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{{short description|Bollywood website}}
{{Infobox website
| name = Pinkvilla
| logo = PinkVilla Logo.png
| caption = Official logo of Pinkvilla
| language_count = English, Hindi
| founded = {{start date and age|2007}}
| founder = [[Nandini Shenoy]]
| industry = Entertainment
| website = {{URL|https://www.pinkvilla.com/}}
}}

'''Pinkvilla''' is an Indian online entertainment website.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.vervemagazine.in/people/nandini-shenoy|title=The colour of style|last=Datta|first=Sohini|date=17 October 2010|website=Verve Magazine|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-08-02}}</ref> [[Comscore]] revealed that Pinkvilla was the top entertainment portal in India for March 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=15 May 2019|title=PINKVILLA is now India's top independent entertainment portal|url=https://brandequity.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/brand-solution/pinkvilla-is-now-indias-top-independent-entertainment-portal/69343271|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-08-02|website=Economic Times Brand Equity|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|authors=Priceonomics|date=26 July 2016|title=What Are the Most Popular Websites by Demographic?|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/priceonomics/2017/07/26/what-are-the-most-popular-websites-by-demographic/|url-status=live|access-date=2019-08-03|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref> The site has over 100,000 posts and a digital reach of over 40 million unique pageviews every month.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://businessworld.in/article/Pinkvilla-Collaborates-With-Hotstar-to-Offer-Entertaining/31-01-2018-138836|title=Pinkvilla Collaborates With Hotstar to Offer Entertaining|last=PTI|date=31 January 2018|website=BW Businessworld|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-08-02}}</ref> In 2018, Pinkvilla collaborated with [[Hotstar]].<ref name=":0" />

Pinkvilla was launched in December 2007.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/314153|title=How This Fashion and Lifestyle Enthusiast Coded her Future Into Curating Content For Bollywood News|last=Jain|first=Aashika|date=31 May 2018|website=Entrepreneur|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-08-03}}</ref> The platform gained traction in 2009 when some photos of [[Sonam Kapoor]] went viral.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Sachdeva|first=Shubham|date=2018-12-09|title=The Inspiring Story Of Pinkvilla Founder Nandini Shenoy Proves Why Passion The Key To Succeed|url=https://www.marketingmind.in/inspiring-story-pinkvilla-founder-nandini-shenoy-proves-passion-key-succeed/|url-status=live|access-date=2019-08-05|website=Marketing Mind|language=en-US}}</ref> The site is founded by a former [[Microsoft]] software engineer Nandini Shenoy.<ref name=":2" /> Pinkvilla has a hindi version called "Hindi Rush".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/in/news-releases/pinkvilla-hindi-is-now-hindi-rush-681713241.html|title=Pinkvilla Hindi is Now Hindi Rush|last=|first=|date=4 May 2018|website=PR Newswire|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-08-05}}</ref><ref>https://www.hindirush.com/</ref>

==About==
Pinkvilla CEO Nandini Shenoy who is an ex-[[Microsoft]] Employee and an alumnus of [[National Institute of Technology Karnataka]] struck with the idea for Pinkvilla in 2007, she felt like using her expertise in software by creating a [[Bollywood]] website.

In addition to [[Bollywood]], Pinkvilla also cover fields like [[fashion]], [[beauty]], [[Lifestyle (disambiguation)|lifestyle]] alongside industries which are of other languages of [[India]] like [[Telugu culture (disambiguation)|Telugu]], [[Tamil culture|Tamil]], [[Malayalam]], [[Kannada]], [[Marathi language|Marathi]] and [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=PINKVILLA|url=https://www.pinkvilla.com/node/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-09|website=|language=en}}</ref>

==Shows ==
{{Incomplete list|date=July 2021}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="background:#cfc; text-align:center;"|'''Year'''
! style="background:#cfc; text-align:center;"|'''Show'''
! style="background:#cfc; text-align:center;"|'''Platform'''
|-
| rowspan="5"|2019
| ''Cheat Meals With Stars''
| [[Hotstar]]
|-
| ''Under Cover On The Internet''
| Hotstar
|-
| ''Prime Time Partners''
| Hotstar
|-
| ''Untold Story''<ref>https://www.hotstar.com/in/tv/pinkvilla-fashion-and-lifestyle/s-1333/richa-chadhas-untold-story/1000244556</ref>
| Hotstar
|-
| ''No More Secrets''
| Hotstar
|-
| rowspan="3"|2018
| ''Celebrity's Firsts''
| Hotstar
|-
| ''Most Googled''
| Hotstar
|-
| ''Morning Routine''<ref>https://www.hotstar.com/in/tv/pinkvilla-fashion-and-lifestyle/s-1333/tamannaahs-daily-essentials/1000235811/list/the-morning-routine/t-4857</ref>
| Hotstar
|-
| rowspan="8"|2017
| ''Love Talkies''<ref>https://www.hotstar.com/in/tv/pinkvilla-fashion-and-lifestyle/s-1333/tamannaahs-daily-essentials/1000235811/list/love-talkies/t-4861</ref>
| Hotstar
|-
| ''South Pinkvilla''
| Hotstar
|-
| ''Get Ready With Me''
| Hotstar
|-
| ''Skincare Tips''
| Hotstar
|-
| ''Inside My Wardrobe''
| Hotstar
|-
| ''What's in My Makeup Bag''
| Hotstar
|-
| ''What i eat in a day''<ref>https://www.hotstar.com/in/tv/pinkvilla-fashion-and-lifestyle/s-1333/tamannaahs-daily-essentials/1000235811/list/what-i-eat-in-a-day/t-3201</ref>
| Hotstar
|-
| ''What's in My Bag''<ref>https://www.hotstar.com/in/tv/pinkvilla-fashion-and-lifestyle/s-1333/tamannaahs-daily-essentials/1000235811</ref>
| Hotstar
|-
| rowspan="2"|2016
| ''Fitness''
| Hotstar
|-
| ''Whats on my phone''
| Hotstar
|-
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{|class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ebf5ff;"
!Year
!Category
!nomination
!Result
|- style="background:#bfd7ff;"
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|'''Cosmopolitan Best Celebrity Blogger Award 2019'''
|-
|'''2019'''
|Best Celebrity Blogger (Editor's Panel)
| ''Pinkvilla''
|{{won}}
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/news/kangana-ranaut-arjun-kapoor-stars-wish-pinkvilla-it-bags-cosmopolitan-best-celebrity-blogger-award-2019-446358|title = Kangana Ranaut to Arjun Kapoor, stars wish Pinkvilla as it bags Cosmopolitan Best Celebrity Blogger Award 2019|date = 11 April 2019}}</ref>
|- style="background:#bfd7ff;"
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|'''Digipub Awards'''
|-
|'''2019'''
|Website of the Year (Lifestyle, infotainment, sports, entertainment)
| ''Pinkvilla''
|{{won}}
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.afaqs.com/news/media/bbc-news-altbalaji-the-quint-win-big-at-3rd-edition-of-digipub-awards|title=BBC News, ALTBalaji, the Quint win big at 3rd edition of Digipub Awards}}</ref>
|-
|- style="background:#bfd7ff;"
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|'''Cosmopolitan India's Blogger Awards 2016'''
|-
|'''2016'''
|Best Celeb-Spotting Blog (Editor's Panel)
| ''Pinkvilla''
|{{won}}
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cosmopolitan.in/life/news/g1110/meet-winners-cosmopolitan-indias-blogger-awards-2016#slide-9|title = Here are the Results of Cosmopolitan India Blogger Awards 2016!}}</ref>
|}
== References ==
<references />

== External links ==
* {{official|https://www.pinkvilla.com/}}

[[Category:Online magazines published in India]]
[[Category:2007 establishments in India]]

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