Harsh Punjabee Celebrates His 36th Birthday By Disrupting The Bond Market

Harsh Punjabee is a serial entrepreneur and an investor in multiple early-stage and second-stage ventures across India, the UK, UAE. He is also a fixed income enthusiast and has been trading bonds for more than a decade.

Harsh saw an opportunity to make bond markets more efficient, transparent and accessible for retail investors, and founded his start up SMEST Capital in 2018. “SMEST” is a combination of smart and invest.

“Indians love the stability and fixed returns while investing, but there are hardly any choices for them. I want to fill the gap between FD and Equity, and introduce Indian investors to Bonds, a more stable and inflation-beating asset class.” says Harsh.

With SMEST, Harsh is shaking up the status quo and democratizing the Fixed-Income corporate bond market. The platform provides users with complete transparency, access best prices, and a simple user interface to trade bonds.

Niraj Shah, VP of Operations at SMEST, shares the birthday with Harsh. The childhood friends turned business partners, are unstoppable in making bond investments accessible to every investor. Niraj says, “While we both trade bonds, the strongest bond we hold is our friendship which makes it possible for us to ride the toughest tides.”

SMEST is currently the fastest growing SEBI-regulated Fixed Income broker in India. It has over 50,000+ active investors and has a wide array of financial products of more than Rs. 10,000 crores in the debt segment.

Niraj shared an update,” We are currently revamping the smest.in website, and this will be our significant disruption by providing more information and building trust with our customers.”

With SMEST, Harsh is revolutionising the bond market and empowering a generation of Indian investors. Reminiscing on his journey, Harsh says,” I have grown a lot since I started SMEST. Every day is a new challenge, but I am more and more energised to face them and solve them. Even though it’s my birthday and I am turning older, I am growing a lot younger. I am excited about our path forward and I am eternally grateful to the entire team at SMEST for making what seemed impossible possible!”

Harsh Punjabee Celebrates His 36th Birthday By Disrupting The Bond Market

Announcement And Poster Launch Of An Upcoming Web Series Titled ONLINE 24×7 Along With Its Poster Launch

The web series is presented by Ocean Fantasy Production & Events Pvt. Ltd. & directed by Sanjay Sharma

8th October, 2022 in Mumbai- Ocean Fantasy Production & Events Pvt. Ltd. announce & launch the poster of their forthcoming web series titled “ONLINE 24×7” which will be directed by ace director Sanjay Sharma. The production house along with the director & the star cast are set to embark on an exciting new journey of making the web series “ONLINE 24×7” which will be a complete package of entertainment for the audience of all age groups. Without revealing too much, the makers describe the plot of the web series as something the audience has never witnessed before on any Indian entertainment platform.

Apart from the titled announcement & the poster launch, the production house also announced the star cast which includes powerful house of talented names like- Aham Sharma, Samiksha Bhatnagar, Abhimanyu Singh, Zarina Wahab, Bijendra Kala, Rajesh Sharma, Vineet Sharma, Ehsaan Khan, Ankita Chouchan, Ali Quli Mirza, Vishwajeet Soni, Deepak Shirke, Pappu Vignesh. 

Sanjay Sharma who is an internationally popular award-winning Indian director, screenplay writer, editor and producer has directed films like Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron (2007), Dunno Y Na Jaane Kyun… (2010), and Ishq Junoon: The Heat is on (2016), National Treasure: The Blood Run (2019) & many more. Excited about “ONLINE 24×7 ”, he says “Authenticity is invaluable. In the world where originality is non-existent, ONLINE 24×7 will denote the first & original form of entertainment & storytelling via its plot, star cast & direction. As a director I am eager for ideas, I seek them, ask for them, I enjoy hearing them, and then use the ones that truly serve and even elevate my vision”

Producer of the film Vipul Sogani is the Managing Director at Ocean Fantasy Events Pvt Ltd. His ability to understand the audience and how he needs to communicate with them, mixed with his passion for storytelling, his knowledge of technology & his ability to oversee every aspect of a major production makes one of the most sorted Producers. Elaborating more about “ONLINE 24×7”, he says “I am very excited and equally thrilled about the web series, we have a talented bunch of people working on this project who are not only accomplished actors, they are extremely passionate about their work & the project. The plot is unique, our vision with ONLINE 24×7 is to introduce audiences with a rare piece of entertainment which has not made its debut in India. We are looking forward to the release and the reaction from audience”

Announcement And Poster Launch Of An Upcoming Web Series  Titled ONLINE 24×7  Along With Its Poster Launch

Announcement And Poster Launch Of An Upcoming Web Series Titled ONLINE 24×7 Along With Its Poster Launch

The web series is presented by Ocean Fantasy Production & Events Pvt. Ltd. & directed by Sanjay Sharma

8th October, 2022 in Mumbai- Ocean Fantasy Production & Events Pvt. Ltd. announce & launch the poster of their forthcoming web series titled “ONLINE 24×7” which will be directed by ace director Sanjay Sharma. The production house along with the director & the star cast are set to embark on an exciting new journey of making the web series “ONLINE 24×7” which will be a complete package of entertainment for the audience of all age groups. Without revealing too much, the makers describe the plot of the web series as something the audience has never witnessed before on any Indian entertainment platform.

Apart from the titled announcement & the poster launch, the production house also announced the star cast which includes powerful house of talented names like- Aham Sharma, Samiksha Bhatnagar, Abhimanyu Singh, Zarina Wahab, Bijendra Kala, Rajesh Sharma, Vineet Sharma, Ehsaan Khan, Ankita Chouchan, Ali Quli Mirza, Vishwajeet Soni, Deepak Shirke, Pappu Vignesh. 

Sanjay Sharma who is an internationally popular award-winning Indian director, screenplay writer, editor and producer has directed films like Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron (2007), Dunno Y Na Jaane Kyun… (2010), and Ishq Junoon: The Heat is on (2016), National Treasure: The Blood Run (2019) & many more. Excited about “ONLINE 24×7 ”, he says “Authenticity is invaluable. In the world where originality is non-existent, ONLINE 24×7 will denote the first & original form of entertainment & storytelling via its plot, star cast & direction. As a director I am eager for ideas, I seek them, ask for them, I enjoy hearing them, and then use the ones that truly serve and even elevate my vision”

Producer of the film Vipul Sogani is the Managing Director at Ocean Fantasy Events Pvt Ltd. His ability to understand the audience and how he needs to communicate with them, mixed with his passion for storytelling, his knowledge of technology & his ability to oversee every aspect of a major production makes one of the most sorted Producers. Elaborating more about “ONLINE 24×7”, he says “I am very excited and equally thrilled about the web series, we have a talented bunch of people working on this project who are not only accomplished actors, they are extremely passionate about their work & the project. The plot is unique, our vision with ONLINE 24×7 is to introduce audiences with a rare piece of entertainment which has not made its debut in India. We are looking forward to the release and the reaction from audience”

Announcement And Poster Launch Of An Upcoming Web Series  Titled ONLINE 24×7  Along With Its Poster Launch

Announcement And Poster Launch Of An Upcoming Web Series Titled ONLINE 24×7 Along With Its Poster Launch

The web series is presented by Ocean Fantasy Production & Events Pvt. Ltd. & directed by Sanjay Sharma

8th October, 2022 in Mumbai- Ocean Fantasy Production & Events Pvt. Ltd. announce & launch the poster of their forthcoming web series titled “ONLINE 24×7” which will be directed by ace director Sanjay Sharma. The production house along with the director & the star cast are set to embark on an exciting new journey of making the web series “ONLINE 24×7” which will be a complete package of entertainment for the audience of all age groups. Without revealing too much, the makers describe the plot of the web series as something the audience has never witnessed before on any Indian entertainment platform.

Apart from the titled announcement & the poster launch, the production house also announced the star cast which includes powerful house of talented names like- Aham Sharma, Samiksha Bhatnagar, Abhimanyu Singh, Zarina Wahab, Bijendra Kala, Rajesh Sharma, Vineet Sharma, Ehsaan Khan, Ankita Chouchan, Ali Quli Mirza, Vishwajeet Soni, Deepak Shirke, Pappu Vignesh.

Sanjay Sharma who is an internationally popular award-winning Indian director, screenplay writer, editor and producer has directed films like Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron (2007), Dunno Y Na Jaane Kyun… (2010), and Ishq Junoon: The Heat is on (2016), National Treasure: The Blood Run (2019) & many more. Excited about “ONLINE 24×7 ”, he says “Authenticity is invaluable. In the world where originality is non-existent, ONLINE 24×7 will denote the first & original form of entertainment & storytelling via its plot, star cast & direction. As a director I am eager for ideas, I seek them, ask for them, I enjoy hearing them, and then use the ones that truly serve and even elevate my vision”

Producer of the film Vipul Sogani is the Managing Director at Ocean Fantasy Events Pvt Ltd. His ability to understand the audience and how he needs to communicate with them, mixed with his passion for storytelling, his knowledge of technology & his ability to oversee every aspect of a major production makes one of the most sorted Producers. Elaborating more about “ONLINE 24×7”, he says “I am very excited and equally thrilled about the web series, we have a talented bunch of people working on this project who are not only accomplished actors, they are extremely passionate about their work & the project. The plot is unique, our vision with ONLINE 24×7 is to introduce audiences with a rare piece of entertainment which has not made its debut in India. We are looking forward to the release and the reaction from audience”

Announcement And Poster Launch Of An Upcoming Web Series  Titled ONLINE 24×7  Along With Its Poster Launch

How An Indian American Became A Best Selling Author And His New Work Is A Film On Netflix – The Story Of Soman Chainani

Once upon a time, there was a young boy with stars in his eyes and fire in his soul. He was to be Yash Raj’s English wedding film director.

The wedding was cancelled when YRF faced several flops back to back in those days and Florida boy Soman Chainani turned to books to tell his tales. His father’s clairvoyance when he called him America’s storyteller turned into reality when despite being in an Ivy League School and passing out from Harvard Institute, Soman found himself in a corner writing stories as a 21 year old and was chucked out of the job. “I was 21 when I was a consultant in a high paying job in a prestigious firm and that is when everyone realized that I was born to tell stories. From telling stories about how a dinosaur ate my lunch box, I delved into fantasy as an escape route, because I felt different from others in the US. The Indians in Indians felt I didn’t belong as did the locals in Florida back then and fantasy offered respite,” says Soman who then went on to film school.

“I guess I always wanted to tell stories for a living,” says the now author of the bestselling YA series known as the “EverNever World” books. Over the course of six volumes — with a seventh about to be released — the series has conjured up sales of over 3 million copies worldwide. The epic tale of fantasy, friendship and hard choices, set at a school where a diverse collection of magical young folks are trained to become fairy tale heroes or villains, has been translated into over 30 languages.

Soman’s first novel, The School for Good and Evil, and the first book in the EverNever series, debuted on the New York Times Bestseller List, and has been translated into 30 languages across 6 continents, and Later this year, “The School for Good and Evil,” will become an all-star motion picture from Netflix. The film features a cast that includes Charlize Theron, Kerry Washington, Laurence Fishburne and Michelle Yeoh, and is being directed by Paul Feig, best known for “Bridesmaids,” “The Heat” and “Ghostbusters.”

Another of Chainani’s bestsellers, 2021’s “Beasts and Beauty: Dangerous Tales” — an anthology of short stories inspired by classic fairy tales, written during the early months of the pandemic — is on its way to becoming a streaming television series on Sony. Beasts and Beauty, was released on September 21, last year, to wide acclaim, with Kirkus Reviews calling the collection and ;expertly crafted… evoking the wonder, terror, and magic of the fantasy realms.” Beasts and Beauty was an instant New York Times bestseller, Soman’s seventh New York Times bestseller in a row. His most recent book, The Rise of the School for Good and Evil was released on May 31, 2022, to high acclaim and the New York Times Bestseller list. Publishers Weekly described it as “An episodic, adventurous fantasy offering”.

Soman now lives in New York and writes his books from there.

He wants to direct one of his books very soon, 

How An Indian American Became A Best Selling Author And His New Work Is A Film On Netflix! The Story Of Soman Chainani