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Sharad Malhotra : I would just say that smoking is not at all good for health, on screen we smoke at times because the character requires it. But it doesn't mean that whatever we do on screen, we do off-screen as well. In fact, there is a warning given on the screen itself so that people don't do it. So I would advise everyone to avoid smoking instead of doing that, spend your time working out, eating healthy and living positively   Mrunal Jain  : May,31st is considered as the anti-tobacco day and I’m glad people are aware of the consequences of tobacco consumption. But on the other hand, is sad to see people playing with their lives without any fear and the increasing consumption of taboo has made them so weak from within that they get addicted and lose their immunity as well. I’m against this idea of cigarette smoking. Many youngsters are getting dragged into it just for the sake of swag which is very sad. In fact, so many people are getting affected due to passiv

World No-Tobacco Day is observed every year on May 31. It is celebrated to create awareness about the damaging after-effects of using tobacco. If you ask a smoker why they smoke, the first word that comes out of their mouth is "stress". So in a bid to help them, we spoke to a few non-smokers on what they do to relieve their stress, and here's what they had to say: Somy Ali: Firstly, it’s insane to me that in 2021 anyone would even contemplate smoking a cigarette. As for stress reducers, I make sure I workout at least 4-5 times a week which we know for a fact  kills anxiety and stress. Additionally, the best way to reduce stress for me is to make sure people around me are not stressing about basic needs. Thus, for me personally my daily work with No More Tear (NMT) is perhaps the biggest stress reducer. When you see humanity struggling for things we don’t think twice about like toothpaste, food or baby formula, it changes your perception of stress overall. Prov

And the wedding day is finally here in Rajan and Deepa Shahi's "Anupamaa". Kavya's dream of getting dressed as a bride came true, but will her desire of marrying Vanraj come true? Kavya has left no stone unturned to marry her love V, her desperation had no bounds, from belittling Anupamaa to insulting the Shahs, she has done everything that she can to make the wedding happen. Even though Anupamaa is the reason that this wedding is actually happening, Kavya doesn't mind taunting her or make her feel jealous by doing things like asking her to put mehendi for her, or flaunting her wedding dress in front of her. But Anupamaa has ignored all of it and even advised Kavya to focus more on herself and her wedding rather than showing it off to her.  Meanwhile, Baa tells Vanraj that if he doesn't feel like it, he shouldn't marry Kavya. The family also tells him that they won't be attending the wedding at any cost. Anupamaa also decides to

The new twist introduced in "Mann Ki Awaaz Pratigya 2" has the audience's heart, after all Krishna and Pratigya are one of the most loved on-screen couples and seeing Pratigya try to win her husband back is something that the viewers are looking forward to. Pratigya is in this fight alone and is up against the Thakurs who have removed everything about her existence from Krishna's life. Recently, we saw that Pratigya somehow manages to get a job at Krishna's office and shows him around the hotel. While doing so they get stuck in the lift and a scared Pratigya hugs Krishna and accidentally leaves a lipstick mark on his shirt. Krishna starts to feel that he has a connection with Pratigya but is unable to recall anything from the past. In the upcoming episode, we will see that Pratigya gets dahi-jalebi for Krishna hoping that it will remind him something about their past. But, he shouts at her as he finds Mogra in his office and tells Pratigya

बुद्ध पूर्णिमा के अवसर पर संगीतकार अनु मलिक, अभिनेत्री और एंकर एकता जैन और बुद्धांजलि आयुर्वेद के निदेशक कैलाश मासूम ने मुंबई पुलिस को “बुद्धांजलि हैंड सैनिटाईज़र” ‘फेस मास्क और इम्यूनिटी बूस्टर काढ़ा का फ्री वितरण किया। इसकी शुरुआत एपीआई अमर पाटिल की उपस्थिति में मुंबई के ओशिवारा पुलिस स्टेशन से की गई। अनु मलिक, एकता जैन और कैलाश मासूम ने सैकड़ों पुलिसकर्मियों को “बुद्धांजलि हैंड सैनिटाईज़र, मास्क और इम्यूनिटी काढ़ा” का वितरण किया। अनु मलिक ने इस अवसर पर कहा कि पुलिस और आर्मी के जवान हमारे देश और समाज की रक्षा करते हैं इनके लिए कुछ करना हमारे लिए गौरव की बात है ! वहीं एकता जैन ने कहा कि आज बुद्ध पूर्णिमा के अवसर पर बुद्धांजलि के आयुर्वेदिक प्रोडक्ट्स पुलिस को वितरित करते समय हमें बेहद ख़ुशी हो रही है।  बुद्धांजलि के निदेशक कैलाश मासूम ने कहा कि वे काफ़ी समय से लोगों को बुद्धांजलि हैंड सैनिटाईज़र और मास्क बांट रहे हैं, लेकिन आज हमने इम्यूनिटी बूस्टर काढ़ा भी वितरित किए हैं ,उन्होंने कहा कि कोरोना महामारी के समय “बुद्धांजलि” हमेशा लोगों के साथ खड़ी है और आगे भी

Aalisha Panwar recently featured in FNP Media's short film titled "Blind Love" in which actor Shagun Pandey is paired opposite him. The actress shared that she fell in love with the story as soon as she heard the narration and stressed that she could easily relate to it too. "I really wanted to play this character because as an actor I always try to experiment with my roles. I love giving little variations in my acting and doing things that I have never done before. I had never played a blind girl's character before and this was a chance to do that. I was very excited to do it because this role required me to do things differently. I researched about it and worked on it with my director and producer," she said. "I really relate to my character. Other than the fact that she cannot see, emotionally the way she is and the way she is shown, I am also like that. A girl from a small town, who has her ups and downs, but is still happy a

Nivedita Basu feels vaccination should have been made open for everyone from day one. The writer-producer-director does not support the phase-wise division according to age groups. However, she understands that this step must have been taken by the government to first deal with those, that is the older generation, who are more vulnerable to the virus given that there has been a shortage of vaccine production.     “The reason I think vaccination should have been open for everyone from day one is because then those who have been keen to take the jabs would have easily got them. We also know about how many doses got wasted. At the same time, I also understand the shortage of the supply of vaccines given the production is not happening at the rate that would have been necessary. India didn’t have enough vaccines, and we were busy exporting when we have a population of billions to cater to,” she sounds upset. She is waiting for her first dose. “I’ve registered a month back. Luck

Saahil Uppal joins the section of people who believe there should be open vaccination for all. While the actor is not against how the government divided the drive phase, ensuring that frontline workers, who are most exposed to the virus, and the older generation, who are more vulnerable to the virus get their jabs first.   “The only way to stop transmission is getting vaccinated and I think everyone has been equally vulnerable. A lot of elder people do not step out of the house but youngsters do for work. So it should have been an open vaccination for all since the very beginning,” he says. Saahil is yet to get vaccinated. Since he is in the bio bubble, shooting for his show Pinjara Khubsurti Ka, the actor does not want to step out of it right now and put everyone at risk. Once they have a bank ready, he will take some days off, take his first dose and have ample time to get back to the bubble. He plans to do the same for the second dose as well.   “The pandemic has changed

Mrunal Jain vouches for comfortable wear. To him fashion means individuality. The actor, who is known for his style and as someone ready to experiment with his looks, opens up about what is fashion to him, his favourite attire, if he thinks people go overboard at times while trying to be stylish and more:     What is fashion to you? Fashion trends change every season, does it get exhausting to keep up? When some new trend catches everyone's attention, many start following it, then that particular style becomes a fashion. I follow trends, sometimes be a part of it but then I have my individual taste. I’m a person who likes to wear shorts, t-shirts, trousers, tracks… unless it’s a formal occasion I mostly dress in these things. Being in fashion for me is being comfortable, but that does not mean I am not open to experimenting.   An actor is expected to adapt to new styles depending on what’s in. Do you agree? When it comes to his on screen looks, I prefer listening to the

Arushi Nishank, an actor, social activist, acclaimed kathak exponent, environmentalist, film producer, co-founder of Sparsh Ganga and more. She made her debut with Wafa Na Raas Aayee, a T-series song that has already hit 125 million views in less than a month's time. However, the most important role that she has undertaken in the past 2 years, apart from her back-to-back acting commitments is that of helming projects for COVID-19 relief efforts across Uttarakhand and beyond. Arushi Nishank, Co-founder of Sparsh Ganga, a non-profitable initiative started in 2008,  in Uttarakhand with a motive of preservation of river Ganga & environment. They are sending ration (wheat flour, rice, daal, tea and biscuits) with medical kits consists of oxygen concentrator, masks, steamer, PPE kits, sanitisers, digital thermometer, oximeters, vitamin C tablets with this 200-500 more kits consisting of sanitiser and mask will also be distributed by team Sparsh Ganga in Harid

' The audience is eagerly waiting for a big twist in Rajan and Deepa Shahi's "Anupamaa" and looks like it's going to happen soon. We have seen how desperately Kavya wants to marry Vanraj, but hope you did not miss her saying that she will take revenge of all that was done to her in the past. Though Anupamaa has supported her throughout, she never misses an opportunity to taunt her. She in fact goes to her and asks her to put mehendi on her palm, but Anupamaa cleverly avoid that and even tells Kavya that she shouldn't take her for granted anymore. And when Kavya asks her to come to the wedding, she straight away tells her a no.  Next day an excited Kavya calls everyone for her haldi, but Baa refuses to be a part of it. Meanwhile, Vanraj talks to Babuji and tells him that he doesn't want to marry Kavya.  Vanraj has second thoughts on this, but will Kavya let him go so easily? What will Vanraj do? To know what happens next keep watchin

Rajan Shahi's "Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai" is keeping the audience hooked by introducing new twists and turns. Recently, we saw that Ranveer's father threatens to stop the wedding at any cost but Kartik, Ranveer and Sirat are ready to face any challenge he throws. As luck would have it, when Sirat was ready in her bridal attire, she gets to know that a boxing match has been preponed and she needs to leave for that. Both Kartik and Ranveer support her in this decision and the Goenkas wish her the best. But it's all planned by Ranveer's father who wants to stop the wedding at any cost. He even gets a different opponent to fight with Sirat. But with Ranveer by her side will Sirat win the match? Will the wedding happen? To know what happens next keep watching "Yeh Rishta Kya Kehalata Hai". "Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai" is produced under Shahi's banner Director's Kut Productions and airs on Star Plus. I

Hasan Zaidi agrees with the government decision to do the vaccination process by following those who are more at risk, that is frontline workers, followed by the older generation and then lowering the age limit. However, the actor feels that the arrangements could have been done in a better way.   “It has been alright in some states, because many people abided and it was really pathetic in a lot more in other states where vaccines got wasted too. Imagine now we don’t have enough to give. The problem in our country is the disparity between the centre and the states, also we tend to give more importance to fake news. All the states have their own procedures, guidelines. This should have been one time where all sorts of politics should have been kept aside and uniform SOPs should have been established. But obviously our government was busy with something else, trying to win elections and not really thinking about it as hard as they should have and see what crisis we are facing

Nikkiey Chawla says many people in India are still confused about the vaccines. Some are thinking that they might die after taking the jabs or this is yet another trick of the government to control them. “I have heard about all these things myself. It is really disturbing. I personally believe that government has invested so much on their travelling, here and there unnecessarily, they could have invested some more money to make informative videos related to Covid, taken initiatives to reach out to people in the interiors and make them more about the virus and the vaccines. Just printing posters and giving away vaccines is not enough in rural areas. I also think open vaccination should not be allowed or else that will gather a crowd. I have seen when vaccination started in Mumbai, at that time every BMC centre had a number of people gathered, and many among them were not following norms. Vaccination should be done area wise that will be easier to handle,” says India’s first transgender

Anchor, dancer, blogger, actor and entrepreneur Rahul Bhatia shares that he is often confused with his namesake, who is a big shot in the aviation industry. Yes, we are talking about Rahul Bhatia, co-founder of IndiGo.   “A lot of amusing incidents have happened because of this confusion. Whenever I used to travel in Indigo, since it’s a low-cost carrier I never got an upgrade to business class or so, but free meals used to get added to my ticket. So, once I asked a cabin crew about it and was told that they thought the founder is actually travelling,” he shares.   Rahul also reveals that many had approached him for a job. And it took him time to convince them otherwise.  Well, there is another thing that the anchor likes about his name. It’s association with Shah Rukh Khan. “There have been times when I introduced myself to someone and he or she would mouth the famous dialogue “Rahul naam toh suna hoga” and we all end up laughing. I genuinely respect Shah Rukh Khan. He did

Among the positive sides of these dark times is how it has brought us close to our loved ones and people around us. Given our lifestyle, we have less time, sometimes we travel to other cities for work and all these make us secluded at times. There are times when we don’t even know our neighbours. However, Covid seems to have brought everyone close, says actor-turned-humanitarian Somy Ali.   “Actually I live in an apartment building and my work hours are such that I don’t get to really know my neighbours. But now I have started to know them slowly and I feel good about it. There are good things about knowing people, you get to learn so much,” she says.   She continues, “Of course good neighbours are always a blessing just like good people are, however I am never home so it’s hard to make connections with neighbours when I am not around. More so, my hours are very uncommon than regular 9-5pm typical jobs that people have in my building. I live by myself and absolutely love be

"Mann Ki Awaaz Pratigya 2" recently took a leap and the show will now focus on Pratigya's fight to win her husband and kids back. Through Kesar Pratigya gets to know about how the Thakurs have removed everything about Pratigya's existence from their life and have even manipulated their kids, but Pratigya won't let it go on now.  In the recent episode, we saw that Pratigya was eve-teased by some men, but Krishna comes as a saviour. The next day Krishna is surprised to see Pratigya as his PA but he denies to keep her on the job. This makes Pratigya very angry, and she somehow manages to get it back.   Meanwhile, Shakti tells Sajjan Singh and Amma Ji about his plan to kill Komal to get rid of Aadarsh from their lives, but they react badly to this. But, Sajjan Singh and Shakti decide to test Aadarsh and ask him to shoot a person. Also, now that Pratigya has got her job back, she tries to get closer to Krishna. They get stuck in an e

Rajan and Deepa Shahi's "Anupamaa" will witness a major drama in the upcoming episodes. While Kavya is desperate to get married, Vanraj is having second thoughts and even speaks to Anupamaa about it. But she straight away refuses to talk about anything in this matter. To their surprise, Rakhi too joins the Shahs at the resort and though she has her sympathies with Anupamaa, she wants to side with Kavya so that she doesn't trouble Kinjal once she gets married to Vanraj. Meanwhile, Kavya is elated to see her wedding mandap, and even asks Baa and Dolly to do some rituals but they refuse to do it. In the upcoming episode, we will see that Kavya comes to Anupamaa and asks her to put mehendi for her. Later she warns Kavya that people sometimes start to take good people for granted, and not to do it with her. So will Vanraj get married to Kavya? What will he do? To know what happens next keep watching "Anupamaa". Prod

Pearl Grey is spearheading the second season of "Mann Ki Awaaz Pratigya" as the creative producer, writer and showrunner. The show recently took a leap of one and a half years and took the audience by surprise as Krishna lost his memory and doesn't remember anything about Pratigya. Pearl said, "The audience should expect a fresh love story between Krishna and Pratigya. Pratigya will enter Krishna's life as the other woman to reclaim her love, husband and her kids. It's an extramarital affair with a twist where the wife will have to play the role of the other woman to get her husband back." "Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya", the first season, was a huge success, and the second season went on-air after almost nine years on March 15, 2021. The ongoing season saw the return of most of the cast like Pooja Gor, Arhaan Behll, Anupam Shyam, Asmita Sharma, Parvati Sehgal and Aalika Sheikh reprise their roles of season one, while Sachal T

Every artist who works hard to make a mark in showbiz, strives for nothing else but love and acceptance from the audiences. As every artist out there touches a million lives with his work and dedication towards his craft, and the entertainment industry is blessed with one such gifted talent, ie. Paras Chhabra.   The actor who rose to fame after his stint in the 13th edition of Bigg Boss, is loved for his rawness and his real nature by his fans. Recently, the actor completed 1 million hashtags on Instagram, and sharing his euphoria, An ecstatic Paras quirked "I am extremely overwhelmed with all the love that I get from my fans. They always surprise me with new things and do their best to make it big for me and to make me feel special. Their efforts mean a lot to me." The actor further added "It makes me feel so blessed to have them. Thanks to my Paras army for making me feel so special. I love you all"   On the professional front, the actor who is known p

Aneesha Madhok, who will soon be making her Hollywood debut with "Bully High", is on cloud nine because of her singing debut. She has given her voice for the Farsi bits of iconic singer Jasbir Jassi's new music video "Dil Mangdi".  "Dil Mangdi", a Punjabi track, was shot in Goa and streaming on YouTube. Speaking about the trend of music videos that has made its way back, she said, "I think the music video era is back and I’m so excited about it. I remember as a five-year-old I would watch songs on MTV, but throughout my teenage years, it was usually the movie songs that made the Buzz. And now I’m so happy that the industry is once again making so many music videos." Though working with Jasbir Jassi was an honour for the young actress, she revealed that it also made her nostalgic.  "I’m so excited that I got to debut with the iconic singer Jasbir Jassi, to whom I’m very thankful for believing in me as a singer and rapper. I re

Arun Mandola feels mental health is key to healthy living. The actor opines that if a person is mentally healthy, then they can deal with any difficult situation in life.   “If your mind is in a happy space, it means you are healthy inside out. And I think we must understand that taking care of your mental health is as important as taking care of your physical health. Many tend to forget that. I generally talk less to keep my mind calm and sleep well for good mental health but I feel meditation and yoga are the Bhramastras for good mental health,” says the actor known for TV shows Sankatmochan Mahabali Hanuman and Vighnaharta Ganesh. Arun highlights that everyone in this world faces anxiety and depression. “So do actors. We are always in the limelight so it becomes really difficult for us and when our situation comes out in public, people start talking about it and we become easy targets. After all, there are still prejudices attached to mental health. I don't think any

Vaidika Senjaliya has joined the cast of Sonali and Amir Jaffar's "Tujhse Hai Raabta". Though she has done a Gujarati film and a couple of Hindi TV shows, she doesn't believe in the film actor or TV actor tag and stressed that be it any medium an actor always puts in equal effort.  "I feel as actors everyone has their own journey. Everyone wants to grow and needs to work on them, their features and on their character. So I believe it's not like a TV actor works harder than a film actor or vice verse. I feel an actor is an actor no matter what medium they perform on. It doesn't matter whether you do a Bollywood movie or a television show, an actor has to put in equal efforts so that they could justify their character on-screen," she said. "But of course there are many advantages of doing daily soaps. I have always been a very dramatic person, so on-screen I love playing positive or sometimes negative characters too. You get to play di

It's a special day for Rajan Shahi as his daughter Ishika Shahi turned a year older on Thursday (May 27). The ace producer, who is currently working on four TV shows - Anupamaa, Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai, Mann Ki Awaaz Pratigya 2 and Aai Kuthe Kay Karte - took to his Instagram account to wish her and called her his motivation, his lifeline and his world. Recalling the day he first held her in his arms, he wrote, "Happy Birthday Ishika. My daughter, my motivation, my lifeline, my world, my reason for everything. May God give you all the happiness, good health, peace and prosperity, on this special day. The most defining and cherished moment of my life was when I first held you in my arms on this day... Proud to see you grow as a strong individual who has inculcated the best from her parents and grandparents. "Always be this honest, compassionate human. You are full of creative ideas and brilliance. Wish you the very best always. Love you hamesha, k