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Tamannaah Bhatia launches bootstrapped fine jewellery line; prices range from Rs 90,000 to over Rs 11 lakh | Bollywood News

Tamannaah Bhatia launches bootstrapped fine jewellery line; prices range from Rs 90,000 to over Rs 11 lakh | Bollywood News

3 min readMumbaiFeb 22, 2026 04:06 PM IST Twenty years after becoming an actor, and performing across the Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu film industries, Tamannaah Bhatia has now turned an entrepreneur. She’s launched a fine jewellery line, completely bootstrapped, with its flagship store in Juhu, Mumbai. Tamannaah also plans to open stores in cities like Hyderabad, Chennai, and New Delhi, among others. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO The price range of Tamannaah Fine Jewellery starts at over Rs 90,000 and goes up to more than Rs 11 lakh. “The prices are extremely competitive, given everything in the market, the gold prices, the value that the product itself has. We’ve been conscious that India is a value-based consumer. They’re informed consumers because even I’d shop for jewellery like that,” Tamannaah said in a recent interview. “Buying jewellery is a part of our culture in India. So, fine jewellery is not just us buying for ornamentation. It’s part-investment, part-emotion. It has so many elements,” the actor-turned-entrepreneur told CNBC-TV18. She also argued that while clothes keep changing, fine jewellery …

Are lab grown diamonds fake?

Are lab grown diamonds fake?

Diamonds are a girl’s best friend — whether extracted from a mine or created in a laboratory. But for Neelam Kothari Soni, lab-grown diamonds just do not cut. “If someone gifted me lab-grown diamonds, would I be as excited? No,” she told jewellery expert Julia Chafe during a recent conversation. According to the actor, “lab-grown is a parallel market, but real natural diamonds are special and a girl’s best friend.” So, are lab-grown diamonds truly as special as real diamonds? Disha Shah, Founder of DiAi Designs, told indianexpress.com that lab-grown diamonds are often misunderstood, mostly because of the word ‘lab’. Many misconceptions suggest they are fake or artificial, but in reality, they are similar to mined diamonds as they share the same chemical, physical, and optical properties. “The only difference is their origin. One forms deep in the earth, and the other is created in a modern, controlled environment that mirrors natural processes,” she said. Shah said that lab-grown diamonds are remarkable owing to the customisation possibilities they offer. “They allow you to create pieces …