There are a few things I gather observing the 27-year-old. She brings a certain energy to the set. It’s not heavy with airs, nor with demands of leafy salads with a side of green juice (just ghar ka khaana that accompanies her to her next engagement for the evening). When the strobe lights come on, all she needs is a song to slip into character. The sensual beats of ‘Señorita’ by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello help her into the skin of the protagonist she’s playing today, a flamenco dancer in a sinister lace dress from Dolce & Gabbana.
It’s when we finally sit in her hotel room that she asks everyone to leave us (managers and PR agents included), tucks into her dinner, and dives into the story of the day she asked for all the things she now has.
A HOMECOMING
2019 has been Advani’s biggest year yet: Lust Stories, the 2018 small screen (but big drama) offering from Netflix, bagged a nomination at the International Emmy Awards, while Kabir Singh (2019), where she played Shahid Kapoor’s love interest, entered the `200 crore club. Her latest outing, Dharma Productions’s Good Newwz, the Kareena Kapoor Khan- and Akshay Kumar-starrer, comes out later this month.
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Breathe In, Breathe Out
A powerful tool to help you master your nervous system or another biohacking buzzword? SIMONE DHONDY explores the inhalations and exhalations of breathwork
Red Pill, Blue Pill
India's nutraceutical industry is booming thanks to advanced technology, distrust of the medical system and rising vanity. With multivitamins becoming purer and more effective, NIDHI GUPTA finds out if supplements have become the new serum
Sign of the times
No longer do you need to have an answer to, \"What is the significance of this?\" when people point to your new tattoo. ARMAN KHAN discovers that everything is on the table when you get inked temporarily
Return to form
Watching the world's most elite athletes deliver the best performances of their careers rekindled SONAKSHI SHARMA's own love for sports
Dimple, All Day
YOU MAY HAVE WATCHED HER ON THE BIG SCREEN FOR OVER FIVE DECADES, BUT DON'T MAKE THE MISTAKE OF ASSUMING THAT YOU KNOW DIMPLE KAPADIA.
MUSIC, TAKE CONTROL
As someone who had always sought safety in numbers, ALIZA FATMA often wondered what her own company would feel like. The answer arrived unexpectedly when she attended her first-ever music festival, one of the largest in the world, all alone
Let it grow
When we think of hardworking farmers toiling in India's scorching heat, we often think of men, the sweat on their brow, the sinews in their arms. JYOTI KUMARI speaks to four women who are championing the invisible female labour that keeps these fields running
YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE
When armless archer Sheetal Devi set her sights on the Paralympic Games this year, she knew she had a tough journey ahead of her. Luckily, her mother was with her every step of the way.
Beauty and the feast
The appeal of Indian weddings has always been in a sprawling spread. For additional bragging rights, Aditi Dugar recommends going beyond designer tablecloths and monogrammed napkins.
Sweet serendipity
From a scavenger hunt-inspired proposal to a Moroccan-themed baraat, Malvika Raj and Armaan Rai's love story prioritised playfulness throughout their blended celebrations.
