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'Anupamaa' 28th July Written Update: Vanraj's cafe gets a two-star rating, Kavya blames Anupamaa

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Vanraj Shah of Rajan and Deepa Shahi's "Anupamaa" was both excited and nervous about the food critic coming to his cafe. While they were struggling to get the dishes right, Samar convinced Anupamaa to help them and she agreed.  With Anupamaa taking care of the dishes, Kavya decides to entertain the food critic. She goes on and on about how she has finalised the menu, the decor and everything.  Meanwhile, two ladies from their locality also came and insisted that Vanraj sings a song for them. Vanraj and Samar then perform on "Neele neele ambar par" and entertain the audience.  After the performance, the food critic leaves and tells Vanraj and Kavya that they will get to know about the review tge next day.  In the upcoming episode, we will see that Vanraj gets upset and angry seeing the review. When Kavya sees that they have got a two-star rating, she blames Anupamaa for it. Vanraj interrupts her by saying that she l...

Sneha Namanandi says The Pet Station — where happiness begins is dedicated to her pets Maui and Miguel: They’ve brought love, positivity, colour and light in my life

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Sneha Namanandi is very close to her pet dogs Maui and Miguel, while the former is five months old, the latter is one-and-a-half years. The actor and entrepreneur’s life revolves around them. “They mean a lot to me. Whenever I make plans or decisions, they are always the reason I make them. I love them the most and have never feared losing anyone so much. Maui and Miguel are so important to me that I actually opened The Pet Station — where happiness begins (a pet cafĂ©) keeping them in mind,” says the actor, who started her journey in showbiz with Gumrah and was last seen in the music video Main Jis Din Bhula Du. Pets bring a lot of positivity. “They bring love, positivity, colour and light to your home and life. They make you understand the true the meaning of responsibility, love and happiness, she continues, “Playing with them is a stress buster. I can play and be around my pets 24/7. The favourite part of my day and my life are when I am with my babies. They ...

Yamini Malhotra: Dad always said that he didn’t want me to score 90 percent and be a bookworm, he wanted me to develop my overall personality

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We all cherish our beautiful childhood memories. That’s the time when we fall in love for the first time, think about the career we want to pursue and dream about doing well in life, says Yamini Malhotra. The Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin actor shares that she too did the same and was quite shy as a kid.   “I was mommy’s well mannered and obedient girl… While growing up I wanted to be a teacher. I used to play the teacher-teacher game with my grandma. I used to be her strict teacher and she used to be my student Pinky,” she laughs. Acting happened much later in Yamini’s life.   The actor says that her parents have always been super supportive of her choices. “Dad always said that he didn’t want me to score 90 percent and be a bookworm. He wanted me to develop my overall personality. He said it’s ok to score average marks, but you must play sports and participate in co-curricular activities. I used to play a lot, both outdoor and indoor games. I enjoyed s...

Director Nikhil Kumar of The Pill shares his experience on the film

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Nikhil Kumar, the director of FNP Media and Fillme Networks Private Ltd's next short film "The Pill", shares his experience of directing the film. It stars Tarun Khanna, Romita and Hitakshi Wadhwa. Nikhil has been in the industry for 13 long years and directed many commercials, NGO and government programmes. Speaking about The Pill Nikhil says,”The story was conceived by Mr. Vikaas Gutgutia. I recreated it for the screen for the audience of FNP Media. Keeping the pandemic in mind, the production team planned it really well. We kept our shoot at locations with lesser or no footfalls. We shot with a small crew abiding by all the necessary covid protocols. Before the shoot, we had a script reading session with all my actors and the core team. This preparation not only helped us shoot better but also wrap it up on time.”    So  how will you define the trend for short films? “Now is the best time for content creators as well as content  consumers. Given the cu...

Director Ashish Shrivastav is helming 'Tera Mera Saath Rahe'

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Director Ashish Shrivastav, who has directed shows like Shaadi Mubarak, Yeh Rishtey Hain Pyaar Ke, and Pyaar ka dard hai, to name a few, is directing the forthcoming TV show Tera Mera Saath Rahe featuring Giaa Manek, Rupal Patel, Vandana Vithlani and Mohammad Nazim. The show is a prequel to the popular show Saath Nibhana Saathiya, but the character names and the story will be completely different. Interestingly, in this show too Giaa will play Rupal's daughter-in-law and Nazim's wife. The promo of the show was recently released and it has garnered a good response. It starts with Rupal asking Giaa to wash the clothes, but she accidentally forgets her laptop on the pile of clothes. Thinking Giaa might have washed the laptop too, referring to a scene from Saath Nibhana Saathiya, Rupal rushes towards Giaa but is surprised to see that Giaa has kept it aside. From the promo, the show looks quite interesting and we can't wait to see the masterpiece Ashish is creating t...

Sneh Binny: Meeting stars are always exciting… some of them are humble, some are stubborn, and meeting them does change your perception

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Entrepreneur Sneh Binny has achieved a lot at a very young age. He was 16 when he started assisting his father Raj Patel in their family business. They are into the jewellery and diamonds business. Now at 23, he has his own lifestyle & Jewelry brands, co-owns Delhi Binny’s Brigade with Divya Khosla Kumar, a part of the Tennis Premier League, and is doing many more things. In his journey so far, he has collaborated with a lot of celebrities including Hrithik Roshan, Sonali Bendre, Shilpa Shetty, among others. Working with them has helped him learn a lot. “It has always been exciting to meet them as there’s a lot to learn from all. And, I must also mention that some are humble and some are a bit stubborn. Meeting them helped me learn a lot and also changed my perception about them, both in a good and bad way. Most of them are humble and respectful though. I think these are the two key things that make them who they are today… But there were two of...

It was a personal crisis that made Vivaan Arora take three years break in showbiz and rush back home

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Vivaan Arora did a number of films, TV shows and was slowly making a place for himself in showbiz when life took a different turn. A personal incident led him to take a break in acting and go back to his home town to support his family.   “I didn't want to quit but yes I had to take a break because in 2017 my father faced losses in his business. The situation became worse and we almost went bankrupt. So, I had to go back to my home town Ludhiana to be with my family, and support them,” says the actor, who has done Punjabi films, Aish Kar Lai, Ek Wari Haan Karde and Dramebaaz Kalakar, and TV shows, Khushiyon Kii Gullak Aashi, SuperCops vs Supervillains, Savdhaan India and Aahat.   Talking more about how difficult the year 2017 was for the Arora family, he shares that the business was in partnership and before 2017 also it was facing some loss here and there. But his father didn't bother much thinking such things happen in business.   “But when we saw the worst ...