21, model
Mumbai.
So far
Showstopper for Dev R Nil at Lakme Fashion Week 2008, and for Anmol Jewellers.
Your flab-to-fab secret
Treadmill.
On style
You either have it or you don't; if you do, it's there to stay.
Hotbod: Kate Moss or Kate Winslet
Kate Winslet.
Botox or natural
Natural forever!
Brands or street chic
Street chic.
Runway scorcher or screen goddess
Want to?work through the runway to the silver screen.
What's the new 'khamosh'
'Khamosh' is irreplaceable!
Fashion designer or muse
I belong to both worlds.
Coming up
Some big ad campaigns and fashion shows
25, filmmaker
Hometown
Mumbai.
Alma Mater
Jamnabai Narsee School. Left a little piece of my heart there forever. Random trysts with science and engineering courses. Eventually dropped out. Ah well!
So far
Assistant director with Ashutosh Gowariker on Swades followed by Kabhie Alvida Na Kehna. Eventually managed to write a script, and currently making it into a movie.
Coming up
My first directorial feature, Wake Up, Sid! produced by Karan Johar and starring Ranbir Kapoor and Konkona Sen Sharma.
The Ayan Mukerji oeuvre
I mean? come on! I'm on my first film?.Ok, 'young, urban, idealistic, conversational, whimsical, simple, happy!' Makes sense?
Bollywood or Hindi film industry
Hindi film industry!
BlackBerry or iPhone
iPhone.
A film you wished you had made
Lost in Translation, Dil Chahta Hai.
Fave female character in film
Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman.
Hrishikesh Mukerjee or Manmohan Desai
Imtiaz Ali.
Style is
Being comfortable. Feeling sexy.
What makes you laugh
Karan Johar talking about... well, anything!
What makes you cry
Listening to songs I used to love but haven't heard in a while. Old photos. End of a shooting schedule
25, theatre and film actor
Hometown
Mumbai
So far
Spotted on the boards in Karla Singh's Punch-a-tantra, the Shilpa Shetty musical Miss Bollywood and City of Dreams; actor, assistant producer/director on The President Is Coming (he also acted in the stage play); principled everyman of Tata's i campaign; scriptwriting for Sai Paranjpye.
Coming up
In film: Kites (2009). In theatre:
A stint in Akvarious' award-winning production of David Auburn's Proof.
The acting bug
On a conscious level I started out thinking I'd be a doctor, like my father and brother, but I secretly always wanted to be an actor, and eventually a filmmaker.
English or Hindi
Hindi.
Artaud or Stanislavsky
Impossible to choose.
Converse or Kenneth Cole
Converse.
Style is
Me! (Or you).
What makes you laugh
People taking life seriously.
What makes you cry
Bad cinema.
24, music producer
loy mendosa of shankar ehsaan loy his son
Thane.
So far
Began DJing at 19, spinning house music. Eventually started making my own music and launched my record label Brutal By Birth with Tuhin Mehta. Bollywood remixes for movies like Janeman, Salaam-e-Ishq, Johnny Gaddar and others. Most recently, worked with Hard Kaur on a remix for her new album.
Brutal By Birth
Is open to anyone who has what it takes to put India on the EDM (electronic dance music) production map. We wanted to say, hey, the guys from India too can drop some crazy choons!
Being a musician in 2009
Bollywood is still very much the mainstream, but less popular forms are now being recognised. That makes it really interesting right now.
One thing you'd change about the Indian music scene
The darn royalty system! People in India need to wake up and get?acquainted?with their music rights and understand how IPRS and PPL and copyrights work!
DJ or music director
Right now being a music director is more?fulfilling for creative expression.
Electro, rock or dub step
All Three!!
DJ superstars
Sasha, Filterheads, Paul Van Dyk, Dave Seamen, Phil K and Tuhin Mehta.
Music philosophy
Nature is the greatest musician. Any sound good to the ear is music.
Talvin Singh or Nitin Sawhney
Tough One. Nitin Sawhney has the edge for me.
Fave female musician
Sarah Mclachlan.
AR Rahman or SEL
Shall be a supportive son and say SEL all the way! But Love AR's music, too!
Style is
Nothing fancy. Basic jeans, tees or shirts worn with my Converse shoes or Osho chappals. Among brands it's?Gas, Levis, Giordano and Abercrombie.
24, actor
Hometown
Mumbai.
What made you bag Slumdog Millionaire
Perseverance.
Oscar thoughts
Dizzying!
The Slumdog controversy
It was expected. In a country of 1.3 billion people, it's impossible to please every kind of mindset. Slumdog became so big that a backlash was not that surprising.
The Freida style of acting
Raw and instinctive.
Indie films or blockbusters
Both. As long as they have style and substance.
Danny Boyle or James Bond
What!
Shah Rukh Khan or Daniel Craig
Daniel Craig, though SRK would make the best desi Bond!
Style means
Comfort. Wearing six-inch heels doesn't necessarily spell style.
Louboutins or Choos
Louboutins. I haven't found Choos to fit my size-41-feet!
Can't-live-without accessory
My purple Puma bag. I value it like a Prada.
You in three words
Flexible, unpredictable and goofy.
Why goofy
I do stuff like bump my head when I get into my car.
Anupamaa
Ye Hai Mohabbatein
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