull off various emo-
tions and expressions quitewell. She is a model, and willbe making her acting debutwith this film. The shoot willbegin today at Bristol and willgo on non-stop for 40 days.”
Mysskin had earlier visitedThe Sherlock Holmes Museumin London, and interestingly, aSherlock Holmes series wasalso shot in Bristol. “The restof the cast, including Prasan-na, Nassar, Rahman, Gautamiand Suresh Chakravarthy,willjoin the shoot later this month,”the source adds.
Not being fair cannot be a reasonto be unhappy, says Yami Gautam
Ashya
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Vishal and Ashya head to Bristol
Amala returns to K-Townafter 28 years; will playSharwa’s mom in the film
AYUSHMANNAND I HAVE BEENBUSY WITH OUR
RESPECTIVE CAREERS.HOWEVER WHEN WE MET FOR BALA, THE
ENERGY WAS THESAME AS IT WAS
DURING VICKYDONOR
YAMI GAUTAM
