Divya Agarwal-Varun Sood calling it quits to trouble in Shamita Shetty-Raqesh Bapat’s paradise; top news of the week

It has been a week of break-up and trouble brewing in relationships and marriages. The week has also seen soulful and friendly reunions, quitting showbiz and more. With Women’s Day being celebrated last Tuesday (March 8), we also saw strong TV personalities raising their voice against all trolls and inequality they have faced. Here’s take a look at what brewed in telly land last week.

ETimes TV has learnt that currently Shamita Shetty and Raqesh Bapat are not on talking terms. Reason: Shamita wants Raqesh to shift base from Pune to Mumbai. Raqesh had shifted back to his hometown Pune post separation from his previous marriage with Ridhi Dogra. Now, they are clashing on their different views.

It has been a shocking news for all their fans. The former couple, who bought a house together as they ushered New Year, announced their separation recently. While Divya and Varun have been tight-lipped about what actually went wrong, they have both taken to social media to request netizens not to character assassinate.

ETimes TV met three beautiful and strong divas for Women’s Day special – Naari – Not Ordi-Naari – Divyanka Tripathi, Rubina Dilaik and Rupali Ganguly. The leading ladies of telly land opened up about facing trolls, societal pressures, expectations and also what equality means to them.

On International Women's Day, Tejasswi Prakash in an exclusive chat with ETimes TV opened up about living her dreams, how she is celebrating the day, pay disparity in the industry and dealing with body-shaming. She said, “Whichever daily soap I've done, I've been paid more than the hero.” About being body-shamed, Tejasswi shared, “This body shaming doesn't only happen with people who are overweight. It happens with people who are thin. I was also receiving negative comments because I was underweight.”

Archana Puran Singh started trending on social media as netizens made memes on her after Navjot Sidhu's defeat in Punjab assembly polls. Memes read - he will take back the judge's seat on the 'The Kapil Sharma Show'. Netizens churned out some hilarious memes on Archana, pointing out that she should be worried about her position on the show as Sidhu can make a comeback. Everyone knows he was a popular face of 'The Kapil Sharma Show'. But later he was replaced by Archana Puran Singh as he pursued his political career.

Debina Bonnerjee, who is expecting her first child with husband Gurmeet Chaudhary, recalls going through a difficult phase while trying to get pregnant. While previously, Debina spoke about her food cravings and what’s keeping her busy doing her pregnancy journey in her vlogs, in the latest video she delved much deeper. Debina spoke about facing constant societal pressure, going through medical difficulties in conceiving and how she got herself treated. She said, ‘I tried acupuncture, ayurveda and all required treatments.’

Female comedian-artist Jamie Lever grew up under the shadow of her legendary father and the king of comedy, Johnny Lever. While being star kids makes it easy for them, it isn't a bed of roses for everyone. Jamie's contant comparison with her father, the responsibility of doing justice to the name 'Lever,' she opened up about all in this exclusive interview with ETimes TV.

Nimki Mukhiya fame Bhumika Gurung recently got married to long time boyfriend Shekhar Malhotra in a fairytale affair. The wedding took place over the weekend. Mahhi Vij, who is groom’s sister, was present throughout the wedding rituals. The reception was attended by many known faces from the telly world.

Trouble seems to be mounting in Sushmita Sen's brother Rajeev's married life. The actor, who is married to Mere Angne Mein star Charu Asopa, seems to be having massive differences with his wife after the arrival of their beautiful daughter, Ziana. Though the couple vlog from their house, they are never seen together. This time, they may not have spoken anything publicly but here's why the rumour mill is abuzz of their separation.

Anagha Bhosale, loved as Nandini in Anupamaa has bid adieu to the entertainment industry. The actress, in an interview with BT, shared that the industry is filled with "politics, unhealthy competition, the race to look good and reed-thin all the time." Anagha is Lord Krishna's devotee and has returned to her hometown Pune to practice spirituality as she found the industry to be "hypocrite."

Swami Chakrapani Maharaj was the first of the 13 contestants to get evicted from the show. He expressed himself to go out and save Siddharth Sharma, who was in the bottom two. The show saw a rise in viewership in the past week with Karan Kundrra entering Lock Upp as a jailor.

A month after reports of rift between Kapil Sharma and Akshay Kumar, the latter shot for an episode. Akshay shared a video wherein he is seen mocking Kapil for being ‘bewafa’. The Bollywood actor took to his video wherein he and Kapil are seen elaborating on who can be ‘bewafa’ aka ‘unfaithful’ in one’s life. As Akshay takes charge to explain, he points out at Kapil and says, “Bewafa koi bhi ho sakta hai, dost bhi host bhi….” As they continue, Kapil gives an equal response and indirectly calls Akshay a ‘bewafa senior’.