Ashneer Grover’s love for startups is very evident from his latest stint. After appearing as a panelist on Shark Tank, the former MD of BharatPe is now all set to feature in a startup based web series.
Grover confirmed in a tweet that he will be seen in the second season of the popular web series TVF Pitchers.
In a tweet, he shared a clip and wrote, “As long as Grover is there, it’s not over!”
in the video Grover His famous line “Bhai kya kar raha hai tu?”
Grover’s famous one liners from Season 1 of Shark Tank India were ‘Yeh sab kuttapan hai’ and ‘Bhai kya kar raha hai tu?’ It had become a meme fest.
Starring Naveen Kasturia, Arunabh Kumar, Abhay Mahajan and Gopal Dutt, the upcoming installment is directed by Vaibhav Bandhu. Actors Abhishek Banerjee, Riddhi Dogra and Sikander Kher are new members of the ensemble cast of the second installment of “Pitchers”.
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The first season of “Pitchers,” which premiered in 2015, revolved around the trials and tribulations of a group of young entrepreneurs who quit their day jobs to pursue their start-up venture.
In the second season, viewers will reconnect with these entrepreneurs after they set up their tech start-up Pragati.ai.
Meanwhile, Grover’s biography “Douglapan: The Hard Truth About Life and Start-ups” has been published. He had said that the book was “about the hypocrisy of life – success in failure and failure in success.” The book is being billed as “raw, gut-wrenchingly honest and one of the finest tales of a Delhi boy famous for his truth bombs”.
Also on 8 December BharatPe filed a criminal case Against its former MD and co-founder and his family, demand up to 88.67 crore in damages for the alleged cheating and embezzlement of funds.
In the ongoing 2,800-page lawsuit, it has been alleged GroverHis wife Madhuri Jain and other family members created fake bills, enlisted bogus vendors to provide services to the company and overcharged the company for recruitment.
The civil suit and the criminal complaint came up before the Delhi High Court, which issued notice to the Grover family and asked them to respond within two weeks. The date of next hearing has been fixed for January 9.
It also issued summons to other respondents including Grover’s brother-in-law, his father and his brother. If found guilty, he could be imprisoned for up to 10 years.
“Permanent injunction is passed restraining the defendants (Grover and others) and/or anyone on their behalf from making any defamatory/disparaging statements in relation to the plaintiff (BharatPe), its directors, employees and/or publicity, printing Do the same in any medium or form,” the suit said, while also seeking a direction to the defendants to disclose their assets.
The four-year-old company hit the headlines earlier this year when Grover was accused of using inappropriate language and threatening a Kotak Group employee as he and his wife Madhuri Jain Grover prepared for the Nayaka IPO. had failed to secure allocation and funding for the Subsequently, BharatPe appointed Alvarez and Marsal, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas and PwC to review corporate governance and determine whether Grover had committed willful misconduct.
This led to the resignation of Jain and Grover from the company and its board in March. BharatPe on May 10 said that after a detailed review, the company has decided to take action against the employees involved in the misconduct and to take back the restricted shares of Ashneer Grover.
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