PROVOKE Lifestyle Magazine - March 2023

In this issue

CARVING HER OWN NICHE - DIVYA PRABHA ON THE SUCCESS OF TWO OF HER LATEST FILMS, ‘ARIYIPPU’ AND ‘FAMILY’ AND MORE.

ACTING, DIRECTING & EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN - AN INSIGHT INTO THE MAKING
OF ROCKETRY WITH THE AWARDWINNING THEATREMAKER, ADVERTISING CREATIVE, ACTOR AND STORYMAKER PRASHANTH KUMAR NAIR.

CARVING HER OWN NICHE

ONE FINE MORNING AS SHE STEPPED OUT FOR HER JOGGING ROUTINE, CINEMA CAME CALLING! HER ENTRY INTO MOLLYWOOD WAS AN INCREDIBLE CAKEWALK BUT SURVIVING IN THE INDUSTRY HASN’T BEEN AS EASY. IT TOOK HER A DECADE OF LEARNING AND UNLEARN-ING, MULTIPLE CHARACTER ROLES AND THE KERALA STATE TELEVISION AWARD FOR BEST SECOND ACTRESS, TO PERFECT HER CRAFT AND TO FINALLY ARRIVE AT ARIYIPPU’ WHICH WON THE BEST FILM AWARD AT THE IFFK AND ALSO WON HER THE NOMINATION FOR BEST ACTRESS AT THE LOCARNO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. RIYA SONNY DATSON HAS A FREEWHEELING CHAT WITH THE GORGEOUS ACTOR DIVYA PRABHA AS SHE BASKS IN THE SUCCESS OF TWO OF HER LATEST FILMS, ARIYIPPU’ AND FAMILY’ THAT HAVE BOTH WON INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIM.

4 mins

ALMOST READY FOR A COMEBACK

SAMEERA REDDY WHO SIZZLED ON THE SILVER SCREEN WITH MOVIES LIKE MAINE DIL TUJHKO DIYA, DARNA MANA HAI, MUSAFIR, JAI CHIRANJEEVA, TAXI NUMBER 9211, ASHOK, RACE, VARANAM AAYIRAM, DE DANA DAN, VARADHANAYAKA, AAKROSH, VETTAI, TEZZ AND MORE LEFT IT ALL FOR HER MOMMY DUTIES, CONFESSES THAT SHE WILL SOON MAKE A COMEBACK ON HER OWN TERMS

10+ mins

The Many Shades of Sheeleela

A MEDICAL STUDENT AND A SOUGHT AFTER STAR, SREELEELA HAS FOUND A FIRM FOOTING IN THE SOUTH INDIAN INDUSTRY THAT HAS GIVEN HER SO MUCH LOVE. SHE JUGGLES BETWEEN CAMERAS AND COLLEGE CLASSES WITH PERFECTION

10+ mins

Eyes THAT SPEAK A MILLION WORDS

SHY AND RETICENT, YET BRAVE, BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL, THAT'S ADITI RAO HYDARI FOR YOU, IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH PROVOKE MAGAZINE

4 mins

BALANCING PASSION AND DISCIPLINE

SHWETA MAURYA, MULTIFACETED ATHLETE AND BUSINESSWOMAN, WHO HAS OVERCOME CHALLENGES AND MAINTAINED HER FOCUS, SHARES HER STORY ON HOW SHE BALANCES HER VARIED INTERESTS AND MAINTAINS HER DISCIPLINE TO SUCCEED IN ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE

5 mins

Smita Unfiltered

SINGER SMITHA’S NEW TALK SHOW NIJAM’ ON SONY LIV IS TOPPING THE CHARTS WITH ILLUSTRIOUS GUESTS REVEALING A SIDE TO THEM THAT NOT MANY KNEW EXISTED EVEN AS SMITHA CAJOLES THEM INTO ANSWERING THE MOST PROBING QUESTIONS IN HER INIMITABLY COMPOSED MANNER ON SOCIALLY RELEVANT TOPIC-BASED EPISODES.

8 mins

UNLOCKING THE ART OF DIRECTION

IN CONVERSATION WITH THE ACE DIRECTOR RAVI VARMAN, WHO HAS CARVED A NICHE FOR HIMSELF IN THE FILM INDUSTRY

5 mins

ACTING DIRECTING & EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN

AN INSIGHT INTO THE MAKING OF ROCKETRY WITH THE AWARD-WINNING THEATREMAKER, ADVERTISING CREATIVE, ACTOR AND STORYMAKER PRASHANTH KUMAR NAIR

9 mins

STORY BEHIND STORIES BAR & KITCHEN

THE IDEA OF THE GREENEST MICRO-BREWERY IN BENGALURU THAT TOO ON A ROOFTOP, LED TO THE BIRTH OF STORIES BREWERY AND KITCHEN. A SPACE WHERE YOU WOULDN’T COME JUST FOR THE FOOD AND DRINKS, BUT WILL BE LEFT DELIGHTED BY EVERYTHING THAT IS AROUND YOU, PICTURESQUE AND GORGEOUSLY GREEN

2 mins

NEW ELECTRIC SUVS LIGHT UP THE MARKET

Electricity is charging up through the market place and the onslaught of electric SUVs has begun at the premium end. Hyundai recently launched their Ioniq 5 at a price which is quite interesting since it occupies a niche onto itself.

3 mins

MAKING EVERY OPPORTUNITY COUNT!

A TRUE CHAMPION OF WOMAN EMPOWERMENT WHO WORKS TIRELESSLY FOR THE UPLIFTMENT AND FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE OF WOMEN ACROSS ALL AGE GROUPS AND SOCIAL STRATA. FROM THE FAMOUS AMMOOMMATHIRI? THAT CREATED INCOME FOR ELDERLY WOMEN IN OLD AGE HOMES TO PLANTABLE PAPER PENS CALLED PEN WITH LOVE’, CHEKUTTY’ DOLLS AND KARUNA’ DOLLS THAT HELPED REVIVE THE HANDLOOM INDUSTRY SHATTERED DUE TO THE KERALA FLOODS, SHAYYA’ THE HANDWOVEN MATTRESSES FOR THE NEEDY AND HOMELESS CREATED FROM SCRAP MATERIAL OF PPE KITS) AND TOIL-LESS’ A CHAIN OF CLEAN AND SAFE WAYSIDE TOILETS FOR WOMEN ON THE GO SOCIAL PROJECTS BY PURE LIVING’ ARE NOT JUST BRILLIANT BUT ITS AMAZINGLY FUNCTIONAL. AS HER LATEST PROJECT CHOOLALA WEARABLES’ BY THE BLIND PICKS UP PACE, LAKSHMI MENON, SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR AND FOUNDER OF PURE LIVING HAS A FREEWHEELING CHAT WITH RIYA SONNY DATSON AS SHE REVEALS WHY THIS PROJECT IS SO SPECIAL TO HER.

3 mins

The Formula Of Staying Young Through The Decades

How old would you be if you didn't know how old you were (for women only!)?

6 mins

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PROVOKE Lifestyle Magazine is a monthly lifestyle magazine published by Paulsons Beauty and Fashion Pvt Ltd in Chennai, India. It is a leading lifestyle magazine in South India, covering a wide range of topics related to fashion, film, fitness, fun, food, and photography, with a focus on the Indian market. The magazine is known for its edgy, fearless, and inclusive content, as well as its commitment to celebrating the diversity and richness of Indian culture.

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