Kolkata sources stated that a US based woman entrepreneur and investment banker said “Lack of access to capital, gender bias at work place and a weak infrastructure in capacity building for women to derive necessary skill sets are the "key challenges" in the way of women entrepreneurship in India”.
Accordingly Asia, with 62% of the world’s population and home to India and China (the world’s top film markets with a combined sale of almost 3.6 billion tickets in 2017), rarely finds proportionate representation on a global stage. The nominees for this year’s Academy Awards carry forward the same trend while offering some surprises even within Western films.
According to sources the United Nations (UN) is helping Indian women turn entrepreneurs and enabling them to tap international trade opportunities in the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) space. Meanwhile the UN says its project, "She Trades", has managed to connect one million women entrepreneurs in the last couple of years. The UN aims to empower three million women around
Akkineni family young hero Akhil, who had made his debut way back in 2015 with Akhil directed by VV Vinayak, faced a disastrous result, and it took him two years to sign his next film, Hello, directed by Vikram Kumar, who was known for giving the comeback blockbuster Manam to his dad Nagarjuna.
Ileana is an Indian actress primarily associated with Tollywood and Bollywood industries. Basically, from Goa, the slender beauty ventured into Telugu film industry with Devadasu, which became a huge success after initial flop talks and later picking up.
The bubbly Tollywood actress Anjali, who shot to fame with Tamil movies like Katrathu Thamizh, Angadi Theru, Engeyum Eppothum and her intense and emotional Performances in the said movies, besides also making her presence felt in her native industry Tollywood with her impactful title role performance in Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu, has undergone a tremendous transformation.
Superstar Mahesh Babu was last seen in the action-packed political entertainer Bharat Ane Nenu directed by Koratala Siva, and the movie turned out to be a blockbuster and a much-needed comeback for the Superstar after back to back duds Brahmotsavam and Spyder.
In general, most of the actresses who enter married life don't care much about their looks or physique. The mallu beauty Nazriya Nazi, who had got married to mallu sensational actor, the national award winner Fahadh Faasil, was no exception, as she too entered this list of actresses.
The year 2017 saw one of the most unexpected comebacks none had believed to happen. It was none other than the perfect return to form of the Tollywood angry young man of 90s, Doctor Rajasekhar, with the action thriller PSV Garudavega directed by critically acclaimed maker Praveen Sattaru.
Milky beauty Kajal Aggarwal was last seen in Tollywood in the cop Thriller Kavacham costarring Bellamkonda Sai Sreenivas and directed by Debutant Srinivas which also starred Mehreen Pirzada and ended a flop.
Director Gautham Menon has for long been making two films, one, the Dhanush - Mega Akash starrer Enai Nokki Paayum Thotta, and the Chiyaan Vikram, Ritu Varma - Aishwarya Rajesh starrer Dhruva Natchathiram, which have been in the making for more than 2 years.
