“I have been tougher on Navya than on Agastya,” says Shweta Bachchan, designer and columnist, speaking at We The Women, the flagship festival curated by award-winning journalist Barkha Dutt. "It’s because I feel that the world isn’t easy on women, and you have to be stronger, more vigilant and careful,” she said when asked by Dutt if there was any difference in the way she had brought up her son and daughter. “It's not about deadlines or curfews; their personalities are also different. Agastya is a bit of an old soul. Navya is a little more naive and trusting …” Read on...
Vidya Balan, the pioneering actor known for redefining terms for women in the film industry, says, “There was always a pressure of being a certain kind of heroine, which I’m not. I don’t know who I am and I'm still discovering. But I knew that I didn’t fit the mould. People around me were constantly trying to mould me in a certain way. At various levels, it was frustrating to try and fit in.” Read on...
HELLO! magazine, an initiative of the RP - Sanjiv Goenka Group releases its February 2023 cover which features some of the top achievers of its first-ever South edition of HELLO! Hall of Fame Awards which was held in Hyderabad recently. The winners came together and posed for the cover looking like an elite mix of champions across sectors in the South Industry. The cover features 12 winners out of the 19 super achievers from the dazzling awards night.
They tried to keep it a secret but love, they say, is a wonderful thing that just can't be hidden. Yes, we are talking about the super gorgeous couple - Sidharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani. ...And so after three years of secret rendezvous' - her car, the goss mongers whispered, was always parked at Sid's parking lot - later on, Sid reserved a parking lot for her. That, ...and their annual New Year dates in Mauritius where this madly-in-love couple kick-started the year by being together. Shershaah sealed their ties even further and so marriage was always on the cards. Read on as we garner all the goss about Sidharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani's wedding.
Get ready to check in as Disney+ Hotstar introduces you to the spiraling world of revenge, deception and revelation, with the much-awaited spy thriller Hotstar Specials’ The Night Manager, a Hindi-language adaptation of John le Carré’s novel “The Night Manager”. The series is wrapped in lavish drama, picturesque sights and features eclectic talent including Anil Kapoor, Aditya Roy Kapur, Sobhita Dhulipala, Tillotama Shome, Saswata Chatterjee and Ravi Behl. Produced by The Ink Factory and Banijay Asia, the series is created and directed by Sandeep Modi and second director Priyanka Ghosh.
Starry, starry night! The first HELLO! Hall of Fame Awards South had their awards down South in Hyderabad on 24th January at Taj Krishna. The dazzling awards night themed ‘A Night at the Opera’ was the perfect melting pot of the fashionable, sophisticated and elite aristocracy. Stars and socialites from across South India came dressed in their best to take home the coveted trophy. Read on...
This National Tourism Day, we asked the gorgeous Celina Jaitly about Austria, where she currently resides. The much-traveled Celina is not only a fantastic actor - in fact, producers and directors have seen just the tip of the iceberg of her acting prowess and should seriously have a second look at her as her acting prowess, especially in comedy is truly amazing. She is also the UN Equality Champion, social activist, prolific writer and so much more. Not to forget that Celina has also won the Miss India pageant and was also the Miss Universe runners-up. Read on as she talks about her adopted homeland, Austria.