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Beyond the Brand Deal: How India’s Biggest Stars Became Serious Startup Investors

Celebs Brand

For years, the arrangement between Indian celebrities and consumer brands was simple. A star got paid, and a brand got a face for its billboard. That arrangement is changing. A growing number of actors and cricketers now take equity in the startups they believe in, and some go back again and again as those companies … Read more

Why Every Indian Celebrity Suddenly Owns a Health Brand

Indian Celebs Health Brand

A top-tier Indian celebrity endorsement contract pays a fee, once, for a defined term. Alia Bhatt’s Ed-a-Mamma was reported to be in acquisition talks with Reliance Brands at around ₹300–350 crore. One is income. The other is an exit. That gap — between being paid to hold a product and owning the company that makes … Read more