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In today's episode of Questions Wanted to Ask, we speak to Monisha Advani, the co-founder of Emmay Entertainment, the production company that has delivered iconic hit films such as D-Day, Airlift, Satyamev Jayate, Bazaar and most recently Bell Bottom and the web series empire amongst many. We spoke about her life and transition from leading a very very successful firm to now producing content...

This week's guest on Questions I Wanted to Ask is chef and founder of Le 15 Patisserie- Pooja Dhingra, who's also known as the macaron queen of India. Pooja spoke about her ability to be resilient while the various challenges that a business throws at you, her love for creating content through her books, podcasts and her Instagram account, while she runs a successful business and how she m...

Today we have with us Aakash Chopra, a name you probably hear every day if you are a cricket enthusiast. Aakash Chopra is a former international cricketer, commentator and sports content creator. His journey from being a cricketer to a sports commentator is intriguing and that’s what I explored in today’s episode. Aakash spoke about the preparation that goes behind commentating for a cricket match...

Today's episode is not about one person, it is about a friendship between three artists which spans two decades. What makes it work, and how do they continue to have fun while creating content on the side? A very fun episode with India's most talented and hilarious comedy creators, producers and artists: Suresh Menon, Jose Covaco & Cyril D'abs. Listen to Podcast Here: Spotify: http...

Today's episode is with someone who is amongst the first generation of YouTubers in India, Sherry Shroff. Sherry and I spoke today about our common love for Korean content and why is it resonating among so many people in India.   Listen to Podcast Here:  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2DNRLgc...  Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast...  Amazon: https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/...

If I were to title today's episode, it would be how to be an artist and not get affected by the chatter around you. Very honored to have the Bhavani Iyer , the writer of some of the most beautiful things of our time, Guzarish, Lootera, Black Raazi, and many more. As an artist and as a person. Bhavani is just like her films, very deep, very soulful, and very beautiful. Today's chat with Bha...

In a country where cricket is religion and where every young boy dreams to play cricket for his country or his passion at some point in his life, I wanted to speak to someone who lives through this all first as a cricketer and then as a team manager of Mumbai Indians, a leading franchise in IPL, possibly one of the biggest sporting events in the world. Rahul Sanghvi and I spoke about the life and...

This week's guest is someone who's also a podcaster and a content creator whose journey is nothing short of inspiring because of his constant urge to learn. The Co-founder and Chief Content Officer of The Glitch, Varun Duggirala. Every time I speak to Varun or consume his content, one of the first questions that come to my mind is how does he manage to do this all in a day's time, like...

This week's episode is with a lady who's India's most prominent voice on the internet in the field of sex education, Leeza Mangaldas. In a society where sex remains a stigma, Leeza chose to use her social reach to normalize conversations around sex, sexuality, sexual health, and body. This is exactly what we spoke about today in our conversation. Normalizing conversations, sex educatio...

Today's guest is someone who knows the business of brands very well, is intelligent, sharp, and an avid reader, the CEO and founder of LBB, an online marketplace for homegrown brands, Suchita Salwan. Her vast experience of working with founders will be interesting to talk about and small things that can help business owners to build brands and market them while we chatted a lot about brands. I...

In a world where we're bombarded with fashion choices, I wanted to talk to someone who decodes fashion both for men and women from the perspective of trends, body confidence, body positivity. Today's guest is someone who's spent the last 15 years in the business of fashion, is an image consultant and is also the jury member and mentor for India's Next Top Model, Mr. Neeraj Gaba. Yo...

This week's guest is the very inspiring Doctor Falguni Vasavada, who's a professor at MICA and is also a social media influencer who's constantly creating content around fashion, around jewelry, and also uses her social media influence to spread the message of body positivity and gender equality. If you are someone who wants to talk more about his passion on social media, please, pleas...

This week's episode is with someone I've had the pleasure of knowing for many, many years, both personally and professionally. He's driven by passion, which reflects in everything that he does at work and in his free time. Vijay Subramanian, the CEO of The Collectivities Network, formerly known as Kwan Entertainment, is a man of many talents. He's a drummer and an amazing dancer bu...

Today's guest is a mindful movement practitioner, author, entrepreneur, and Pilates expert, Namrata Purohit. While the world is dealing with a pandemic, I wanted to talk to Namrata about dealing with health and fitness through practices like mindfulness and meditation. Namrata and I spoke extensively about how to do meditation, how to practice mindfulness, its benefits, and how you approach he...

This week's guest is the beautiful and talented actor Gauahar Khan. She stands for hard work, consistency, and absolute fearlessness to go to work. The biggest thing that always strikes me about her, is the ability to stay consistent and relevant in a profession that is so difficult and short-lived. I wanted to dig deeper into the innate quality that keeps her going in spite of failures or rej...

This is the second part of the conversation with Raj Nayak, the former CEO of Viacom18 and founder of the House of Cheer network. In this section, we specifically discuss handling career and stability during the current times, salary expectations, job changes, and navigating your career in these difficult times. You can follow: Raj Nayak Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rajcheerfull/ Twitter:...

This week's guest is someone who is the right person to answer some of the most daunting questions we're all trying to figure out at this time, life and career. He is one of the most loved CEOs in the media business, not just for his warm personality, but for the way he does business with humility, with absolute sharp focus, and is one of the best dealmakers of our times. My guest today is...

This week's guest on Questions I Wanted to Ask is a very talented and fabulous Devika Narain. We all know her for the beautiful weddings she designs for her clients and how every girl dreams of having her wedding planned by Devika. In this episode, I spoke to Devika about the traits that keep her going in such a tough industry, constant traveling and still managing to keep herself grounded. Sh...

This week on Questions I wanted to Ask is India's leading gaming YouTuber Manasvi Dalvi. In her early 20s, she dabbles between studying law, streaming games on YouTube, fulfilling her commitment to the gaming brands she represents while being completely financially independent. In this episode, we talk about how she started with very little resources but was still able to build herself a name...

This week's guest on Questions I Wanted to Ask is very dynamic Pooja Jauhari, CEO of India's leading creative agency The Glitch. She's someone who's a big champion of a gender blind, inclusive workspace and is taking active steps towards it. While she's been busy building the Glitch for the last couple of years, along with raising a three-year-old and now soon-to-be launch plat...

In this week of Questions I Wanted to Ask I am talking to India's leading cosmetic dermatologist and skincare expert, Dr. Rashmi Shetty. She's an industry pioneer as an aesthetic physician, a celebrity dermatologist, and one of the very few experts in non-surgical aesthetic medicine. In this episode, we spoke about how she's running multiple businesses with offices in different cities,...

This week on Questions I Wanted to ask, joining me is Shilpa Keswani. She leads the Gaming Content Partnerships for YouTube in India, from studying engineering, being part of Femina Miss India, being a television anchor to now working for YouTube India. Shilpa has had a very interesting career trajectory. We spoke about a lot of things, starting from what all working women deal with regularly - go...

This week on Questions I Wanted to Ask, we are delighted and very honored to have the veteran Actor, Producer-Director, Asha Parekh. This is a milestone for the podcast! What a sport she was while we recorded this podcast. Someone rightfully said talented artists always stay relevant. In this episode, we spoke about her initial years in the industry, her YouTube and Netflix recommendations, Networ...

This week on Questions I Wanted to Ask, I have the honor to speak to Mrs. Deena Mehta. She is the first woman to be elected on the board of the Bombay Stock Exchange in the 125 years of the exchange's existence and is also the first-ever woman president at the Bombay Stock Exchange. She's a chartered accountant, businesswoman, financial adviser, social activist, and managing director of As...

In this week's episode, I talk to Malika Dua, a comic, content creator, and actor. Mallika has had an interesting start to her journey as a content creator when her first video got viral and how to post that she navigated herself in a completely new world and a new city. She decided to take on content creation as a full-time job, leaving her comfortable advertising job behind. In this episode,...