Grazia Cool List 2022

Bringing about meaningful change through fashion, film, and social media isn't easy in the best of times, never mind in the second year of a global pandemic. Still, our 2022 class of headliners, changemakers, and risk-takers have gone against the odds, making positive change and spreading joy while they do it. In what has become an annual tradition, we're, once again, honouring some outstanding people shaping the future whether by influencing mindsets, breaking barriers, or simply daring to imagine a bolder future for themselves and those around them

- Barry Rodgers

SHEFALI SHAH

ACTOR

Shefali Shah is currently enjoying one of her best years as an actor. While her turn as a tough-as-nails cop in the International Emmy Award-winning series Delhi Crime (2019) turned the tables, she followed it up with another stellar turn this year in the web show and medical thriller Human, which is currently streaming on Disney+ Hotstar. Let's just say that she owns the scenes she is in. In Jalsa, her portrayal of a house help who seeks justice after her daughter's death is nuanced and powerful. In an infamously ageist industry, Shah has blazed a trail for women over 40. She may not have a very long résumé, but she does have a strong one.

What's the worst relationship advice you've ever gotten?

It'll get better after marriage.

Printed Tee, tulle skirt, both Moon Ray: earrings, ring, both Studio Metallurgy at Minerali; stackable ring. Sangeeta Boochra at Minerali; fringed heels, Christian Louboutin

Styling RADHIKA MEHRA, Make-up PALLAVI SYMONS, Hair SANDHYA BELLARAE

KABIR KHAN

FILMMAKER

Kabir Khan's feel-good, slice-of-life films, like Kabul Express, Ek Tha Tiger, Bajrangi Bhaijaan, and Tubelight, have cemented his position as one of the most prolific directors in Bollywood today. And with his latest offering, the Ranveer Singh-starrer, 83, Khan manages to band the entire nation together to relive India's historic win in the 1983 cricket world cup, when the Kapil Dev-led team beat West Indies in the final.