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Sara Tendulkar & FNP partner to make Mother’s Day special for her mom
Mumbai: Mother’s Day means leaving no stone unturned to make your mom feel special, and it is no different for Sara Tendulkar, an internet personality and daughter of cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar and Anjali Tendulkar. FNP (Ferns N Petals), India’s most preferred gifting platform, has partnered with Sara to plan a special Mother’s Day surprise for Anjali. The video released on Instagram celebrates the special bond Sara shares with her mother through a heartwarming surprise.
Diving into nostalgia, the video takes viewers on a journey of her childhood through never seen before family pictures full of love. Sara highlights how her mother has been the family’s pillar of strength through thick and thin. To thank her for everything she does, Sara plans a heartwarming surprise with FNP’s wide array of gifting options – ranging from floral arrangements and delectable cakes to gourmet chocolates and personalised gifts – to make Mother’s Day truly special.
Speaking about the collaboration, FNP global CEO & director Pawan Gadia said “Mother’s Day is a momentous celebration that deserves the best expressions of love and appreciation. Our collaboration with Sara Tendulkar demonstrates the power of thoughtful gestures and our dedication to celebrating mothers in a meaningful way. FNP’s curated range of personalised gifts, flowers, cakes, plants & hampers will help you find the perfect way to convey heartfelt love and admiration to your mother.”
FNP’s collaboration underscores the significance of expressing love and gratitude to mothers, who selflessly give without expecting anything in return but truly deserve all things special on their dedicated day. Teaming up with Sara perfectly resonates with FNP’s mission of fostering heartfelt connections through thoughtful gifts.
If you are planning to surprise your mom, check out FNP’s Mother’s Day collection at https://www.fnp.com/gifts/for-mother-lp.
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Sameer Nair shares heartfelt note as he exits Applause Entertainment
After nine years building the streamer’s content engine, one of India’s best-known TV men is moving on
MUMBAI: Sameer Nair is out. The chief executive of Applause Entertainment, the content studio backed by Kumar Mangalam Birla’s media empire, has announced his departure after nearly nine years at the helm, closing the chapter on one of Indian entertainment’s more quietly consequential careers.
Nair, who built Applause from the ground up in its current avatar, oversaw a slate that spanned Indian originals and international adaptations, threading together a hub-and-spoke business model that partnered with streaming platforms, broadcasters and production houses alike. The results were uneven, as they always are in content, but the ambition was not.
In a post on LinkedIn, Nair was generous to his outgoing patron. He thanked Birla for being an “inspirational boss and a great patron of the arts,” and signed off with a cheerful “Au Revoir” and a promise to remain Applause’s biggest cheerleader. Whether that sentiment survives the next chapter remains to be seen.
No successor has been named. Applause Entertainment did not immediately comment.
Nair built the machine. Now someone else has to run it — and in a streaming market that is simultaneously consolidating and convulsing, that is no small ask.
