Stargazer: Preity Zinta, Gursimran Khamba and Yashasvi Juyal

Golden Touch

Buying gold may be frowned upon currently but that hasn’t stopped at least two women from launching their own celebrity jewellery brands. First it was producer Ektaa Kapoor, and now actor Preity G Zinta has launched her own label, Jacarti Jewellery. On hand to help her celebrate the inauguration of the brand’s first store, in Mumbai’s Bandra neighbourhood, were friends —actors Bobby Deol, Celina Jaitley, singer Iulia Vantur, and publicist Rohini Iyer.

Question Hour with Gursimran

Gursimran Khamba was a vital part of the podcast All India Bakchod before things went south for them after the Ranveer Singh-Arjun Kapoor roast in 2015. Now Khamba is back as the host of Nation Wants to Guess, a comedy quiz show on YouTube with a panel of three comedians. The show manages to say a lot while laughing. Khamba’s former colleague Rohan Joshi appeared as a panelist. Uploaded last year, the episodes are now gaining traction.

Global Debut

Filmmaker and writer Yashasvi Juyal’s debut feature, ‘The Ink-Stained Hand and The Missing Thumb’ will premiere at the 60th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. It is the only Indian project in the festi­val’s Proxima Completion, and follows two migrant workers. Filmmaker Shaunak Sen is attached as an executive pro­ducer. Juyal, the younger brother of actor Raghav Juyal, made his mark earlier with the acclaimed 2020 short film, The Last Rhododendron.