Family offices are increasingly looking to invest directly in start-ups rather than through investment in venture capital (VC) firms. The shift is happening because of multiple reasons. Next-generation scions of wealthy families are conversant with how the start-up world works after they have spent time in Silicon Valley; start-up investment is rising to 10-15 per cent of family offices' portfolios from single digits; and they do not want to share gains of investment with VC firms. "While earlier they would prefer to invest in this asset class via venture capital (VC) funds as LPs (limited partners), now they are making direct investment in start-ups.
Apoorva Mehta, a diamond merchant, saw the aftermath of the blast at Opera House in South Mumbai on Wednesday evening. This is his account
Zanjeer will feature a song entitled Mumbai Ka Hero, which will be interspersed with Bachchan's celebrated dialogues from the original film.
'For a film like Haseena, which is made for Rs 11 crore, the publicity budget was Rs 8 crore. I think it's a waste because that could have gone into the film and I could have done something bigger and better.' Director Apoorva Lakhia looks back at his film Haseena Parker.
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Joginder Tuteja looks at the new shows on our plate.
Rajinikanth is the third cinema personality after the late thespian Sivaji Ganesan and the late director K Balachander, also Rajinikanth's mentor, to have been chosen for the award from Tamil Nadu.
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'Our biggest critic is our father. Our mom says 'very good' for every work but it's difficult to make dad say that. After he saw the teaser of Haseena Parker, he said 'hit hai'.'
'This is the best time to do a pan-Indian film.'
Father and daughter... mother and daughter... an emotional time for team Raazi.
The newly-inducted aircraft will carry out the 'Vertical Charlie' formation.
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London-based model Jasmine May will turn on the heat in this Apoorva Lakhia movie.
Though Amitabh Bachchan has been seen as an Angry Young Man, thanks to the kind of action films he did in the 1970s and 1980s, he has done quite a few suspense thrillers.
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IMD expects day temperatures to remain above-normal in select regions across the country between March and May 2021.
A look at the party pictures.
'I'm a guy who tries to find humour in every situation, no matter how difficult and serious, without offending anyone.'
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In their comments, the Indian-American stand-up comedians said the arrest of Faruqui was incredibly unjust and against the freedom of expression.
Ishita will be seen in Firangee, opposite Kapil Sharma, which releases this Friday.
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Sanjay Gupta's Mumbai Saga and Ram Gopal Varma's DCompany are all set to release this week, and add to the gangster movies made in Bollywood.
Bollywood cheers Madhuri's Marathi film debut.
Zanjeer 2.0 is slated to release on September 6.
"If a situation arises wherein me and Kamal have to join hands for the welfare of people of Tamil Nadu, we will surely come together," Rajinikanth said.
Amit Mehra passed away at the age of 40 recently.
Director Apoorva Lakhia discusses his latest film, Zanjeer.
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'Today, as a film personality, he is bigger than Dharma Productions.' 'But he is still warm and loyal to his friends from school, college and work.'
The Indian market is a bull market and the current weakening is merely a correction, says Apoorva Shah, executive vice president & fund manager (equity), DSP BlackRock Mutual Fund.
The actor injured himself during a cricket match, and underwent surgery earlier this week.
Education topped the table with nearly $1.755 billion as against $379 million last year, followed by real estate which received $754 million.
South African cricketer Wayne Parnell, alleged accused in the Juhu 'rave party' case, surrendered before a local court on Monday. Earlier shown as a wanted accused in the case chargesheet, he was later granted bail for Rs 10,000.
The actor has already finished dubbing for Zanjeer and resumed shooting for Policegiri today.
