Pavitra Rishta fame, Ankita Lokhande who is all set to debut in Bollywood film Manikarnika alongside Kangana Ranaut visited an old age home. The actress although currently tied with the shoot and rehearsals of her power-packed character, Jhalkari Bai started 2018 with good deed and donated flood, clothes, blanket at Jeevan Asha old age home in Veera Desai, Mumbai. She spent some quality time entertaining everyone at the house.

“I come here every year and this time I wanted to make awareness that how important our parents and elders are and all they need from us is love. I always wanted to open an old age home but I think we, the youth should be responsible enough to take care of our parents and make a point that there are no such places in future. I adore them truly and they are very close to my heart, " she said, speaking about her visit.

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Another great start of the year was Sony Entertainment Television (SET) launching 'Prithvi Vallabh' which narrates a tale of two archrival warriors; Prithvi and Mrinal. Being the first production to premiere under the brand of SET Originals, the channel will collaborate with new creative storytellers to offer premium, fresh and finite content with superior production values and narratives that have a global appeal. The show will mark the debut of Anirudh Pathak of Writers’ Galaxy as a Producer and will enrapture viewers by its breathtaking visuals, canvas, and scale of production.

The show revolves around Prithvi, the heir of the Malwa dynasty, who is an advocator of the ‘philosophy of humanism’, while Mrinal, the princess warrior of Manyakhet, is ‘born out of pure vengeance’. It is a unique story that starts with hatred on a battlefield and ends up becoming a grand love story. The show will take us to an era where various Indian states were at constant war for territorial expansion. In this era of continual struggle, Prithvi Vallabh’s philosophy of ‘live and let live’ forms the crux of the show, which is relevant even today. It has both, a sense of history and a mystery of those times.

The show’s stellar star cast includes Ashish Sharma as Prithvi, Sonarika Bhadoria as Mrinal, Pawan Chopra as Singhdant, Shalini Kapoor as Rajmata, Alefia Kapadia as Savita, Jitin Gulati as Tailap, Piyali Munshi as Jakkala, Surendra Pal as Vinayaditya, amongst others.