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  • Ent News: Celebs at Sid-Kiara wedding, Kangana feels someone is spying her and more   

    Ent News: Celebs at Sid-Kiara wedding, Kangana feels someone is spying her and more   

    It’s time to have a look at who and what made the news in the Entertainment News section today. From Shah Rukh Khan grabbing headlines for Pathaan to celebrities flying down to Jaisalmer for Sidharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani‘s wedding. From Kangana Ranaut talking about being spied on to Nysa Devgn partying in a hot red dress and more. Tonight the sangeet will take place of Sidharth and Kiara, there have been loads of updates on the same too. Let’s catch up with all the newsmakers of the day… Also Read – Kiara Advani is stunning as a bride: Check out times when she turned a dulhan for reel

    Shah Rukh Khan responds to a young fan who disliked Pathaan

    A video went viral online in which a father asked his young kid how was it watching Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, John Abrahamstarrer Pathaan. The kid responds in negative. Someone tagged SRK on the video and the superstar’s humble response has been winning hearts. Check it out here. Also Read – Sidharth Malhotra, Kiara Advani wedding: The Shershaah couple to host Mumbai reception on THIS date

    Sidharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani wedding

    All eyes right now are on the big fat Bollywood wedding of Sidharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani which has been grabbing headlines in the Entertainment News section every day now. After the bride and groom, the friends and other family members are now arriving slowly in Jaisalmer. Karan Johar, Shahid Kapoor and more celebs flew out to Jaisalmer for the wedding. Check out the pictures here. Ambanis have also flown to Jaisalmer’s Suryagarh Palace hotel. Watch the video and see the pics here. In fact, Sidharth Malhotra’s Nani was spotted at the airport as well. Check out her adorable wishes for the to-be-married duo here. BollywoodLife informed y’all that Sidharth And Kiara have planned some surprises for their guests and have put up a carnival-like thing in the Suryagarh Palace. Check more details here. If reports are anything to go by, Sidharth and Kiara will conduct not one but two receptions. Check out the details here. There’s also buzz about Sidharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani not doing on a honeymoon right after the wedding. Why is that, check out here. Also Read – How Kiara Advani almost got Ashneer Grover divorced; Shark Tank India ex judge reveals

    Ashneer Grover almost got divorced because of Kiara Advani?

    Shark Tank India 1 judge Ashneer Grover has become a celebrity. A snippet from Ashneer’s biography has been going viral online. In it there’s a talk about an incident involving Ashneer and his wife and also Kiara which turned serious. Check what it is about here.

    Kangana Ranaut feels someone is spying her

    Kangana Ranaut is not the one to mince her words. Just today, she took to her Instagram stories and penned a lengthy note saying that someone is spying on her. She talked about some nepo kids being obsessed with her and trying to bring her down. Check out the details of her story here.

    Sharman Joshi has been promoting his film Congratulations online. It’s a Gujarati film. And recently, while shooting for a promotional video of the same, he reunited with his costars R Madhavan and Aamir Khan. It was a merry 3 Idiots reunion. Watch the video here.

    Shah Rukh Khan has a fun banter with his first heroine Renuka Shahane

    Shah Rukh Khan has been conducting an Ask SRK session and interacting with his fans. However this time he got chatty with his first heroine Renuka Shahane. The actress went to watch Pathaan with Aashutosh Rana who is also a part of Pathaan. Their hearty exchange will leave you gushing. Check out their tweets here:

    Siddharth Anand has proved the boycott trend wrong. The Pathaan helmer sat down for an interview in which he opened up on emerging winners with Pathaan amidst the boycott Bollywood trend. The filmmaker shared that he didn’t say or do anything about it. He said that the audience has responded to the boycott gang. He claims that the audience is very smart and can see through various agendas.

    Nysa Devgn visits a luxe event

    Ajay Devgn and Kajol‘s daughter Nysa Devgn was spotted in the city today attending the Luxe event at the Jio Gardens. Nysa looked stunning in a red dress. Check out the video here:

    That’s all in the Entertainment News section today.

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  • What Sanjeev Bikhchandani said about the ‘bound to polarise’ epilogue from Ashneer Grover’s ‘Doglapan’

    What Sanjeev Bikhchandani said about the ‘bound to polarise’ epilogue from Ashneer Grover’s ‘Doglapan’

    Sanjeev Bikhchandani, founder of Info Edge, which runs job portal Naukri.com, said in a Twitter thread on Wednesday that “taking a company to scale, profit and an IPO in India takes a decade and a half or more”.

    He was reacting to an epilogue from former BharatPe founder Ashneer Grover’s book ‘Doglapan’, which talked about secondary share sales by founders, with a sub-head that read, “Don’t be a martyr to your own cause: Founder liquidity first.”

    In the passage that Bikhchandani shared on Twitter, Grover wrote, “I’ve given more cash exits to my angels and ESOP holders than any other founder in India– not one person, however, was thankful enough to publicly stand by me (during his acrimonious exit from BharatPe). People made 80-250x returns, and bought homes and cars. I had to literally beg some angels to sell in earlier rounds– they were that greedy. Also, make sure that all secondary sales can only happen through you– never make the mistake of letting them sell in the open market.”

    “We don’t want founders who want to sell secondary early. Truly great companies are the result of a group of people (including founders) devoting a lifetime – Google, Microsoft, Facebook are testimony to this,” said Bikhchandani in a tweet while saying the passage is “bound to polarise”.

    “We are long-term investors – our balance sheet capital is evergreen. Our fund has a life of twelve plus two years. We are therefore uncomfortable when founders want to do secondaries prematurely,” he added.

    Bikhchandani, who has invested in tech companies like Zomato and Policybazaar, said that if founders encash some value early through a secondary share sale, then their hunger to succeed would be sated and they would not try “hard enough” to maximise value for everyone.

    “Taking a company to scale, profit and an IPO in India takes a decade and a half or more. So investors and founders need to be patient and persistent. We first invested in Policybazaar fourteen years back and we are still there. We first invested in Zomato twelve years back and we are still there. We are long term investors – our balance sheet capital is evergreen. Our fund has a life of twelve plus two years. We seek entrepreneurs who want to run the company for the rest of their lives if needed. We don’t want founders who want to sell secondary,” Bikhchandani added.

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  • ‘One person doesn’t make…’: Shark Tank India judge on dropping Ashneer Grover

    ‘One person doesn’t make…’: Shark Tank India judge on dropping Ashneer Grover

    Shark Tank India judge and executive director of Emcure Pharmaceuticals Namita Thapar hinted that popular judge Ashneer Grover’s absence from second season will not hamper the show’s TRPs.

    Soon after sharing a promo of the upcoming second season, Thapar tweeted, “One person doesn’t make or break a show… not me, not anybody… this show is about celebrating our entrepreneurs, job creators… it’s about teaching masses business concepts through beautiful stories of these nation builders.. focus on that and the hard work put in by the team.”

    Although she did not name the co-founder and former MD of the Indian fintech unicorn BharatPe, it was apparent Thapar was pointing at Ashneer Grover’s absence.

    When a Twitter user responded that since Shark Tank India is about stories of talent and growth with or without Grover, Namita Thapar said, “So agree! Well said.”

    She also hit out at a Twitter user who suggested that the show was not a real investors’ pitch but just a reality show to garner TRPs.

    “Are you serious? Coz (because) it’s my ‘real’ money I’m putting in. What do you mean by it’s not a real pitch?! It’s easy to talk and whine and judge… tough to give time, energy, mentorship and money,” Thapar tweeted.

    Meanwhile, Grover will come out with his autobiography this December which he says is “all about the hypocrisy of life – success in failure and failure in success”.

    He will also offer an insider view into the mythical world of unicorns.

    Titled “Doglapan: The Hard Truth about Life and Start-ups”, the book is being published by Penguin India.

    The book is being billed as “raw, gut-wrenchingly honest and one of the finest storytelling from the Delhi boy renowned for his truth bombs”.

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  • ‘Biggest failure in India’: Bharat Pe’s co-founder Ashneer Grover on WhatsApp Pay

    ‘Biggest failure in India’: Bharat Pe’s co-founder Ashneer Grover on WhatsApp Pay

    Ashneer Grover, former Managing Director and co-founder of Bharat Pe and Shark Tank season 1 judge, on Wednesday, slammed WhatsApp Pay as India’s biggest failure as a tech product.

    WhatsApp is widely used as a messaging app in the country and offers convenience for users to send money on the platform by using UPI. Grover called the app’s payment as easy as sending images, however, failed to capture the mass users.

    Grover, in a tweet, said, “WhatsApp Pay has to be the biggest failure in India as a tech product. Everyone has @WhatsApp on their phone – sending money on WA using UPI is as easy as sending pic.”

    Grover further added that the Meta-owned platform should have beaten other UPI-enabled Payment apps like Paytm, PhonePe and GooglePay. He said, “It should have beaten @Paytm @PhonePe @GooglePay. Country managers can’t win you markets – good riddance now !”

    Grover, in another tweet, shared a screenshot of WhatsApp’s advertisement in a thread of tweets and criticised the organisation’s managers for publishing useless ads. He said that the company should have invested in improving the payment services instead of posting the ad about its safety features.

    His post reads, “Yeh ad hi dekh lo – iska kya acahar daalega koi customer – itni ad WhatsApp Pay ki kar lete instead. Public policy uncle aur vakil babu dhanda chalayenge to aisa hi hoga.” [If lawyers and public policy uncle run WhatsApp’s Business, this is unavoidable.]

    However, several Twitter users didn’t support Grover narrative and said that it’s not WhatsApp’s primary business model and hence, it didn’t focus primarily on the UPI payment business.

    One Twitter user wrote, “They came late and haven’t done anything new. Not only WhatsApp Pay, even Amazon UPI Pay is also failure. The reason for this is that Payment & Finance is not their primary business.”

    Another user replied, “Not their focus area for business model. Simple. They are already generating revenue from WhatsApp business.”

    Many Twitter users also began questioning Grover’s own Bharat Pe app and asked why it has been beaten by WhatsApp Pay. Grover replied that Bharat Pe doesn’t do consumer payments – it’s a merchant service.

    Grover has previously been associated with unicorns such as Bharat Pe and Grofers in leadership roles. He was also among the popular sharks on Shark Tank India but is not featured in the next season. Amit Jain, CEO and co-founder of CarDekho, replaced him.

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