Brands
TV actor Tanya Sharma is voted most popular player at the Frooti BCL Season 2, gets Rs one lakh
NEW DELHI: Television actor and cricketer Tanya Sharma has won the Frooti BCL Season popularity poll by 2,054 votes, winning a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh.
Frooti Box Cricket League is a unique fusion of celebrities, entertainment and cricket, a one of a kind sports reality entertainment show with simple and exciting cricketing rules played indoor with a soft ball.
The content had been run by mChamp, the official contest partner for Frooti BCL Season 2 for the last 10 weeks beginning 10 March until 16 May. Ten 10 BCL teams and over 100 television celebrities were part of the teams.
The other four celebrities who reached the top five were Karan Wahi, Barkha Bisht Sengupta, Shikha Singh Chaudhary, and Shabbir Ahluwalia.
mChamp Frooti BCL Contest also gave a chance to the voters to be a part of the live matches and an opportunity of meeting and greeting the celebrities, with four winners getting a chance every week to met the celebrities-click selfies and videos, and receive autographed BCL balls from them at Goregaon Film City Mumbai.
mChamp promoter Arun Gupta said: “mChamp Frooti BCL Poll garnered a lot of excitement and interest amongst the mChamp players. The opportunity to witness the BCL shoot and meet celebrities-click selfies etc. with them made the mChamp players thrilled. A wish to meet celebrities coming true is what we many a times dream as common man and this is what mChamp as a contest app wants to give to anybody and everybody, who plays mChamp.”
Tanya Sharma who was in the Lucknow Nawabs team said, “I am super excited and thankful to mChamp for this special award as it feels good to be appreciated for all the hard work and dedication. Getting chosen as the winner of Rs 1 Lakh mChamp Award for Most Popular Player of Frooti BCL is a bonus. The BCL journey has been exciting and it ended for me on a surprising but happy note. Meeting so many of our fans on the sets through mChamp contest on Frooti BCL was indeed a special experience.”
BCL conceptualizer Sunny Arora said: “We are indeed very happy with the outcome and look forward to continued association with mChamp as our contest partner. The BCL contest and BCL Poll for Season 2 – with an opportunity to meet celebrities – definitely helped to create a buzz. Frooti BCL Season 2 has surely been a step up from our first season.”
Brands
Yes Madam taps Rajpal Yadav’s Chota Don nostalgia to power new digital campaign
Home salon platform ropes in Tanya Mittal as it bets on humour and pop culture to showcase trust and convenience
NOIDA: India’s fast-growing home salon platform Yes Madam is leaning on nostalgia and a dose of comic chaos to pitch its services. The brand has launched a new digital campaign starring Rajpal Yadav and influencer Tanya Mittal, reviving Yadav’s much-loved Chota Don character to underline the reliability of at-home beauty services.
The campaign marks Yes Madam’s first collaboration with Rajpal Yadav and revisits the quirky Chota Don persona made famous in the 2007 film Partner. Produced with Footloose Films, the film blends slapstick humour with a nostalgic callback to spotlight the platform’s promise of dependable, quality services delivered at home.
The storyline plays out like a miniature action comedy. Tanya Mittal finds herself surrounded by goons and calls for help, only for Rajpal Yadav to appear in full Chota Don mode, dispatching the attackers in his trademark comic style as Mittal cheers him on. The drama then flips abruptly to a calmer scene, with Mittal relaxing at home while enjoying a Yes Madam service and insisting the heroic episode really happened, even as posters of Chota Don decorate her house. The film ends with Yadav’s voiceover declaring that the incident may or may not have happened, but the trust and quality of Yes Madam’s services certainly have.
The collaboration also follows a broader show of support for Rajpal Yadav within the industry. In the growing wave of backing for the veteran actor, Mayank Arya, co-founder and chief executive of Yes Madam, publicly supported actor-producer Sonu Sood’s call for concrete help from the film industry and corporate brands. Arya took to the social media platform X urging companies to move beyond expressions of sympathy and instead offer tangible opportunities to the actor amid his ongoing legal and financial challenges.
He wrote, “Seconded @SonuSood. Even brands should come forward to help the great talent. @Rajpalofficial will also be a part of an ad film @_yesmadam! Have already aligned the team on it. #ComeBackStronger.”
Seconded @SonuSood. Even brands should come forward to help the the great talent.@Rajpalofficial will also be a part of an ad film @_yesmadam !
Have already aligned the team on it.#ComeBackStronger https://t.co/Q7qpJttLTs— Mayank Arya (@iammayankarya) February 11, 2026
Rajpal Yadav recently surrendered at Tihar Jail after the Delhi High Court rejected his plea seeking additional time to repay dues in a long-running cheque-bounce case. The actor had been accused in the case in 2018 after he was unable to repay a loan taken for a film project that failed at the box office. The court later ordered him to surrender after the dues remained unpaid.
The situation triggered a wave of support from several high-profile figures. Sonu Sood emerged as one of the most prominent voices, expressing solidarity and promising Yadav a role in his next film. Sood emphasised that industry support should be about dignity and real job opportunities rather than charity. Celebrities including Salman Khan, Ajay Devgn, Gurmeet Choudhary and Guru Randhawa have also publicly extended financial and professional support.
Before surrendering, Rajpal Yadav shared an emotional statement in which he spoke about feeling alone and unsupported, a remark that struck a chord with many in the industry. However, his brother later clarified that the actor would never have intended to suggest that he lacked support from colleagues or well-wishers.
Reflecting on the campaign, Mayank Arya said the film was designed to entertain while strengthening the brand’s message. “At Yes Madam, we have always believed in creating campaigns that connect with audiences in an engaging and memorable way. I had earlier spoken about the importance of extending meaningful opportunities to Rajpal Yadav, and we are glad to be the first brand to take that step forward with this collaboration. Through this film, we wanted to create a compelling narrative while also reinforcing the trust and reliability that customers associate with Yes Madam’s services,” Arya said.
Akanksha Vishnoi, co-founder, said the campaign leans on nostalgia to strike a chord with digital audiences. “Consumers today engage deeply with content that blends entertainment with relatability. With this campaign, we wanted to revisit a nostalgic moment while subtly reinforcing the convenience and reliability of at-home services. Rajpal Yadav’s Chota Don is an iconic character that instantly evokes nostalgia and humour, making it the perfect fit for this campaign. Tanya Mittal’s presence added a vibrant energy and helped us bring the vision of the campaign to life,” Vishnoi said.
Founded in 2016, Yes Madam offers salon and spa services at home through trained professionals using hygienic, single-use product formats. The platform now operates in more than 55 cities across India, pitching convenience, transparency and quality to a growing base of urban consumers.
The new campaign, rolling out across social media and video platforms, makes its pitch with a wink. The Chota Don rescue might be fiction, but the promise of a salon at your doorstep, the brand suggests, is the real deal.
