Exec Lifestyle?s Weekend Watch recommends and previews television shows, films and live events that you simply cannot miss! Check out our recommendations for this weekend (22-24 May 2015)

About Town:-

If you are a fan of desi Youtube star Superwoman, and diligently follow her video updates, then here?s your chance to meet her in person. Catch YouTube sensation Lilly Singh a.k.a. Superwoman in Y B Chavan Auditorium (Nariman Point) for a jam-packed night filled with music, dance, laughter, and so many surprises. This will be the first time she goes on tour so make sure you book your tickets here to be a part of this magnificent show.

Movies:-

If the 2011 mega family entertainer Tanu Weds Manu had left you wanting for more, you can reconnect with the quirky chemistry between Manu and Tanu, as the director makes a comeback with his ensemble cast of R madhavan and Kangana Ranaut in tanu Weds manu Returns. And what?s more? The movie guarantees you twice the amount of entertainment with Kangana playing double roles in it.

Art:-

Tarq Art in collaboration with The Polish Institute - New Delhi and with support from Adam Mickiewicz Institute present Encounters an exhibition focused on cross-cultural dialogue between the traditional forms of folk art and craft from different countries around the world.

The exhibition will feature works by London-based artist Alicja Dobrucka.  Dobrucka uses traditional Polish paper cut out of roosters on a journey to different countries, mainly India, but also Palestine and Turkey, and collaborates with local craftsmen, to produce and reproduce the original design using techniques that are unique to different regions. This experimental project aims to become a commentary on the various traditional art practices and narratives, which delineate where one culture starts and another ends.

Exec Lifestyle?s Weekend Watch recommends and previews television shows, films and live events that you simply cannot miss! Check out our recommendations for this weekend (15-17 May 2015)

About Town:

Art connoisseurs have much to anticipated this weekend with a number of exhibitions ongoing and even back to back. ?Passages from Reclusive Conversations? is one of the solo painting exhibition being displayed in the city, that features a series of new work by Mahesh Baliga. He creates allegorical and often satirical paintings that challenge the standard comprehension of everyday scenarios. His work explores age-old paradoxes such as the fact that the pursuit of order often leads instead to disorder.

Don?t miss his alluring work displayed at Project 88 in Colaba.

Shopping:

Lifestyle and shopping destination Summer Souk is celebrating the sunny days at the Corona Garden through a pop-up gala for the city which could be one's getaway for the weekend. Here you will find a treasure box filled with edgy and colorful fashion clothing, and a range of  accessories,from bags and clutches and a lot more. The grand summer festival has been designed to create an upmarket shopping experience filled with fun, quirk and style.

They also have food stalls such as Raw Pressery, Spoonful, 8 Food, Live2Eat by Brijwasi, Georgian Deli (Keema Pav Fusion), Cup-a-lusious, FoodWhizz by Chef Shwetambari and the dessert factory. So ladies, go pamper yourself this weekend with a dash of ?sugar and spice and all things nice!

Television:

Star Sports 4:

The football fanatics have a busy week ahead, with some very exciting matches lined up. Though the Premier League pole position is already cemented by Chelsea, the battle for second slot is wide open. Amidst these ups and down comes one of the fiercest battle of English Football as the Red Devils Manchester United host the Gunners Arsenal in the theatre of dreams at Old Trafford. Catch the action on Star Sports 4, 8.30pm  in the evening.  

By Papri Das

With the advent of e-commerce and other related start-ups, one can see more and more women actively taking initiatives to set-up several business ventures, shrugging away the conventional notion that business is a man?s world. A fine example would be Funcart.in CEO Ritika Nangia. Her start up has been quite the talk of the town for providing innovative party merchandises online.

?Funcart.in being a unique party supplies portal brings to you unique theme based accessories for decoration and funky costume wearables,? shares Nangia, adding that the USP of Funcart.in is to make a party celebration memorable and fun through exclusive party items at an affordable price.

?Party supplies is still at a very nascent stage in India. With the standard of living going up and the youth of India constituting 1/5th of the total Indian population, parties have become the need of everyone. That?s the reason I wanted to set up an e-commerce venture, which would have good stuff at affordable prices, so that everyone can party without feeling the pinch on their pockets,? Nagia says putting the appeal for an all-stop online party shop into perspective.

She feels that there is a dearth of brick and mortar stores that caters to specific party needs such as pinsters party, adults birthday celebrations etc. ?The Indian market shadows our culture and is marked by sellers who shy away from kinky accessories. But here at Funcart.in, we don?t play by the taboo rules, and cater to people who would want to enjoy like ?seize the day?,? shares the 30 year old entrepreneur.

When asked if women have it easier to set-up e-commerce brands, Nangia replies in the negative. ?I don?t think that e-commerce can be defined as a platform, which is easy for women entrepreneurs. The biggest hurdles in e-commerce are primarily the logistics, which are general and irrespective to gender handling it. I would say a smart effort is required to run an efficient e-com business and women are best for it.?

Born and brought up in a family where women spontaneously took part in the family business, Nangia naturally had the makings of an entrepreneur. Therefore, right after her Bachelors degree in Commerce and studying exports and retail management from NIFT Delhi, she started her own leather bags label Rits and Prikar. ?But the label was under the family business group, and wanting to start something on my own led me to explore the idea of a online party accessories destination. And that?s how Funcart.in materialised in 2014,? she recounts. Now, almost a year old, funcart.in enjoys a fair amount of traffic and sells 200 units a day. But far from being complacent, Nangia aims to push the daily sales to a thousand units a day.

By Papri Das

Just like fashion, one?s home interior not only reflects one?s personality and taste, it also resonates the ideas of their time. Keeping that in mind, in this current high tech world one would expect that people who splurge on their homes are populating it with robots, gadgets, droids and the likes. However, interior designers catering to high-end clientele observe that there is a gradual inclination towards ?classic? style home decor -- more wood, earthy colours and elaborate designs.

Indiantelevision.com?s Exec Lifestyle spoke to well-known celebrity architect and interior designer Parag Pandya from Hauz Kraft to give us an insight into what it means to design a home for the A-listers, and the top trends that are emerging in interior designing.

Pandya has handled many executive and celebrity clients, including Amitabh Bachchan, Mukesh Bhatt, Emraan Hashmi, Sunidhi Chauhan, Javed Ali and more. Given the choice between designing a corporate space and a home, he would gladly choose the latter. ?It?s much more challenging and there is more scope to renovate. Each space has a different layout and therefore no two living rooms, kitchen or bedroom can be the same. As a creative person, it?s the natural preference.?

When Pandya walks into a new home, the first thing he notices in the living room is the sofa, and the decor around it. ?It speaks volumes about the resident?s taste. If there is a painting on the wall behind it, which is accompanied by a fawyer, it shows that minimalistic sophistication appeals to them. Similarly, if the interiors have darker hues and more earthy designs and furniture, it reflects that that while the residents keep up with times, they are more rooted. On the other hand, if you see colonial designs in someone?s house, it means that they travel a lot, mostly to European countries,? points out the interior designer, who prefers contemporary minimal when it comes to decorating his own office space.

?The colour palate of minimal contemporary is mostly pastels and subtle hues like beige and white. When it comes to the furniture, it?s more glass and metal (steel). Over the last few years, minimal contemporary has been the ?in thing? and we have seen some amazing innovation in design with just these,? Pandya explains.

However, the trend seems to be shifting. ?Rather than extreme minimal contemporary, recently people are going for a more fusion-like approach to it, where simple architecture and lighter hues complement elaborate furnitures. Five years from now, I believe that home decor will do a full circle and classic designs will once again be popular,? Pandya points out.

?I can already see the trend emerging. What's interesting is that with classic, one can not only do the tried and tested western classic designs, but also look within our country?s rich heritage for inspiration,? he adds.

Following are a few tips that can give your home a classic look:

1) Rajasthani Dewans:

Rajasthani dewan sets and ornate chairs, which are often used as props in traditional or period drama film sets serve as wonderful accents in homes. These chairs or dewans can be upholstered with rich cloth like velvet or silk in warm colours like red, orange or magnolia. You can also raid old carpets, sarees or bedcovers for the same.

2) Wooden Swings:

Full wooden swings inside homes have been a trend for a long time. Rich wooden swings are a fashion statement and a chill out zone in homes. These can be decorated with good looking fabric and cushions and you?re good to go.

3) Flower Arrangement:

Somehow, vases and flowers seem indispensable for living rooms. Nothing encourages positivity and radiates happiness in a family like flowers do. You could arrange long-stemmed flowers in vases, or put them in crystal bowls with water, or just have a lot of them in ceramic jugs.

In this brand new episode of Talking Point, your host Papri Das
takes you on a journey down memory lane with ADG of Doordarshan Kendra Mumbai, Mukesh Sharma. Sharma throws light upon the challenges that DD Sahyadri faces in competing with private regional channels and explain the importance of recruiting young media enthusiasts in DD. Catch the light hearted side of Sharma as he sings an old melody for us and tickles us with his funny anecdotes from his childhood.

In this  episode of Talking Point, your host Papri Das chats up Madison World?s executive director Lara Balsara, who is proud of women for outshining in advertising industry.

It?s only been three months that she has tied the knot with Air India pilot Kaizad Vajifdar, and Lara is already busy juggling her work and family.  Known to be shy and reserved, Lara opens up exclusively to Exec Life on how a coffee date turned into a life long commitment.