&lt;p&gt;She shot to fame with the critically-acclaimed Bollywood drama &lt;em&gt;The Lunchbox&lt;/em&gt;, starring alongside the late Irrfan Khan in 2013. The film received rave reviews and Nimrat Kaur proved her mettle as an actor worth her salt despite not having a plethora of films associated with her biography back then. However, not too many people know that Nimrat&rsquo;s first tryst with the camera was actually for a two-part music video way back in 2004, where she lit up television screens across the country in the romantic hits &lt;em&gt;Tera Mera Pyar&lt;/em&gt; by Kumar Sanu and &lt;em&gt;Yeh Kya Hua&lt;/em&gt; by Shreya Ghoshal.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;While Nimrat went on to do bigger projects such as Anurag Kashyap&rsquo;s &lt;em&gt;Peddlers&lt;/em&gt;, where she also made her Cannes debut in 2012, the actor says that music has always been her constant companion and helps her navigate all challenges in life. &ldquo;Music means everything to me, as a person and an artist. I rely on it to base the foundation of my characters and lose myself while listening to my favourite tracks when I&rsquo;m unwinding or driving,&rdquo; she shares with Bazaar India, while also giving us an insight into some of the tracks that she is currently obsessed with. &ldquo;My mother was a great musical influence while I was growing up and she introduced me to all the old Hindi songs. However, I now discover the latest tracks through friends or my sisters,&rdquo; discloses the actor while counting hip-hop and RnB among her favourite genres.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Nimrat reveals that &lt;em&gt;Summer High &lt;/em&gt;by Indian-born Canadian rapper AP Dhillon has been keeping her energised of late, but her all-time favourite artists are the celebrated Irish rock band U2, British rock group Coldplay, and legendary Indian singers Mohammed Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar, because &ldquo;their music represents emotions and feelings in the truest way, and is evergreen.&rdquo; Nimrat&rsquo;s current playlist features a mix of artists such as rapper Kanye West, alternative RnB artist The Weeknd, Austrian electronic music duo Klangkarussell, American musician Sufjan Stevens, and Icelandic music producer &Oacute;lafur Arnalds, among others.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kaur's top 10&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;A Keeper&lt;/em&gt; - Drake&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Summer High &lt;/em&gt;- AP Dhillon&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;After Hours&lt;/em&gt; - The Weeknd&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Moth To A Flame&lt;/em&gt; - Swedish House Mafia &amp;amp; The Weeknd&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Moon&lt;/em&gt; - Kanye West&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Shipwreck&lt;/em&gt; - Klangkarussell&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Church&lt;/em&gt; - Coldplay&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Futile Devices&lt;/em&gt; - Sufjan Stevens&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Oceans&lt;/em&gt; - RY X &amp;amp; &Oacute;lafur Arnalds&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Unforgettable&lt;/em&gt; - French Montana&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;She shot to fame with the critically-acclaimed Bollywood drama &lt;em&gt;The Lunchbox&lt;/em&gt;, starring alongside the late Irrfan Khan in 2013. The film received rave reviews and Nimrat Kaur proved her mettle as an actor worth her salt despite not having a plethora of films associated with her biography back then. However, not too many people know that Nimrat&amp;rsquo;s first tryst with the camera was actually for a two-part music video way back in 2004, where she lit up television screens across the country in the romantic hits &lt;em&gt;Tera Mera Pyar&lt;/em&gt; by Kumar Sanu and &lt;em&gt;Yeh Kya Hua&lt;/em&gt; by Shreya Ghoshal.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;While Nimrat went on to do bigger projects such as Anurag Kashyap&amp;rsquo;s &lt;em&gt;Peddlers&lt;/em&gt;, where she also made her Cannes debut in 2012, the actor says that music has always been her constant companion and helps her navigate all challenges in life. &amp;ldquo;Music means everything to me, as a person and an artist. I rely on it to base the foundation of my characters and lose myself while listening to my favourite tracks when I&amp;rsquo;m unwinding or driving,&amp;rdquo; she shares with Bazaar India, while also giving us an insight into some of the tracks that she is currently obsessed with. &amp;ldquo;My mother was a great musical influence while I was growing up and she introduced me to all the old Hindi songs. However, I now discover the latest tracks through friends or my sisters,&amp;rdquo; discloses the actor while counting hip-hop and RnB among her favourite genres.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Nimrat reveals that &lt;em&gt;Summer High &lt;/em&gt;by Indian-born Canadian rapper AP Dhillon has been keeping her energised of late, but her all-time favourite artists are the celebrated Irish rock band U2, British rock group Coldplay, and legendary Indian singers Mohammed Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar, because &amp;ldquo;their music represents emotions and feelings in the truest way, and is evergreen.&amp;rdquo; Nimrat&amp;rsquo;s current playlist features a mix of artists such as rapper Kanye West, alternative RnB artist The Weeknd, Austrian electronic music duo Klangkarussell, American musician Sufjan Stevens, and Icelandic music producer &amp;Oacute;lafur Arnalds, among others.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kaur&amp;#39;s top 10&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;A Keeper&lt;/em&gt; - Drake&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Summer High &lt;/em&gt;- AP Dhillon&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;After Hours&lt;/em&gt; - The Weeknd&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Moth To A Flame&lt;/em&gt; - Swedish House Mafia &amp;amp; The Weeknd&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Moon&lt;/em&gt; - Kanye West&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Shipwreck&lt;/em&gt; - Klangkarussell&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Church&lt;/em&gt; - Coldplay&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Futile Devices&lt;/em&gt; - Sufjan Stevens&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Oceans&lt;/em&gt; - RY X &amp;amp; &amp;Oacute;lafur Arnalds&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Unforgettable&lt;/em&gt; - French Montana&lt;/p&gt;

10 tracks that are striking the right tune for Nimrat Kaur

The actor draws up a list of her current favourite artists and tracks that are fuelling her innate passion for music. Listen in.

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&lt;p&gt;It was a surreal moment when I found out I was pregnant. We were waiting for our blood work results to arrive, just trying to stay calm and hope for a &lsquo;positive&rsquo; result. Finally, after what felt like an eternity, when I got the results, it took a few seconds for my brain to comprehend what I saw. I called Karan and we both were just the way we always are. We felt a wave of contentment.&amp;nbsp;The first thing we did was rush to my mother&rsquo;s house since she had been praying for this for a very long time. I remember the moment when we told her vividly&mdash;there were so many emotions flying around. We laughed. We cried. It was almost dreamlike.&amp;nbsp;I was not surprised by the news though. Grateful and amazed? Yes, but not surprised. I believed we would have a baby soon and it has been my focus for a long time now. Our prayers had finally been heard.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I&rsquo;ve always been an organization machine. Planning and attempting to stay one step ahead at all times. And this pregnancy also happened at the right time for us. I believe that you have to be a thousand per cent sure of yourself before deciding to have a baby. My husband, Karan Singh Grover, and I are at that point. We waited a few years to focus on our relationship. We&rsquo;ve grown as a couple and as individuals in a marriage. Now, we are responsible enough to take the next step and start a family.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;No amount of planning was going to prepare me for what came next though. The first few months of my pregnancy were extremely difficult. People talk about morning sickness, I was sick all day long. Either I was on my bed or in the loo. I could barely eat and I&rsquo;d lost a lot of weight. It was only after a few months went by that I felt this horrible wave of sickness subside. I didn&rsquo;t get any intense cravings, my body isn&rsquo;t wired like that. Although, in small bursts, I would crave salty and be repelled by anything sweet. Which was a change since normally my sweet-tooth works on overdrive. But alas, it&rsquo;s clearly not what the baby wants.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Other than completely silencing my sweet tooth, this pregnancy hasn&rsquo;t changed my diet that much. I&rsquo;ve always eaten balanced meals. There is a little of everything&mdash;carbs, fats, proteins, lean meats, fruits and veggies. I ensure the roughage is good and keep myself hydrated. However, while there wasn&rsquo;t a drastic change for me, there were challenges. In fact, I had to consciously&amp;nbsp;stop working out and training which was more difficult for me than I thought it would be since I had to learn how to just lie down, relax and&amp;nbsp;put my feet up instead of being the over-active, in-control person that I have always been.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It&rsquo;s not as easy to chill out when you&rsquo;re used to constant multitasking. Right now, the only workout I am doing is breathing exercises, a little face yoga, a few stretches and small, gentle walks. I also strongly believe in the power of meditation. Every time I meditate, my day is just so much better. This is basically my fitness routine for the moment. It&rsquo;s light and breezy, just how it&rsquo;s supposed to be. And over time, I have come to terms with changes in my body as week after week, I saw my body transform which has&amp;nbsp;been amazing.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The way I dress has also changed with my changing body. Right now, I am team &lsquo;comfort clothing&rsquo;. I know the trend right now is pregnant women showing off their baby bumps in tight clothes and while that looks so adorable, it&rsquo;s not for me. Not all trends need to be followed, right? Everything in my current wardrobe is free and flowy. I am loving kaftans and a lot of the time, I steal Karan&rsquo;s oversized shirts which are just perfect. I am not focusing on my maternity wear that much as health and&amp;nbsp;preparing for this huge change on the horizon is a priority.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;What works in our favour is that both Karan and I lead pretty simple, low-key lives. We are homebodies, early risers and early sleepers. We socialize very rarely and try and be as healthy as we can. All that isn&rsquo;t going to change with the arrival of this baby though. What is going to drastically shift are our priorities. Especially considering our work is so demanding. That is the only arena of our life I see changing. However, I am not going to quit working. I feel very strongly about my career and I, baby in tow, want to get back as soon as the doctors give me a green light. Work-life balance, here I come!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It&rsquo;s crazy how much a small baby needs, so I have already started preparing and prepping because that list is endless. I&rsquo;ve made an excel sheet to keep track of everything. My husband makes fun of it but I need everything to be perfectly in place. Everything in our house now belongs to the baby. Everywhere is a &lsquo;baby zone&rsquo;. Nothing is for just me and Karan anymore!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My biggest hope is for this baby to be happy, healthy, and someone who makes a difference in the world. That&rsquo;s all every mother wants, right? My parents brought me up to be a good, responsible person. And most of what children learn comes from observing their parents. So, I hope my baby gets the best parts of Karan and me.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

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Bipasha Basu writes on her journey through pregnancy and impending motherhood

Bipasha Basu reflects on her journey from the moment she found out she was pregnant to experiencing the many changes in her body, routine and lifestyle.

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&lt;p&gt;What&rsquo;s in a name one may ask? A lot if you&rsquo;re in the Bollywood business. And, if it wasn&rsquo;t enough being a Kapoor, she is also the daughter of the legendary Sridevi, who gave us hits like &lt;em&gt;Chandni, Sadma,&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Chaalbaaz&lt;/em&gt; to count a few. Yet, Janhvi Kapoor looks uber cool and self-assured as she sits down for a chat. Once considered the new-kid-on-the-block, Kapoor is now much more than a fresh face.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In an interview with Bazaar India, Kapoor speaks about living up to the family name,&amp;nbsp;being inspired by her mother, choosing the right projects, dealing with trolls, and making bold style statements.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Harper's Bazaar:&lt;/strong&gt; It&rsquo;s commendable to see how you face the camera, and deal with social media trolls with utmost confidence. Has the responsibility of living up to people&rsquo;s expectations brought out the best in you?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Janhvi Kapoor:&lt;/strong&gt; I think so. See, the person they are comparing me to is, I think, the best actor that Indian cinema has ever seen. So, if they are holding me up to such high standards, it&rsquo;s almost like reaching for the moon; and at least I&rsquo;ll get to the sky, which is a high enough place. That&rsquo;s how I look at it. I think it keeps me from being complacent. I&rsquo;m happy that they expect so much out of me, and why shouldn&rsquo;t they? I&rsquo;ll give it to them.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HB:&lt;/strong&gt; Did this mean you had to work harder than most people?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;JK:&lt;/strong&gt; I think the hard work that I&rsquo;ve put in is very different from what others might have had to. A lot of people don&rsquo;t see that side of my life&mdash;the pressure, the hustle, sometimes waking up and feeling that you&rsquo;ll never be taken seriously just because of where you were born. But then, I&rsquo;m so thankful for all of the things I have in life, the opportunities that I&rsquo;m getting. I am doing what I love, so I have to keep giving it my all. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HB:&lt;/strong&gt; It&rsquo;s unfair to compare the films you&rsquo;ve done over five years to your mother&rsquo;s, whose career spanned decades. How do you shut off all the noise?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;JK:&lt;/strong&gt; I don&rsquo;t shut it down. The noise keeps me going. I want to be the best and the most-loved actor in this country. And I need to hear what they have to say, take it into consideration, and work on it. I know that I have something to offer. I don&rsquo;t know if it&rsquo;s talent or good looks, but I know that&rsquo;s it&rsquo;s my hard work. No one can take that away from me. I&rsquo;m confident and secure in that.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HB: &lt;/strong&gt;Talking about Aldo and you being the face of their festive collection. What parts of your personality do you feel makes you the perfect partner?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;JK:&lt;/strong&gt; I think Aldo resonates with the part of me that is still figuring herself out. One day she wakes up and wants to be sporty and the next day she wants to be glamorous and wear heels as she steps out. It has something for all those personalities.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HB:&lt;/strong&gt; You&rsquo;ve chosen a myriad of roles and directors to work with. What&rsquo;s your first instinct while choosing a script?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;JK:&lt;/strong&gt; If I feel like the intention of the makers is correct, and if the story has resonated with me in any way.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HB:&lt;/strong&gt; It&rsquo;s tough to not mention the huge influence that your mother has had on your life. As far as beauty and fashion are concerned, what were your biggest lessons?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;JK:&lt;/strong&gt; I remember how she was constantly evolving with time. She was always eager to learn, travel, and pick up new things. Her aesthetic was ever-changing and growing. And I think that&rsquo;s the sign of a true artist. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HB:&lt;/strong&gt; Was she ever strict about the products she used and you did as well?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;JK:&lt;/strong&gt; Yup...I wasn&rsquo;t allowed to wear makeup for a very long time. Even when I&rsquo;d go out for events with her, she would only sometimes apply kajal and gloss. That was about it. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HB:&lt;/strong&gt; Given that you&rsquo;re a youth icon, how important is the brand voice and purpose when you choose to be its face?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;JK:&lt;/strong&gt; I think it&rsquo;s very important. With attention comes responsibility. I&rsquo;m extremely honoured that I have a voice that people listen to. And I&rsquo;d like to do good with that voice and stand for things that I believe in.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;What&amp;rsquo;s in a name one may ask? A lot if you&amp;rsquo;re in the Bollywood business. And, if it wasn&amp;rsquo;t enough being a Kapoor, she is also the daughter of the legendary Sridevi, who gave us hits like &lt;em&gt;Chandni, Sadma,&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Chaalbaaz&lt;/em&gt; to count a few. Yet, Janhvi Kapoor looks uber cool and self-assured as she sits down for a chat. Once considered the new-kid-on-the-block, Kapoor is now much more than a fresh face.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In an interview with Bazaar India, Kapoor speaks about living up to the family name,&amp;nbsp;being inspired by her mother, choosing the right projects, dealing with trolls, and making bold style statements.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style='text-align:center'&gt;&lt;img alt='' src='https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/sites/gloss99/resources/202209/untitled-design-2022-09-22t134002757220922022557.jpeg' /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Harper&amp;#39;s Bazaar:&lt;/strong&gt; It&amp;rsquo;s commendable to see how you face the camera, and deal with social media trolls with utmost confidence. Has the responsibility of living up to people&amp;rsquo;s expectations brought out the best in you?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Janhvi Kapoor:&lt;/strong&gt; I think so. See, the person they are comparing me to is, I think, the best actor that Indian cinema has ever seen. So, if they are holding me up to such high standards, it&amp;rsquo;s almost like reaching for the moon; and at least I&amp;rsquo;ll get to the sky, which is a high enough place. That&amp;rsquo;s how I look at it. I think it keeps me from being complacent. I&amp;rsquo;m happy that they expect so much out of me, and why shouldn&amp;rsquo;t they? I&amp;rsquo;ll give it to them.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HB:&lt;/strong&gt; Did this mean you had to work harder than most people?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;JK:&lt;/strong&gt; I think the hard work that I&amp;rsquo;ve put in is very different from what others might have had to. A lot of people don&amp;rsquo;t see that side of my life&amp;mdash;the pressure, the hustle, sometimes waking up and feeling that you&amp;rsquo;ll never be taken seriously just because of where you were born. But then, I&amp;rsquo;m so thankful for all of the things I have in life, the opportunities that I&amp;rsquo;m getting. I am doing what I love, so I have to keep giving it my all. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HB:&lt;/strong&gt; It&amp;rsquo;s unfair to compare the films you&amp;rsquo;ve done over five years to your mother&amp;rsquo;s, whose career spanned decades. How do you shut off all the noise?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;JK:&lt;/strong&gt; I don&amp;rsquo;t shut it down. The noise keeps me going. I want to be the best and the most-loved actor in this country. And I need to hear what they have to say, take it into consideration, and work on it. I know that I have something to offer. I don&amp;rsquo;t know if it&amp;rsquo;s talent or good looks, but I know that&amp;rsquo;s it&amp;rsquo;s my hard work. No one can take that away from me. I&amp;rsquo;m confident and secure in that.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HB: &lt;/strong&gt;Talking about Aldo and you being the face of their festive collection. What parts of your personality do you feel makes you the perfect partner?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;JK:&lt;/strong&gt; I think Aldo resonates with the part of me that is still figuring herself out. One day she wakes up and wants to be sporty and the next day she wants to be glamorous and wear heels as she steps out. It has something for all those personalities.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HB:&lt;/strong&gt; You&amp;rsquo;ve chosen a myriad of roles and directors to work with. What&amp;rsquo;s your first instinct while choosing a script?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;JK:&lt;/strong&gt; If I feel like the intention of the makers is correct, and if the story has resonated with me in any way.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style='text-align:center'&gt;&lt;img alt=''  src='https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/sites/gloss99/resources/202209/untitled-design-2022-09-22t133910590220922022632.jpeg' width='500' /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HB:&lt;/strong&gt; It&amp;rsquo;s tough to not mention the huge influence that your mother has had on your life. As far as beauty and fashion are concerned, what were your biggest lessons?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;JK:&lt;/strong&gt; I remember how she was constantly evolving with time. She was always eager to learn, travel, and pick up new things. Her aesthetic was ever-changing and growing. And I think that&amp;rsquo;s the sign of a true artist. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HB:&lt;/strong&gt; Was she ever strict about the products she used and you did as well?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;JK:&lt;/strong&gt; Yup...I wasn&amp;rsquo;t allowed to wear makeup for a very long time. Even when I&amp;rsquo;d go out for events with her, she would only sometimes apply kajal and gloss. That was about it. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style='text-align:center'&gt;&lt;img alt=''  src='https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/sites/gloss99/resources/202209/untitled-design-2022-09-22t142834580220922022842.jpeg' width='500' /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HB:&lt;/strong&gt; Given that you&amp;rsquo;re a youth icon, how important is the brand voice and purpose when you choose to be its face?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;JK:&lt;/strong&gt; I think it&amp;rsquo;s very important. With attention comes responsibility. I&amp;rsquo;m extremely honoured that I have a voice that people listen to. And I&amp;rsquo;d like to do good with that voice and stand for things that I believe in.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

Resembling her mother in both beauty and grace, Janhvi Kapoor on carrying forward Sridevi's legacy

...and the one thing that no one can take away from her.

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&lt;h5&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A fresh face in the new crop of actors, Mrunal Thakur is gaining serious recognition for landing roles of substance. And though her career appears to be spurred on by the wind of the booming OTT industry, the almost-dentist, now actor, credits her success to the iconic Bollywood movies &lt;em&gt;3 Idiots &lt;/em&gt;(2009)&amp;nbsp;and &lt;em&gt;Jab We Met &lt;/em&gt;(2007), which influenced her views on life.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&ldquo;I can never get &lt;em&gt;Jab We Met&lt;/em&gt; out of my system, especially when Geet&amp;nbsp;(essayed by Kareena Kapoor Khan)&amp;nbsp;says, '&lt;em&gt;Ye mere decisions &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;hai&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;(These are my decisions).'&amp;nbsp;Today, I decide for myself, because&amp;nbsp;I know the consequences will be mine. I want to take charge of my life; not sit around and let someone else decide for me,&rdquo; says the 29-year-old, citing that more people need to become their &lsquo;own favourites&rsquo;, just like in the movie. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;figcaption&gt;One-Shoulder Bubble Ruffle High-Low Dress, Gauri &amp;amp; Nainika.&lt;/figcaption&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Mrunal claims to have come a long way from her impatient, 17-year-old self who wanted instant success. &ldquo;I realised I won&rsquo;t get it immediately... I&rsquo;ll have to work hard for it, and it will take time, because good things do take time.&rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The good things did come, in the form of diverse roles, sprinkled with lessons on patience and life... A debut in Bollywood opposite Hrithik Roshan in &lt;em&gt;Super 30&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;(2019); the powerful sex-trafficking drama &lt;em&gt;Love Sonia&lt;/em&gt; (2018); &lt;em&gt;Batla House&lt;/em&gt; (2019); the Farhan Akhtar-starrer &lt;em&gt;Toofan&lt;/em&gt; (2021); and&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Jersey &lt;/em&gt;with Shahid Kapoor. &ldquo;What I learnt from working with sex survivors is that we live in a bubble... We don&rsquo;t realise how blessed we are to have a good family, friends, a roof to cover our heads...not everyone is as privileged.&rdquo; Having witnessed how the survivors find joy in small things in life changed Mrunal&rsquo;s perspective, who now reminds herself every day to be grateful what she has. It&rsquo;s the kind of wisdom that can take a lifetime to find, but for the young actor, it has become a part of her very existence.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;figcaption&gt;Deep-Neck Bubble Ruffle Midi Dress, Gauri &amp;amp; Nainika.&lt;/figcaption&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Calling it providence that she is an actor, Mrunal believes her work allows her to create awareness. In fact, she is a strong advocate of using social media to address issues... In a recent Instagram post, she was body-shamed over a kickboxing Reel of herself, but Mrunal was quick to respond. She isn&rsquo;t doing this just for herself, though; Mrunal is leading by example. &ldquo;The hateful comments don&rsquo;t really affect me, but&amp;nbsp;I know that there are so many girls who get body-shamed. So,&amp;nbsp;I put up a Story on Instagram for them...I had to let them know that it doesn&rsquo;t affect me. All this criticism is only going to make me stronger. I&rsquo;m going to flaunt my body, irrespective.&rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div&gt;
&lt;figure class=&quot;image&quot;&gt;&lt;amp-img alt src=&quot; https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/sites/gloss99/resources/202203/hb-tanya-cover-insta-mar22a5240322052851.jpeg&quot; title=&quot;hb-tanya-cover-insta-mar22a5240322052851&quot; width=&quot;2250&quot; height=&quot;2813&quot; layout=&quot;responsive&quot;&gt;&lt;/amp-img&gt;
&lt;figcaption&gt;The Scarlet Cascade Dress, Itsom.&lt;/figcaption&gt;
&lt;/figure&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Feisty, but &ldquo;not a feminist&rdquo; (in her own words), the Marathi actor states she wants to live in a world where things are equal for men and women alike. That&rsquo;s not to say that Mrunal wants things easy, or on a silver platter. In fact, she learnt an early but important lesson on rejection. &ldquo;Although rejection isn&rsquo;t taught in school and colleges, I think we all need to deal with it. Rejection not only makes us better people, but also better in our craft&mdash;we push ourselves.&rdquo; In her personal life, Mrunal is clear that if she is rejected, it is for a reason, because &ldquo;something better is along it&rsquo;s way.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Mrunal&rsquo;s &lsquo;something better&rsquo; this year has been her film &lt;em&gt;Aankh Micholi&lt;/em&gt;,&amp;nbsp;which released in May 2022. Either way, the actor has a solid mantra to keep herself happy, aside from a quick run across Mumbai&rsquo;s Marine Drive or a drive in the prettier parts of the city that never sleeps. &ldquo;Happiness means making someone else happy, too. When I wake up, I get on a mission to do something special for at least five people, those I love the most,&rdquo; she signs off jocundly. As Mrunal enters her 30s this August, she is well-prepared for what life is about to send her way.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;figure class=&quot;image&quot;&gt;&lt;amp-img alt src=&quot; https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/sites/gloss99/resources/202203/hb-tanya-cover-insta-mar22a6240322052851.jpeg&quot; title=&quot;hb-tanya-cover-insta-mar22a6240322052851&quot; width=&quot;2250&quot; height=&quot;2813&quot; layout=&quot;responsive&quot;&gt;&lt;/amp-img&gt;
&lt;figcaption&gt;Hand Embroidered Santorini Sky Concentric Circle Short Dress, Rahul Mishra.&lt;/figcaption&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;h4&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h4&gt;

&lt;h4&gt;Photographs:&amp;nbsp;Akula Madhu Yadav&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h4&gt;

&lt;h4&gt;Styling:&amp;nbsp;Who Wore What When&lt;/h4&gt;

&lt;h4&gt;Make-up and Hair: Krisann Figueiredo&lt;/h4&gt;

&lt;h4&gt;Hair Assistant: Rakshanda Irani&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h4&gt;

&lt;h4&gt;Fashion Assistants: Shubham Jawanjal and Ankur Pathak&lt;/h4&gt;

&lt;h4&gt;Production: Studio Little Dumpling.&lt;/h4&gt;

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&lt;h5 style='text-align: center;'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A fresh face in the new crop of actors, Mrunal Thakur is gaining serious recognition for landing roles of substance. And though her career appears to be spurred on by the wind of the booming OTT industry, the almost-dentist, now actor, credits her success to the iconic Bollywood movies &lt;em&gt;3 Idiots &lt;/em&gt;(2009)&amp;nbsp;and &lt;em&gt;Jab We Met &lt;/em&gt;(2007), which influenced her views on life.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;I can never get &lt;em&gt;Jab We Met&lt;/em&gt; out of my system, especially when Geet&amp;nbsp;(essayed by Kareena Kapoor Khan)&amp;nbsp;says, &amp;#39;&lt;em&gt;Ye mere decisions &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;hai&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;(These are my decisions).&amp;#39;&amp;nbsp;Today, I decide for myself, because&amp;nbsp;I know the consequences will be mine. I want to take charge of my life; not sit around and let someone else decide for me,&amp;rdquo; says the 29-year-old, citing that more people need to become their &amp;lsquo;own favourites&amp;rsquo;, just like in the movie. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style='text-align:center'&gt;
&lt;figure class='image' style='display:inline-block'&gt;&lt;img alt=''  src=' https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/sites/gloss99/resources/202203/hb-tanya-cover-insta-mar22a7240322052851.jpeg' title='hb-tanya-cover-insta-mar22a7240322052851' width='704' /&gt;
&lt;figcaption&gt;One-Shoulder Bubble Ruffle High-Low Dress, Gauri &amp;amp; Nainika.&lt;/figcaption&gt;
&lt;/figure&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Mrunal claims to have come a long way from her impatient, 17-year-old self who wanted instant success. &amp;ldquo;I realised I won&amp;rsquo;t get it immediately... I&amp;rsquo;ll have to work hard for it, and it will take time, because good things do take time.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The good things did come, in the form of diverse roles, sprinkled with lessons on patience and life... A debut in Bollywood opposite Hrithik Roshan in &lt;em&gt;Super 30&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;(2019); the powerful sex-trafficking drama &lt;em&gt;Love Sonia&lt;/em&gt; (2018); &lt;em&gt;Batla House&lt;/em&gt; (2019); the Farhan Akhtar-starrer &lt;em&gt;Toofan&lt;/em&gt; (2021); and&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Jersey &lt;/em&gt;with Shahid Kapoor. &amp;ldquo;What I learnt from working with sex survivors is that we live in a bubble... We don&amp;rsquo;t realise how blessed we are to have a good family, friends, a roof to cover our heads...not everyone is as privileged.&amp;rdquo; Having witnessed how the survivors find joy in small things in life changed Mrunal&amp;rsquo;s perspective, who now reminds herself every day to be grateful what she has. It&amp;rsquo;s the kind of wisdom that can take a lifetime to find, but for the young actor, it has become a part of her very existence.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style='text-align:center'&gt;
&lt;figure class='image' style='display:inline-block'&gt;&lt;img alt=''  src=' https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/sites/gloss99/resources/202203/hb-tanya-cover-insta-mar22a8240322052851.jpeg' title='hb-tanya-cover-insta-mar22a8240322052851' width='696' /&gt;
&lt;figcaption&gt;Deep-Neck Bubble Ruffle Midi Dress, Gauri &amp;amp; Nainika.&lt;/figcaption&gt;
&lt;/figure&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Calling it providence that she is an actor, Mrunal believes her work allows her to create awareness. In fact, she is a strong advocate of using social media to address issues... In a recent Instagram post, she was body-shamed over a kickboxing Reel of herself, but Mrunal was quick to respond. She isn&amp;rsquo;t doing this just for herself, though; Mrunal is leading by example. &amp;ldquo;The hateful comments don&amp;rsquo;t really affect me, but&amp;nbsp;I know that there are so many girls who get body-shamed. So,&amp;nbsp;I put up a Story on Instagram for them...I had to let them know that it doesn&amp;rsquo;t affect me. All this criticism is only going to make me stronger. I&amp;rsquo;m going to flaunt my body, irrespective.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style='text-align:center'&gt;
&lt;figure class='image' style='display:inline-block'&gt;&lt;img alt=''  src=' https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/sites/gloss99/resources/202203/hb-tanya-cover-insta-mar22a5240322052851.jpeg' title='hb-tanya-cover-insta-mar22a5240322052851' width='705' /&gt;
&lt;figcaption&gt;The Scarlet Cascade Dress, Itsom.&lt;/figcaption&gt;
&lt;/figure&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Feisty, but &amp;ldquo;not a feminist&amp;rdquo; (in her own words), the Marathi actor states she wants to live in a world where things are equal for men and women alike. That&amp;rsquo;s not to say that Mrunal wants things easy, or on a silver platter. In fact, she learnt an early but important lesson on rejection. &amp;ldquo;Although rejection isn&amp;rsquo;t taught in school and colleges, I think we all need to deal with it. Rejection not only makes us better people, but also better in our craft&amp;mdash;we push ourselves.&amp;rdquo; In her personal life, Mrunal is clear that if she is rejected, it is for a reason, because &amp;ldquo;something better is along it&amp;rsquo;s way.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Mrunal&amp;rsquo;s &amp;lsquo;something better&amp;rsquo; this year has been her film &lt;em&gt;Aankh Micholi&lt;/em&gt;,&amp;nbsp;which released in May 2022. Either way, the actor has a solid mantra to keep herself happy, aside from a quick run across Mumbai&amp;rsquo;s Marine Drive or a drive in the prettier parts of the city that never sleeps. &amp;ldquo;Happiness means making someone else happy, too. When I wake up, I get on a mission to do something special for at least five people, those I love the most,&amp;rdquo; she signs off jocundly. As Mrunal enters her 30s this August, she is well-prepared for what life is about to send her way.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style='text-align:center'&gt;
&lt;figure class='image' style='display:inline-block'&gt;&lt;img alt=''  src=' https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/sites/gloss99/resources/202203/hb-tanya-cover-insta-mar22a6240322052851.jpeg' title='hb-tanya-cover-insta-mar22a6240322052851' width='675' /&gt;
&lt;figcaption&gt;Hand Embroidered Santorini Sky Concentric Circle Short Dress, Rahul Mishra.&lt;/figcaption&gt;
&lt;/figure&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;h4&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h4&gt;

&lt;h4&gt;Photographs:&amp;nbsp;Akula Madhu Yadav&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h4&gt;

&lt;h4&gt;Styling:&amp;nbsp;Who Wore What When&lt;/h4&gt;

&lt;h4&gt;Make-up and Hair: Krisann Figueiredo&lt;/h4&gt;

&lt;h4&gt;Hair Assistant: Rakshanda Irani&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h4&gt;

&lt;h4&gt;Fashion Assistants: Shubham Jawanjal and Ankur Pathak&lt;/h4&gt;

&lt;h4&gt;Production: Studio Little Dumpling.&lt;/h4&gt;

Mrunal Thakur on tackling hate, handling rejection, and achieving happiness

The actor shares some well-founded life lessons and wisdom honed from the diverse roles tucked under her belt.

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&lt;p&gt;When two firecrackers like Anil Kapoor and Varun Dhawan come together in one episode, there&rsquo;s bound to be a lot of memorable moments. In Episode 11 of the latest season of&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Koffee With Karan&lt;/em&gt;, Dhawan and Kapoor, co-stars from their hit film &lt;em&gt;Jugjugg&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;Jeeyo, were seen at&amp;nbsp;their goofiest, candid best. Here are some of our favorite moments from the episode&hellip;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;KJo admits he&rsquo;s now single&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Karan Johar (probably for the first time ever) confesses on national television that his relationship is over and he is now single. &ldquo;You&rsquo;re saying you&rsquo;re not in a relationship? On national TV, right now, you&rsquo;re saying that you&rsquo;re not in a relationship?&rdquo; prods Dhawan.&amp;nbsp;To which Johar&amp;nbsp;responds, &ldquo;You know that I&rsquo;m not. You know I broke up.&rdquo; He even adds, &ldquo;You were very supportive in that relationship, thank you very much. But I broke up.&rdquo; Ahem, that&rsquo;s some revelation.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jackie Shroff has a big heart&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Kapoor shares the story of how Jackie Shroff would pass on autograph books to him during shoots that had clearly come for Shroff. &ldquo;He knew they were there for his autographs,&amp;nbsp;but he would give the books&amp;nbsp;to me&amp;nbsp;and ask me to sign as well. I would sign and then he would sign,&rdquo; shares Kapoor in a heart-warming revelation.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cutting chai with Karan?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Kapoor and Dhawan get up to bring a kettle and glasses to pour themselves some &lsquo;cutting chai&rsquo;. This is probably the first time in the eleven years of&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Koffee With Karan&lt;/em&gt; that we get to see the celebs sipping on chai rather than the quintessential &lsquo;koffee&rsquo;!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Varun Dhawan&amp;nbsp;is a sex &lt;em&gt;guru&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Dhawan, who claimed he has&amp;nbsp;a &quot;very high libido&quot;, is seen doling out sex tips to two callers seeking marital advice from the two guests. From suggesting they try &lt;em&gt;ashwagandha,&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;to making love to his&amp;nbsp;wife three times a week, and&amp;nbsp;trying roleplay in the bedroom, Dhawan seemed to don the hat of a sex guru with relative ease. When a newlywed caller asks&amp;nbsp;how to get intimate with his wife while living in a small house with his parents, Dhawan advised&amp;nbsp;him to play loud music during the act!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;amp-img alt src=&quot;https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/sites/gloss99/resources/202209/inside-500x500150922055352.jpeg&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;500&quot; layout=&quot;responsive&quot;&gt;&lt;/amp-img&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The best line of the episode&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;While questioning if the duo&amp;nbsp;has&amp;nbsp;a music playlist for lovemaking, Johar asks&amp;nbsp;Kapoor, &ldquo;You don&rsquo;t listen to &lt;em&gt;Dhina Dhin Dha&lt;/em&gt;? (Kapoor&rsquo;s popular song from the film &lt;em&gt;Ram Lakhan&lt;/em&gt;)?&quot; To which,&amp;nbsp;without missing a beat, Kapoor says, &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t listen. I do it.&rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Alia Bhatt is the biggest competition&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Dhawan surprises&amp;nbsp;KJo by admitting that the only person who&amp;nbsp;he has a healthy competition with since the beginning of his career is&amp;nbsp;Alia Bhatt. &ldquo;She did &lt;em&gt;Highway&lt;/em&gt; before I did &lt;em&gt;Badlapur&lt;/em&gt;. As a society, we need to start accepting that our female leads are also heroes or bigger than heroes. You accept that and seek inspiration as a performer,&rdquo; Dhawan candidly admits.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wife is the best&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
When newlywed Dhawan sweetly talks&amp;nbsp;about his wife Natasha Dalal saying, &ldquo;She&rsquo;s the best thing that has happened to me in my life,&rdquo; Kapoor is&amp;nbsp;quick to take credit. &ldquo;These are the lessons I&rsquo;ve taught him. You&rsquo;ve to praise your wife, you&rsquo;ve to say how you&rsquo;re happy. This is all scripted,&rdquo; he says.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When the answer to everything was Arjun Kapoor&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;From who is guilty of gossiping, to flirting, being obsessed with selfies,&amp;nbsp;being drunk,&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;choosing the wrong film scripts&mdash;the answer to every question&amp;nbsp;in the rapid fire round for Dhawan was Arjun Kapoor. &ldquo;Have I lost a friend to win this?&rdquo; asks&amp;nbsp;Dhawan&amp;nbsp;after winning&amp;nbsp;the coveted hamper with a whopping 77 percent from the audience.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;AK dancing on popular hook steps&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Kapoor is seen at his most energetic self performing the hook steps to &lt;em&gt;Just Chill&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Chaiyya Chaiyya&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Kisi Disco Mein Jaaye&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;to &lt;em&gt;Ek Pal Ka Jeena&lt;/em&gt;, and more. AK gets the prize for his killer dance moves despite Dhawan leading with more points in the quiz round.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sex, sex, sex&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;During the rapid fire round, when Kapoor was asked what makes him feel younger, pat came the response, &ldquo;Sex, sex, sex&quot;,&amp;nbsp;to which Dhawan and Johar burst out laughing.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A special mention to Varun Dhawan&rsquo;s all-red attire&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Dhawan ditched the usual color combinations and opted for an all-crimson pantsuit from Sahil Aneja's collection with a&amp;nbsp;red shirt to match. The loosened&amp;nbsp;crimson tie was the cherry on top. Who says&amp;nbsp;you must always colour contrast your formals?&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style='margin-bottom:13px'&gt;When two firecrackers like Anil Kapoor and Varun Dhawan come together in one episode, there&amp;rsquo;s bound to be a lot of memorable moments. In Episode 11 of the latest season of&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Koffee With Karan&lt;/em&gt;, Dhawan and Kapoor, co-stars from their hit film &lt;em&gt;Jugjugg&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;Jeeyo, were seen at&amp;nbsp;their goofiest, candid best. Here are some of our favorite moments from the episode&amp;hellip;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;KJo admits he&amp;rsquo;s now single&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Karan Johar (probably for the first time ever) confesses on national television that his relationship is over and he is now single. &amp;ldquo;You&amp;rsquo;re saying you&amp;rsquo;re not in a relationship? On national TV, right now, you&amp;rsquo;re saying that you&amp;rsquo;re not in a relationship?&amp;rdquo; prods Dhawan.&amp;nbsp;To which Johar&amp;nbsp;responds, &amp;ldquo;You know that I&amp;rsquo;m not. You know I broke up.&amp;rdquo; He even adds, &amp;ldquo;You were very supportive in that relationship, thank you very much. But I broke up.&amp;rdquo; Ahem, that&amp;rsquo;s some revelation.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jackie Shroff has a big heart&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Kapoor shares the story of how Jackie Shroff would pass on autograph books to him during shoots that had clearly come for Shroff. &amp;ldquo;He knew they were there for his autographs,&amp;nbsp;but he would give the books&amp;nbsp;to me&amp;nbsp;and ask me to sign as well. I would sign and then he would sign,&amp;rdquo; shares Kapoor in a heart-warming revelation.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cutting chai with Karan?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Kapoor and Dhawan get up to bring a kettle and glasses to pour themselves some &amp;lsquo;cutting chai&amp;rsquo;. This is probably the first time in the eleven years of&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Koffee With Karan&lt;/em&gt; that we get to see the celebs sipping on chai rather than the quintessential &amp;lsquo;koffee&amp;rsquo;!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Varun Dhawan&amp;nbsp;is a sex &lt;em&gt;guru&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Dhawan, who claimed he has&amp;nbsp;a &amp;quot;very high libido&amp;quot;, is seen doling out sex tips to two callers seeking marital advice from the two guests. From suggesting they try &lt;em&gt;ashwagandha,&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;to making love to his&amp;nbsp;wife three times a week, and&amp;nbsp;trying roleplay in the bedroom, Dhawan seemed to don the hat of a sex guru with relative ease. When a newlywed caller asks&amp;nbsp;how to get intimate with his wife while living in a small house with his parents, Dhawan advised&amp;nbsp;him to play loud music during the act!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The best line of the episode&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;While questioning if the duo&amp;nbsp;has&amp;nbsp;a music playlist for lovemaking, Johar asks&amp;nbsp;Kapoor, &amp;ldquo;You don&amp;rsquo;t listen to &lt;em&gt;Dhina Dhin Dha&lt;/em&gt;? (Kapoor&amp;rsquo;s popular song from the film &lt;em&gt;Ram Lakhan&lt;/em&gt;)?&amp;quot; To which,&amp;nbsp;without missing a beat, Kapoor says, &amp;ldquo;I don&amp;rsquo;t listen. I do it.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Alia Bhatt is the biggest competition&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Dhawan surprises&amp;nbsp;KJo by admitting that the only person who&amp;nbsp;he has a healthy competition with since the beginning of his career is&amp;nbsp;Alia Bhatt. &amp;ldquo;She did &lt;em&gt;Highway&lt;/em&gt; before I did &lt;em&gt;Badlapur&lt;/em&gt;. As a society, we need to start accepting that our female leads are also heroes or bigger than heroes. You accept that and seek inspiration as a performer,&amp;rdquo; Dhawan candidly admits.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wife is the best&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
When newlywed Dhawan sweetly talks&amp;nbsp;about his wife Natasha Dalal saying, &amp;ldquo;She&amp;rsquo;s the best thing that has happened to me in my life,&amp;rdquo; Kapoor is&amp;nbsp;quick to take credit. &amp;ldquo;These are the lessons I&amp;rsquo;ve taught him. You&amp;rsquo;ve to praise your wife, you&amp;rsquo;ve to say how you&amp;rsquo;re happy. This is all scripted,&amp;rdquo; he says.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When the answer to everything was Arjun Kapoor&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;From who is guilty of gossiping, to flirting, being obsessed with selfies,&amp;nbsp;being drunk,&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;choosing the wrong film scripts&amp;mdash;the answer to every question&amp;nbsp;in the rapid fire round for Dhawan was Arjun Kapoor. &amp;ldquo;Have I lost a friend to win this?&amp;rdquo; asks&amp;nbsp;Dhawan&amp;nbsp;after winning&amp;nbsp;the coveted hamper with a whopping 77 percent from the audience.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;AK dancing on popular hook steps&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Kapoor is seen at his most energetic self performing the hook steps to &lt;em&gt;Just Chill&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Chaiyya Chaiyya&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Kisi Disco Mein Jaaye&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;to &lt;em&gt;Ek Pal Ka Jeena&lt;/em&gt;, and more. AK gets the prize for his killer dance moves despite Dhawan leading with more points in the quiz round.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sex, sex, sex&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;During the rapid fire round, when Kapoor was asked what makes him feel younger, pat came the response, &amp;ldquo;Sex, sex, sex&amp;quot;,&amp;nbsp;to which Dhawan and Johar burst out laughing.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A special mention to Varun Dhawan&amp;rsquo;s all-red attire&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Dhawan ditched the usual color combinations and opted for an all-crimson pantsuit from Sahil Aneja&amp;#39;s collection with a&amp;nbsp;red shirt to match. The loosened&amp;nbsp;crimson tie was the cherry on top. Who says&amp;nbsp;you must always colour contrast your formals?&lt;/p&gt;

Our favourite moments from this week’s 'Koffee With Karan' episode feat. Anil Kapoor and Varun Dhawan

There was a lot of talk about sex and Arjun Kapoor.

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#PhotoOp: Rare photos from Princess Diana and Prince Charles' wedding

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&lt;p&gt;We are standing barefoot on Palolem beach in South Goa, surrounded by unspoiled sand and the sounds of waves flirting with the shore. Shooting during off season has its advantages, for there is not a soul in sight excepting the Bazaar India crew... and two inquisitve street dogs who want to know if we are carrying any biscuits. Radhika Apte is sitting on the shoreline, the camera capturing her every move, and just then a a sizable wave slaps her in the back, sending the actor tumbling into an explosion of foamy water...and then into peals of laughter as she scrambles to safety.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What strikes me in that moment, and throughout the covershoot that continues for many hours after the sun has set fire to the ocean, is just how comfortable Radhika seems in her skin. She gets in and out of outfits with speed and ease, behind a makeshift changing area that is essentially just a bedsheet held up by two team members. And when she is laying in the sand, water and waves threatening to imperil her carefully applied makeup, she seems to care less about her mascara or thighs or stomach, and more about the moment being captured in its essence. There is an ease of being, a free-spiritness that seems to stem from not taking herself&mdash;and life&mdash;too seriously.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Weeks later, when I interview her over a Zoom call, I notice some of the same unconstrained energy...as if the walls have fallen away, as has any acute desire to conform or people-please.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;The first thing we discuss is Radhika&rsquo;s relationship with her body, and she confirms that it is a happy, comfortable bond. &ldquo;Of course, it wasn&rsquo;t always like that,&rdquo; she clarifies. &ldquo;You know, while growing up, we are bombarded with so many images and ideas, different perceptions of beauty, and all that can really affect a young mind. And sometimes, we end up hating ourselves and wanting to change things. But I think loving my body came from understanding and examining these insecurities, and not letting them take control of me. I think you just have to accept your body and also accept that each one of us is different.&rdquo; The actor admits that as a young girl, she was &ldquo;heavily swept away&rdquo; by Bollywood, but struggled to find a definition of beauty that was not &ldquo;skinny and very fair&rdquo;. &ldquo;It was only when I started watching world cinema and began travelling that my perception of beauty shifted, because in many other countries, talent is more important than looks&rdquo; she explains.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Still, there were moments of self-doubt, and Radhika admits to feeling insecure when she first joined Bollywood. &ldquo;At one point, I was just uncomfortable...I wanted to be conventional, and fit the measurements, height, and whatever else was expected of me,&rdquo; she says. &ldquo;But now, I refuse to be a part of any of that. Now, I really, truly like every bit of my body, and I don&rsquo;t care about these &lsquo;rules&rsquo; at all. Because the rules are fake! They don&rsquo;t exist, they&rsquo;re all in our heads. I love my body, and I won&rsquo;t change a thing about it. I&rsquo;ve never tried to change anything in the past either... The most important thing is that I am happy!&rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Radhika pauses for breath, then further articulates her point through an adorable analogy involving puppies. &ldquo;I mean, like, if you had a small dog with one ear longer than the other, you wouldn&rsquo;t go cut off or change the ear right? In fact, you&rsquo;ll probably find it incredibly adorable!&amp;nbsp;But we&rsquo;ve made ourselves so miserable by holding our bodies to such horrible regulations...&rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Radhika says she &ldquo;feels bad&rdquo; for the current generation, which is exposed to far more pressure to conform, thanks to social media. I ask what micro and macro changes she thinks might help improve the situation, and Radhika shakes her head. &ldquo;I might sound like a pessimist, but I don&rsquo;t think things are ever going to change,&rdquo; she says solemnly. &ldquo;But I do think people can work on changing themselves, and just learning to love and accept their bodies. Acceptance is not a sign of failure, you know, it&rsquo;s actually a sign of winning, so I think that will make them happier.&rdquo;&amp;nbsp;And then, she submits a cautionary prediction of a dystopian future...&ldquo;The way things are changing, I wouldn&rsquo;t be surprised if people started designing their children&rsquo;s looks before the birth, like using technology to craft the DNA so that the child has a specific nose or breasts... And then everybody might start looking the same. I don&rsquo;t know... all I&rsquo;m saying is that I don&rsquo;t see us ever being less obsessed with looks.&rdquo;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;In sharp contrast to a worrying world abounding with genetically engineered babies, is Radhika&rsquo;s current state of mind. The actor says she is &ldquo;very happy&rdquo; and feels &ldquo;younger&rdquo;. Part of this joy is owed to two years of Covid-induced isolation in the UK, with her husband, British violist Benedict Taylor. For many years, Radhika shuttled between Mumbai and UK, but it was in 2020 that she took a conscious sabbatical and didn&rsquo;t sign any new work. &ldquo;That time away from Bollywood changed many things for me. I changed...and my priorities changed,&rdquo; she reveals, adding that in the past, even the idea of taking a break would have freaked her out. &ldquo;I just refuse to be a part of this Bollywood rat race anymore. There is constant anxiety, a constant need to work. You keep telling yourself that you love it, because everybody around you loves it, but the break made me realise that I wasn&rsquo;t really enjoying a lot of it... You do a lot of things because you have to keep up, because you&rsquo;re watching what other people are doing, and you just can&rsquo;t live life like that. You know, if I was asked to repeat the last decade, I don&rsquo;t think I&rsquo;d want to repeat it... I want to learn new things, I want to do things that challenge me, mentally, intellectually, and physically.&rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There is another reason why the &lt;em&gt;Pad Man &lt;/em&gt;and &lt;em&gt;Lust Stories&lt;/em&gt; actor is in a good place&mdash;she has recently taken up writing, a creative endeavour that brings her both great calm and great frustration. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been practising, and I write for six to eight hours every day. And I&rsquo;m not saying I&rsquo;m a good writer...I write like crap. But I&rsquo;m trying to write for a project that I would like to make, and it&rsquo;s very nice because I&rsquo;m learning something, while being engaged in a creative activity. And you don&rsquo;t feel that stress of, &lsquo;Oh my God, I have to do this and I have to do that&rsquo;. I really want to do something that brings me joy, that makes me want to wake up and feel excited.&rdquo;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Radhika tells me that she has a &ldquo;massive anxiety problem&rdquo;, which she has been working on. &ldquo;You see, anxiety is when you start worrying about what will happen in the future...that&rsquo;s anxiety inducing,&rdquo; she explains. &ldquo;But you&rsquo;re a lot less anxious when you stop worrying about your future.&amp;nbsp;I battle with anxiety... I have worked on it with cognitive behaviour therapy; I sit with it, and don&rsquo;t make a big fuss about it. You have to list the things that make you anxious, and realise what you can do and control about the matter. That certainly helps.&rdquo; The actor has also cut back on the time she spends on social media. &ldquo;I never read any Bollywood news anyway,&rdquo; she says, matter of-factly. &ldquo;Instead, I am using my time to study and learn and meet new people from other fields...and all of this has really helped me.&rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I bring up one of my favourite topics of discussion, about whether women can truly have it all. Radhika responds with a whiff of exasperation. &ldquo;I mean, what does it even mean to have it all?&rdquo; she questions. &ldquo;It doesn&rsquo;t mean anything. Like, we were just talking about beauty... the fact is that the definition of beauty keeps changing, right? The problem is that the moment you succumb to the pressure to look a certain way, it&rsquo;s a never-ending quest, and you&rsquo;ll never think your life is good enough because you&rsquo;ll keep wanting more. You just have to to choose exactly what you want in your life, and you have to accept what you have and who you are.&rdquo; She pauses for a moment before clarifying softly, &ldquo;See, I&rsquo;m not against people going after what what they want...and wanting to look a certain way... it just saddens me... because I was affected by this need as well. And I have spent many years cursing myself and hating myself for it, and I just feel very bad when kids these&amp;nbsp;days believe that they need to change things about themselves. It&rsquo;s not coming from a bad place...it&rsquo;s coming from experience, you know?&rdquo;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It&rsquo;s almost time to hang up, but before we say goodbye, I want to know about the things that bring Radhika true joy. Her response is immediate... &ldquo;Food!&rdquo; she says brightly. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s the one thing guaranteed to bring me joy. If I can eat what I like, I&rsquo;m literally dancing and my mood will switch in an instant. I could be sitting miserably on the couch, but if you just open a box of cake, or give me some delicious pasta, I will forget about being sad. Oh, and travel... going to the sea or the&amp;nbsp;mountains really cheers me up. And also animals! If I&rsquo;m with animals, I&rsquo;m really, truly happy.&rdquo;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Photographs by Manasi Sawant&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Styling by Who Wore What When&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;We are standing barefoot on Palolem beach in South Goa, surrounded by unspoiled sand and the sounds of waves flirting with the shore. Shooting during off season has its advantages, for there is not a soul in sight excepting the Bazaar India crew... and two inquisitve street dogs who want to know if we are carrying any biscuits. Radhika Apte is sitting on the shoreline, the camera capturing her every move, and just then a a sizable wave slaps her in the back, sending the actor tumbling into an explosion of foamy water...and then into peals of laughter as she scrambles to safety.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What strikes me in that moment, and throughout the covershoot that continues for many hours after the sun has set fire to the ocean, is just how comfortable Radhika seems in her skin. She gets in and out of outfits with speed and ease, behind a makeshift changing area that is essentially just a bedsheet held up by two team members. And when she is laying in the sand, water and waves threatening to imperil her carefully applied makeup, she seems to care less about her mascara or thighs or stomach, and more about the moment being captured in its essence. There is an ease of being, a free-spiritness that seems to stem from not taking herself&amp;mdash;and life&amp;mdash;too seriously.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Weeks later, when I interview her over a Zoom call, I notice some of the same unconstrained energy...as if the walls have fallen away, as has any acute desire to conform or people-please.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style='text-align:center'&gt;&lt;img alt='' src='https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/sites/gloss99/resources/202209/untitled-design-2022-09-12t153724362120922033736.jpeg' /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The first thing we discuss is Radhika&amp;rsquo;s relationship with her body, and she confirms that it is a happy, comfortable bond. &amp;ldquo;Of course, it wasn&amp;rsquo;t always like that,&amp;rdquo; she clarifies. &amp;ldquo;You know, while growing up, we are bombarded with so many images and ideas, different perceptions of beauty, and all that can really affect a young mind. And sometimes, we end up hating ourselves and wanting to change things. But I think loving my body came from understanding and examining these insecurities, and not letting them take control of me. I think you just have to accept your body and also accept that each one of us is different.&amp;rdquo; The actor admits that as a young girl, she was &amp;ldquo;heavily swept away&amp;rdquo; by Bollywood, but struggled to find a definition of beauty that was not &amp;ldquo;skinny and very fair&amp;rdquo;. &amp;ldquo;It was only when I started watching world cinema and began travelling that my perception of beauty shifted, because in many other countries, talent is more important than looks&amp;rdquo; she explains.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Still, there were moments of self-doubt, and Radhika admits to feeling insecure when she first joined Bollywood. &amp;ldquo;At one point, I was just uncomfortable...I wanted to be conventional, and fit the measurements, height, and whatever else was expected of me,&amp;rdquo; she says. &amp;ldquo;But now, I refuse to be a part of any of that. Now, I really, truly like every bit of my body, and I don&amp;rsquo;t care about these &amp;lsquo;rules&amp;rsquo; at all. Because the rules are fake! They don&amp;rsquo;t exist, they&amp;rsquo;re all in our heads. I love my body, and I won&amp;rsquo;t change a thing about it. I&amp;rsquo;ve never tried to change anything in the past either... The most important thing is that I am happy!&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Radhika pauses for breath, then further articulates her point through an adorable analogy involving puppies. &amp;ldquo;I mean, like, if you had a small dog with one ear longer than the other, you wouldn&amp;rsquo;t go cut off or change the ear right? In fact, you&amp;rsquo;ll probably find it incredibly adorable!&amp;nbsp;But we&amp;rsquo;ve made ourselves so miserable by holding our bodies to such horrible regulations...&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Radhika says she &amp;ldquo;feels bad&amp;rdquo; for the current generation, which is exposed to far more pressure to conform, thanks to social media. I ask what micro and macro changes she thinks might help improve the situation, and Radhika shakes her head. &amp;ldquo;I might sound like a pessimist, but I don&amp;rsquo;t think things are ever going to change,&amp;rdquo; she says solemnly. &amp;ldquo;But I do think people can work on changing themselves, and just learning to love and accept their bodies. Acceptance is not a sign of failure, you know, it&amp;rsquo;s actually a sign of winning, so I think that will make them happier.&amp;rdquo;&amp;nbsp;And then, she submits a cautionary prediction of a dystopian future...&amp;ldquo;The way things are changing, I wouldn&amp;rsquo;t be surprised if people started designing their children&amp;rsquo;s looks before the birth, like using technology to craft the DNA so that the child has a specific nose or breasts... And then everybody might start looking the same. I don&amp;rsquo;t know... all I&amp;rsquo;m saying is that I don&amp;rsquo;t see us ever being less obsessed with looks.&amp;rdquo;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;In sharp contrast to a worrying world abounding with genetically engineered babies, is Radhika&amp;rsquo;s current state of mind. The actor says she is &amp;ldquo;very happy&amp;rdquo; and feels &amp;ldquo;younger&amp;rdquo;. Part of this joy is owed to two years of Covid-induced isolation in the UK, with her husband, British violist Benedict Taylor. For many years, Radhika shuttled between Mumbai and UK, but it was in 2020 that she took a conscious sabbatical and didn&amp;rsquo;t sign any new work. &amp;ldquo;That time away from Bollywood changed many things for me. I changed...and my priorities changed,&amp;rdquo; she reveals, adding that in the past, even the idea of taking a break would have freaked her out. &amp;ldquo;I just refuse to be a part of this Bollywood rat race anymore. There is constant anxiety, a constant need to work. You keep telling yourself that you love it, because everybody around you loves it, but the break made me realise that I wasn&amp;rsquo;t really enjoying a lot of it... You do a lot of things because you have to keep up, because you&amp;rsquo;re watching what other people are doing, and you just can&amp;rsquo;t live life like that. You know, if I was asked to repeat the last decade, I don&amp;rsquo;t think I&amp;rsquo;d want to repeat it... I want to learn new things, I want to do things that challenge me, mentally, intellectually, and physically.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There is another reason why the &lt;em&gt;Pad Man &lt;/em&gt;and &lt;em&gt;Lust Stories&lt;/em&gt; actor is in a good place&amp;mdash;she has recently taken up writing, a creative endeavour that brings her both great calm and great frustration. &amp;ldquo;I&amp;rsquo;ve been practising, and I write for six to eight hours every day. And I&amp;rsquo;m not saying I&amp;rsquo;m a good writer...I write like crap. But I&amp;rsquo;m trying to write for a project that I would like to make, and it&amp;rsquo;s very nice because I&amp;rsquo;m learning something, while being engaged in a creative activity. And you don&amp;rsquo;t feel that stress of, &amp;lsquo;Oh my God, I have to do this and I have to do that&amp;rsquo;. I really want to do something that brings me joy, that makes me want to wake up and feel excited.&amp;rdquo;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Radhika tells me that she has a &amp;ldquo;massive anxiety problem&amp;rdquo;, which she has been working on. &amp;ldquo;You see, anxiety is when you start worrying about what will happen in the future...that&amp;rsquo;s anxiety inducing,&amp;rdquo; she explains. &amp;ldquo;But you&amp;rsquo;re a lot less anxious when you stop worrying about your future.&amp;nbsp;I battle with anxiety... I have worked on it with cognitive behaviour therapy; I sit with it, and don&amp;rsquo;t make a big fuss about it. You have to list the things that make you anxious, and realise what you can do and control about the matter. That certainly helps.&amp;rdquo; The actor has also cut back on the time she spends on social media. &amp;ldquo;I never read any Bollywood news anyway,&amp;rdquo; she says, matter of-factly. &amp;ldquo;Instead, I am using my time to study and learn and meet new people from other fields...and all of this has really helped me.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I bring up one of my favourite topics of discussion, about whether women can truly have it all. Radhika responds with a whiff of exasperation. &amp;ldquo;I mean, what does it even mean to have it all?&amp;rdquo; she questions. &amp;ldquo;It doesn&amp;rsquo;t mean anything. Like, we were just talking about beauty... the fact is that the definition of beauty keeps changing, right? The problem is that the moment you succumb to the pressure to look a certain way, it&amp;rsquo;s a never-ending quest, and you&amp;rsquo;ll never think your life is good enough because you&amp;rsquo;ll keep wanting more. You just have to to choose exactly what you want in your life, and you have to accept what you have and who you are.&amp;rdquo; She pauses for a moment before clarifying softly, &amp;ldquo;See, I&amp;rsquo;m not against people going after what what they want...and wanting to look a certain way... it just saddens me... because I was affected by this need as well. And I have spent many years cursing myself and hating myself for it, and I just feel very bad when kids these&amp;nbsp;days believe that they need to change things about themselves. It&amp;rsquo;s not coming from a bad place...it&amp;rsquo;s coming from experience, you know?&amp;rdquo;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It&amp;rsquo;s almost time to hang up, but before we say goodbye, I want to know about the things that bring Radhika true joy. Her response is immediate... &amp;ldquo;Food!&amp;rdquo; she says brightly. &amp;ldquo;It&amp;rsquo;s the one thing guaranteed to bring me joy. If I can eat what I like, I&amp;rsquo;m literally dancing and my mood will switch in an instant. I could be sitting miserably on the couch, but if you just open a box of cake, or give me some delicious pasta, I will forget about being sad. Oh, and travel... going to the sea or the&amp;nbsp;mountains really cheers me up. And also animals! If I&amp;rsquo;m with animals, I&amp;rsquo;m really, truly happy.&amp;rdquo;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Photographs by Manasi Sawant&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Styling by Who Wore What When&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

Having carved a niche for herself, all eyes are on Radhika's bright future

The versatile actress sparkles in a state of body positivity...and in the discovery of what truly makes her happy.

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&lt;p&gt;Amanda Gorman already knows you want her to save the world. &ldquo;Young people are expected to rescue everyone, even when we&rsquo;re struggling to rescue ourselves,&rdquo; she tells me in the same clear, strident voice she used to deliver her poem &ldquo;The Hill We Climb&rdquo;, which she performed at President Biden&rsquo;s 2021 inauguration.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Amanda is probably the most famous poet in America. She is the woman who, at 22, became the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history when she issued that call for unity on the steps of the U.S. Capitol a mere two weeks after militant far-right factions stormed the building in an attempt to prevent the election from being certified. She would go on to become the first (and so far only) poet to deliver a poem during the Super Bowl&mdash;another performance that would help thrust her into the stratosphere of the public imagination.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We&rsquo;re talking on a sunny day in July. Amanda, now 24, is at her home in Los Angeles; I am in Brooklyn. She is wearing a gray zip-up sweater, her flawless brown skin shining brightly, dappled by the green shade in the outdoor courtyard where she&rsquo;s seated.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Occasionally, as we speak, she stops and raises her eyes to the sky; she&rsquo;s distracted by a hummingbird floating by. It&rsquo;s an idyllic scene beamed at me through my laptop screen, like those visions of a technocratic green utopian future that were popular in sci-fi films in the early aughts, back when the future seemed exciting.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The overall response to Amanda&rsquo;s success, especially from people older than her, has been that she is a symbol of hope&mdash;a promise of something better than the division and violence in 2020.&amp;nbsp;But, Amanda points out, &ldquo;When my mom was growing up, she was told by the elders around her, &lsquo;Go change the world.&rsquo; And in my generation, we&rsquo;re told to go save the world. It&rsquo;s completely different stakes when you look at those two sentences. The world that I and so many other members of Gen Z are living in is one of emergency, is one of destruction.&rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If the members of Amanda&rsquo;s generation are expected to rescue all humanity against extraordinary odds, &ldquo;it&rsquo;s not something we can do alone,&rdquo; she says. &ldquo;No sustainable and worthwhile future is ever built by one. It has to be built by many.&rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;She&rsquo;s talking about reaching across generations&mdash;something that is central to her work. Wherever she writes, she stacks copies of books by the authors she sees as her forebearers: James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Ntozake Shange. &ldquo;I like to give myself a source of historical power,&rdquo; she explains. &ldquo;And then it&rsquo;s all &lsquo;cross fingers&rsquo; from there.&rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;She was raised by her mother, Joan Wicks, in West L.A., alongside her twin sister, Gabrielle, now a filmmaker. Amanda was drawn to writing at an early age. Dinah Berland, who mentored Amanda through the L.A. literary organization WriteGirl, says, &ldquo;It was clear that Amanda was curious about the path to becoming a successful&amp;nbsp;poet, and I had no doubt that she could get there.&rdquo; Amanda&rsquo;s interest in art was matched by a passion for politics. But she sees poetry as part of political work. Poets, she says, &ldquo;are working with a few syllables. We get the fewest amount of stones to throw to make the most impact. How can I say the most by saying the&amp;nbsp;least?&rdquo; She has stated often in interviews that her ultimate goal is to become president of the United States.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But for now, she is a recent Harvard graduate with the bestselling poetry books &lt;em&gt;The Hill We Climb&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Call Us What We Carry&lt;/em&gt;. This success comes as poetry itself has seen a renaissance; according to the National Endowment for the Arts, 28 million adults read poetry in 2017&mdash;the highest readership recorded in 15 years, with those aged 18 to 24 representing a large part of that audience. Poets like Gorman, Danez Smith, Rupi Kaur, and Patricia Lockwood all loom large on the cultural landscape,&amp;nbsp;aided by the ease of sharing poetry on social-media platforms like Instagram and TikTok.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But, says best-selling children&rsquo;s book author and MacArthuranointed &ldquo;genius&rdquo; Jacqueline Woodson, the transmissibility of poetry is just part of its appeal. &ldquo;I think of this as the keening generation,&rdquo; Jacqueline says of Gorman and Gen Z. &ldquo;The poetry lives inside the keening, and they know this.&rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Amanda also has an acute sense of the visual possibilities of being a public intellectual. Think of the now-iconic yellow Prada coat and red headband she wore at the inauguration. In this, she&rsquo;s like the writing giants who came before her: people like Joan Didion, Maya Angelou, and even Zadie Smith&mdash;all women writers who&amp;nbsp;understood fashion as another language to play with. &ldquo;As much as possible, I try to include my physical person in conversation with the beliefs that I hold,&rdquo; she says. &ldquo;There is a real joy and power that comes with being intentional with our aesthetics. It goes beyond looking &lsquo;pretty.&rsquo; It gets into looking our fullest selves.&rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;First and foremost, though, Amanda is a lover of words. I ask her what terms she&rsquo;s currently in love with, and she offers long haul. &ldquo;It sounds so boring,&rdquo; she says, laughing, &ldquo;like I&rsquo;m moving crosscountry. But I think so much of what&rsquo;s happening in the world&mdash;the attacks on women&rsquo;s rights, you choose which disaster&mdash;the idea of being in it for the long haul is really important to me.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&ldquo;Oh!&rdquo; she adds, as the light continues to fall around her, &ldquo;also&amp;nbsp;go vote. Put that in before everything else.&rdquo; She does, after all, still want to be president one day.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Jacket, Dress, and Shoes, Prada.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Earrings,&amp;nbsp;Necklaces, and Bracelet (worn as necklace),&amp;nbsp;Tiffany &amp;amp; Co..&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Socks, Wolford.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Dust, Est&eacute;e Lauder&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Gorman&rsquo;s Hair: LaRae Burress.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Make-up:&amp;nbsp;Joanna Simkin.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Manicure: Emi Kudo.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Production:&amp;nbsp;Eric Jacobson at Hen&rsquo;s Tooth Productions.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Set&amp;nbsp;Design: Jesse Kaufmann&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Amanda Gorman already knows you want her to save the world. &amp;ldquo;Young people are expected to rescue everyone, even when we&amp;rsquo;re struggling to rescue ourselves,&amp;rdquo; she tells me in the same clear, strident voice she used to deliver her poem &amp;ldquo;The Hill We Climb&amp;rdquo;, which she performed at President Biden&amp;rsquo;s 2021 inauguration.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Amanda is probably the most famous poet in America. She is the woman who, at 22, became the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history when she issued that call for unity on the steps of the U.S. Capitol a mere two weeks after militant far-right factions stormed the building in an attempt to prevent the election from being certified. She would go on to become the first (and so far only) poet to deliver a poem during the Super Bowl&amp;mdash;another performance that would help thrust her into the stratosphere of the public imagination.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We&amp;rsquo;re talking on a sunny day in July. Amanda, now 24, is at her home in Los Angeles; I am in Brooklyn. She is wearing a gray zip-up sweater, her flawless brown skin shining brightly, dappled by the green shade in the outdoor courtyard where she&amp;rsquo;s seated.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Occasionally, as we speak, she stops and raises her eyes to the sky; she&amp;rsquo;s distracted by a hummingbird floating by. It&amp;rsquo;s an idyllic scene beamed at me through my laptop screen, like those visions of a technocratic green utopian future that were popular in sci-fi films in the early aughts, back when the future seemed exciting.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The overall response to Amanda&amp;rsquo;s success, especially from people older than her, has been that she is a symbol of hope&amp;mdash;a promise of something better than the division and violence in 2020.&amp;nbsp;But, Amanda points out, &amp;ldquo;When my mom was growing up, she was told by the elders around her, &amp;lsquo;Go change the world.&amp;rsquo; And in my generation, we&amp;rsquo;re told to go save the world. It&amp;rsquo;s completely different stakes when you look at those two sentences. The world that I and so many other members of Gen Z are living in is one of emergency, is one of destruction.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If the members of Amanda&amp;rsquo;s generation are expected to rescue all humanity against extraordinary odds, &amp;ldquo;it&amp;rsquo;s not something we can do alone,&amp;rdquo; she says. &amp;ldquo;No sustainable and worthwhile future is ever built by one. It has to be built by many.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;She&amp;rsquo;s talking about reaching across generations&amp;mdash;something that is central to her work. Wherever she writes, she stacks copies of books by the authors she sees as her forebearers: James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Ntozake Shange. &amp;ldquo;I like to give myself a source of historical power,&amp;rdquo; she explains. &amp;ldquo;And then it&amp;rsquo;s all &amp;lsquo;cross fingers&amp;rsquo; from there.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;She was raised by her mother, Joan Wicks, in West L.A., alongside her twin sister, Gabrielle, now a filmmaker. Amanda was drawn to writing at an early age. Dinah Berland, who mentored Amanda through the L.A. literary organization WriteGirl, says, &amp;ldquo;It was clear that Amanda was curious about the path to becoming a successful&amp;nbsp;poet, and I had no doubt that she could get there.&amp;rdquo; Amanda&amp;rsquo;s interest in art was matched by a passion for politics. But she sees poetry as part of political work. Poets, she says, &amp;ldquo;are working with a few syllables. We get the fewest amount of stones to throw to make the most impact. How can I say the most by saying the&amp;nbsp;least?&amp;rdquo; She has stated often in interviews that her ultimate goal is to become president of the United States.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But for now, she is a recent Harvard graduate with the bestselling poetry books &lt;em&gt;The Hill We Climb&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Call Us What We Carry&lt;/em&gt;. This success comes as poetry itself has seen a renaissance; according to the National Endowment for the Arts, 28 million adults read poetry in 2017&amp;mdash;the highest readership recorded in 15 years, with those aged 18 to 24 representing a large part of that audience. Poets like Gorman, Danez Smith, Rupi Kaur, and Patricia Lockwood all loom large on the cultural landscape,&amp;nbsp;aided by the ease of sharing poetry on social-media platforms like Instagram and TikTok.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But, says best-selling children&amp;rsquo;s book author and MacArthuranointed &amp;ldquo;genius&amp;rdquo; Jacqueline Woodson, the transmissibility of poetry is just part of its appeal. &amp;ldquo;I think of this as the keening generation,&amp;rdquo; Jacqueline says of Gorman and Gen Z. &amp;ldquo;The poetry lives inside the keening, and they know this.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Amanda also has an acute sense of the visual possibilities of being a public intellectual. Think of the now-iconic yellow Prada coat and red headband she wore at the inauguration. In this, she&amp;rsquo;s like the writing giants who came before her: people like Joan Didion, Maya Angelou, and even Zadie Smith&amp;mdash;all women writers who&amp;nbsp;understood fashion as another language to play with. &amp;ldquo;As much as possible, I try to include my physical person in conversation with the beliefs that I hold,&amp;rdquo; she says. &amp;ldquo;There is a real joy and power that comes with being intentional with our aesthetics. It goes beyond looking &amp;lsquo;pretty.&amp;rsquo; It gets into looking our fullest selves.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;First and foremost, though, Amanda is a lover of words. I ask her what terms she&amp;rsquo;s currently in love with, and she offers long haul. &amp;ldquo;It sounds so boring,&amp;rdquo; she says, laughing, &amp;ldquo;like I&amp;rsquo;m moving crosscountry. But I think so much of what&amp;rsquo;s happening in the world&amp;mdash;the attacks on women&amp;rsquo;s rights, you choose which disaster&amp;mdash;the idea of being in it for the long haul is really important to me.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;Oh!&amp;rdquo; she adds, as the light continues to fall around her, &amp;ldquo;also&amp;nbsp;go vote. Put that in before everything else.&amp;rdquo; She does, after all, still want to be president one day.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Jacket, Dress, and Shoes, Prada.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Earrings,&amp;nbsp;Necklaces, and Bracelet (worn as necklace),&amp;nbsp;Tiffany &amp;amp; Co..&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Socks, Wolford.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Dust, Est&amp;eacute;e Lauder&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Gorman&amp;rsquo;s Hair: LaRae Burress.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Make-up:&amp;nbsp;Joanna Simkin.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Manicure: Emi Kudo.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Production:&amp;nbsp;Eric Jacobson at Hen&amp;rsquo;s Tooth Productions.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Set&amp;nbsp;Design: Jesse Kaufmann&lt;/p&gt;

A passion for politics and poetry is seeing Amanda Gorman pen new success stories

America's most famous poet speaks about being a symbol of hope, how her generation is expected to rescue humanity, and more

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&lt;p&gt;Hailey Bieber is one of the best-dressed women alive, in part because she&rsquo;s so willing to mess up. &ldquo;I look back on things that I&rsquo;ve worn and I literally am so embarrassed. I&rsquo;m like, what was I thinking?! That was such a miss,&rdquo; she tells me from Idaho, where she and her pop-superstar husband, Justin Bieber, have disappeared&amp;nbsp;for a mini vacation. It&rsquo;s a surprising confession for someone who telegraphs such confidence, whether she&rsquo;s going to the gym or Oscars parties, and whose style is so obsessively chronicled. Embarrassment, though, is different from regret. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m never afraid to try anything. I think that just goes to show that there&rsquo;s a moving evolution [in my style]. It just keeps growing. Which is kind of how I want to be in all areas of life.&rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hailey, who is 25, describes herself as &ldquo;a very regimented and routine person.&rdquo; She grew up a Hollywood kid, the daughter of actor Stephen Baldwin and Brazilian-born Kennya Baldwin, and trained as a ballerina. Yet part of what makes her so successful is her ability to deal with change. In the past year, she went through a personal health trauma, experiencing a strokelike episode from a blood clot in March. Then in June, Justin was diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt syndrome and experienced facial paralysis, which led him to postpone a string of U.S. tour dates. That same month, Hailey launched a skincare line, Rhode (her middle name), which had been in the works for more than two years and is already winning kudos from discerning beauty fanatics.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Her vision of marriage is paradoxically progressive. Many people in their 20s and 30s see matrimony as something one does once life has reached stability, but Hailey, who wed at 21, sees it as only the beginning: you don&rsquo;t figure things out and get married but rather get married and figure things out. &ldquo;I just think life is changing all the time,&rdquo; she says. &ldquo;Day to day, week to week, year to year. I think a perfect example of that is over the last six months, both of us have gone through very serious health issues. You have to figure out how to deal with this shit as it comes, you know? There&rsquo;s a reason they say &lsquo;for better or for worse.&rsquo; Like, that&rsquo;s for real!&rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That same figure-it-out-as-you-go approach seems to apply to the way she dresses. She says her style &ldquo;evolves every couple of months,&rdquo; but what makes her look singular is her meticulousness and willingness to take chances. Her hair, nails, and skin are always done in an impeccably pared-down way, which creates a restrained elegance around even the most thrown-together look. She also actively seeks out new designers&mdash;often years before they appear on the celebrity radar. She is a muse for ERL, the brand founded by buzzy designer Eli Russell Linnetz, and was an early fan of Martine Rose, whose name has been floated as a potential successor to Virgil Abloh at Louis Vuitton (Abloh famously designed Bieber&rsquo;s wedding dress).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&ldquo;She&rsquo;s one of the most stylish women I know,&rdquo; says stylist Karla Welch, who has worked with Justin for years and Hailey for red-carpet appearances. &ldquo;I recently went to an event, and everyone looked like her. That&rsquo;s how powerful and influential she is.&rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Yet Hailey is a street-style individualist. She looks fabulous in the usual influencer uniforms, like oversize greige suits and the yassified Princess Diana apr&egrave;s-gym ensemble of baggy T-shirt, barely there bike shorts, and sneakers. But she also wears things that are truly steeped in self-possession: a sheer white Coperni lace dress with funky little rosettes, weird jeans by Eytys, or a Jean Paul Gaultier look from his 1990s golden age. Her style is not the effort of a well-assembled team but the joyful expression of a true clotheshorse who peruses the men&rsquo;s department (that&rsquo;s how she discovered Rose) and scrolls sites like Ssense.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Though Hailey&rsquo;s looks are hypercontemporary, her approach is ultra old-school. She dreams up different &ldquo;vibes&rdquo; (to use her favorite word) for trips and events, whether it&rsquo;s a vacation in the Northwest or a friend&rsquo;s wedding. Her process is true fashionicon behavior. In fact, it recalls that of Diana, to whom Hailey paid tribute in a magazine shoot in 2019 and who also made carefully considered fashion choices with whimsy and ease. &ldquo;I was really inspired by the fact that she was the most-looked-at&amp;nbsp;woman in the world at that time, of all time, and she did what she wanted with her style,&rdquo; Hailey says of the late princess. &ldquo;She really expressed herself through her style despite being in the position she was in.&rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Diana&rsquo;s status as a paparazzi target also resonates with Hailey. She admits that getting dressed sometimes makes her feel anxious, in spite of how much she loves it. &ldquo;I get photographed so much that I feel like sometimes I put pressure on myself.&rdquo; In part, it&rsquo;s her own perfectionism. &ldquo;Even if I&rsquo;m just throwing on jeans and a T-shirt, I want it to be a dope pair of jeans and a great T-shirt!&rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hailey always puts in the effort&mdash;in fashion and romance. The day we spoke marked four years since she and Justin got engaged. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s still the person that I wanna be rushing back to,&rdquo; Hailey says. &ldquo;I might fly somewhere and go do a job, but I can&rsquo;t wait to come back and hang out. And I feel like that&rsquo;s because of the effort that&rsquo;s been put in on both sides. At the end of the day, like, he&rsquo;s my best friend, but it still does take a lot of work to make it work. And then I know eventually, when kids come in the picture, that&rsquo;s going to be a whole other season of navigating how to make that work.&rdquo;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Whatever comes, she&rsquo;ll have the right attitude&mdash;and look&mdash;to take it on.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Overalls, Isabel Marant.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;T-Shirt, Khaite.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Bangles, Tiffany &amp;amp; Co..&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Boots, Chloe.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hailey&rsquo;s Hair: Evanie Frausto for Redken.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Make-up: Raisa Flowers&amp;nbsp;for M.A.C.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Manicure: Gina Edwards for Dior Vernis.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Production: Eric Jacobson at Hen&rsquo;s Tooth Productions.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Set Design: Jesse Kaufmann&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Hailey Bieber is one of the best-dressed women alive, in part because she&amp;rsquo;s so willing to mess up. &amp;ldquo;I look back on things that I&amp;rsquo;ve worn and I literally am so embarrassed. I&amp;rsquo;m like, what was I thinking?! That was such a miss,&amp;rdquo; she tells me from Idaho, where she and her pop-superstar husband, Justin Bieber, have disappeared&amp;nbsp;for a mini vacation. It&amp;rsquo;s a surprising confession for someone who telegraphs such confidence, whether she&amp;rsquo;s going to the gym or Oscars parties, and whose style is so obsessively chronicled. Embarrassment, though, is different from regret. &amp;ldquo;I&amp;rsquo;m never afraid to try anything. I think that just goes to show that there&amp;rsquo;s a moving evolution [in my style]. It just keeps growing. Which is kind of how I want to be in all areas of life.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hailey, who is 25, describes herself as &amp;ldquo;a very regimented and routine person.&amp;rdquo; She grew up a Hollywood kid, the daughter of actor Stephen Baldwin and Brazilian-born Kennya Baldwin, and trained as a ballerina. Yet part of what makes her so successful is her ability to deal with change. In the past year, she went through a personal health trauma, experiencing a strokelike episode from a blood clot in March. Then in June, Justin was diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt syndrome and experienced facial paralysis, which led him to postpone a string of U.S. tour dates. That same month, Hailey launched a skincare line, Rhode (her middle name), which had been in the works for more than two years and is already winning kudos from discerning beauty fanatics.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Her vision of marriage is paradoxically progressive. Many people in their 20s and 30s see matrimony as something one does once life has reached stability, but Hailey, who wed at 21, sees it as only the beginning: you don&amp;rsquo;t figure things out and get married but rather get married and figure things out. &amp;ldquo;I just think life is changing all the time,&amp;rdquo; she says. &amp;ldquo;Day to day, week to week, year to year. I think a perfect example of that is over the last six months, both of us have gone through very serious health issues. You have to figure out how to deal with this shit as it comes, you know? There&amp;rsquo;s a reason they say &amp;lsquo;for better or for worse.&amp;rsquo; Like, that&amp;rsquo;s for real!&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That same figure-it-out-as-you-go approach seems to apply to the way she dresses. She says her style &amp;ldquo;evolves every couple of months,&amp;rdquo; but what makes her look singular is her meticulousness and willingness to take chances. Her hair, nails, and skin are always done in an impeccably pared-down way, which creates a restrained elegance around even the most thrown-together look. She also actively seeks out new designers&amp;mdash;often years before they appear on the celebrity radar. She is a muse for ERL, the brand founded by buzzy designer Eli Russell Linnetz, and was an early fan of Martine Rose, whose name has been floated as a potential successor to Virgil Abloh at Louis Vuitton (Abloh famously designed Bieber&amp;rsquo;s wedding dress).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;She&amp;rsquo;s one of the most stylish women I know,&amp;rdquo; says stylist Karla Welch, who has worked with Justin for years and Hailey for red-carpet appearances. &amp;ldquo;I recently went to an event, and everyone looked like her. That&amp;rsquo;s how powerful and influential she is.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Yet Hailey is a street-style individualist. She looks fabulous in the usual influencer uniforms, like oversize greige suits and the yassified Princess Diana apr&amp;egrave;s-gym ensemble of baggy T-shirt, barely there bike shorts, and sneakers. But she also wears things that are truly steeped in self-possession: a sheer white Coperni lace dress with funky little rosettes, weird jeans by Eytys, or a Jean Paul Gaultier look from his 1990s golden age. Her style is not the effort of a well-assembled team but the joyful expression of a true clotheshorse who peruses the men&amp;rsquo;s department (that&amp;rsquo;s how she discovered Rose) and scrolls sites like Ssense.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Though Hailey&amp;rsquo;s looks are hypercontemporary, her approach is ultra old-school. She dreams up different &amp;ldquo;vibes&amp;rdquo; (to use her favorite word) for trips and events, whether it&amp;rsquo;s a vacation in the Northwest or a friend&amp;rsquo;s wedding. Her process is true fashionicon behavior. In fact, it recalls that of Diana, to whom Hailey paid tribute in a magazine shoot in 2019 and who also made carefully considered fashion choices with whimsy and ease. &amp;ldquo;I was really inspired by the fact that she was the most-looked-at&amp;nbsp;woman in the world at that time, of all time, and she did what she wanted with her style,&amp;rdquo; Hailey says of the late princess. &amp;ldquo;She really expressed herself through her style despite being in the position she was in.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Diana&amp;rsquo;s status as a paparazzi target also resonates with Hailey. She admits that getting dressed sometimes makes her feel anxious, in spite of how much she loves it. &amp;ldquo;I get photographed so much that I feel like sometimes I put pressure on myself.&amp;rdquo; In part, it&amp;rsquo;s her own perfectionism. &amp;ldquo;Even if I&amp;rsquo;m just throwing on jeans and a T-shirt, I want it to be a dope pair of jeans and a great T-shirt!&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hailey always puts in the effort&amp;mdash;in fashion and romance. The day we spoke marked four years since she and Justin got engaged. &amp;ldquo;He&amp;rsquo;s still the person that I wanna be rushing back to,&amp;rdquo; Hailey says. &amp;ldquo;I might fly somewhere and go do a job, but I can&amp;rsquo;t wait to come back and hang out. And I feel like that&amp;rsquo;s because of the effort that&amp;rsquo;s been put in on both sides. At the end of the day, like, he&amp;rsquo;s my best friend, but it still does take a lot of work to make it work. And then I know eventually, when kids come in the picture, that&amp;rsquo;s going to be a whole other season of navigating how to make that work.&amp;rdquo;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Whatever comes, she&amp;rsquo;ll have the right attitude&amp;mdash;and look&amp;mdash;to take it on.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Overalls, Isabel Marant.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;T-Shirt, Khaite.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Bangles, Tiffany &amp;amp; Co..&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Boots, Chloe.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hailey&amp;rsquo;s Hair: Evanie Frausto for Redken.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Make-up: Raisa Flowers&amp;nbsp;for M.A.C.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Manicure: Gina Edwards for Dior Vernis.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Production: Eric Jacobson at Hen&amp;rsquo;s Tooth Productions.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Set Design: Jesse Kaufmann&lt;/p&gt;

Ready to take on the world, for Hailey Bieber, evolution is the only constant

The model, beauty entrepreneur, and style star may have had a tough year, but her attitude and spirit hasn't diminished in the least bit

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&ldquo;There&rsquo;s no need to try and be &lsquo;perfect&rsquo;&mdash;you&rsquo;ll only end up getting lost in the crowd.&quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;While growing up, I never saw any curly-haired actresses on-screen, neither were there any beauty shoots or visuals of women with curly hair. My curls were anything but straight or silky, so while I was still in school, I snuck into the salon without letting my parents know to get my hair straightened&mdash;with harmful chemicals that were used during the initial stages of permanent straightening. &lt;em&gt;Uff&lt;/em&gt;, I ruined my hair, and that was so frustrating! And the new hair that grew at the roots was curly, while the rest was not just limp, but also began falling! I was very young then, and realised I couldn&rsquo;t have hair fall at that age! I spent many years trying to change myself, whatever little I could. And I kept failing miserably at this, so I finally gave it up. By the time I graduated from college, I realised that there was no way I would fit into the prevailing standards of beauty...so I decided to live with what I had. With age and time, and changing beauty norms, I have learned how beautiful it is when you truly love the way you are.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In 2011, I had acted in a film (called &lt;em&gt;Mr. Perfect&lt;/em&gt;) in which my character was named Maggie because of her hair. That&amp;nbsp;look became such a hit! For the first time ever, I realised what an asset my curls were...You see, I had previously been made to straighten my hair to appear &lsquo;ultra-glam&rsquo; for a film. My hair and I had always shared a mutual hate-hate relationship, especially when I looked at myself in the mirror...it was crazy! I hadn&rsquo;t bothered to learn the art of managing my curls, and had destroyed them. And&amp;nbsp;because I didn&rsquo;t like my hair, my hair didn&rsquo;t like me back either. My self-acceptance also came from a few well-wishers who made me realise that my curls were a blessing as they helped me stand out. Soon, international influences began trickling in&mdash;Hollywood celebrities and online influencers were styling their curls&mdash;and I quickly saw that it was perfectly normal to have curly hair. What mattered was how I felt about it. Here is what I have learnt: there&rsquo;s a reason you look a certain way, because it suits you. And not everyone can pull that off. Sure, the grass is always greener on the other side. People would tell me how they wanted to perm their straight hair because it was trending. But I think it&rsquo;s much wiser to accept what you have, and learn how to make it work. Embrace your hair, and yourself, to truly improve yourself.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;By the time I had joined the Hindi film industry (after acting in Telugu films), I began getting roles because of my curly hair. And from there on, there was an exponential increase of love for my mane. When I look in the mirror today, I see happiness in my eyes, which I really enjoy noticing. You might like certain things about yourself, and not like some others, but don&rsquo;t try to be &lsquo;perfect&rsquo;&mdash;you&rsquo;ll only end up getting lost in a crowd of &lsquo;perfection&rsquo;. Earlier, I thought my curly hair was the most imperfect thing about me. Today, it has become my biggest asset. What you think isn&rsquo;t good right now might just become your greatest strength tomorrow, so don&rsquo;t waste time hating anything about yourself.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;ldquo;There&amp;rsquo;s no need to try and be &amp;lsquo;perfect&amp;rsquo;&amp;mdash;you&amp;rsquo;ll only end up getting lost in the crowd.&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;While growing up, I never saw any curly-haired actresses on-screen, neither were there any beauty shoots or visuals of women with curly hair. My curls were anything but straight or silky, so while I was still in school, I snuck into the salon without letting my parents know to get my hair straightened&amp;mdash;with harmful chemicals that were used during the initial stages of permanent straightening. &lt;em&gt;Uff&lt;/em&gt;, I ruined my hair, and that was so frustrating! And the new hair that grew at the roots was curly, while the rest was not just limp, but also began falling! I was very young then, and realised I couldn&amp;rsquo;t have hair fall at that age! I spent many years trying to change myself, whatever little I could. And I kept failing miserably at this, so I finally gave it up. By the time I graduated from college, I realised that there was no way I would fit into the prevailing standards of beauty...so I decided to live with what I had. With age and time, and changing beauty norms, I have learned how beautiful it is when you truly love the way you are.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In 2011, I had acted in a film (called &lt;em&gt;Mr. Perfect&lt;/em&gt;) in which my character was named Maggie because of her hair. That&amp;nbsp;look became such a hit! For the first time ever, I realised what an asset my curls were...You see, I had previously been made to straighten my hair to appear &amp;lsquo;ultra-glam&amp;rsquo; for a film. My hair and I had always shared a mutual hate-hate relationship, especially when I looked at myself in the mirror...it was crazy! I hadn&amp;rsquo;t bothered to learn the art of managing my curls, and had destroyed them. And&amp;nbsp;because I didn&amp;rsquo;t like my hair, my hair didn&amp;rsquo;t like me back either. My self-acceptance also came from a few well-wishers who made me realise that my curls were a blessing as they helped me stand out. Soon, international influences began trickling in&amp;mdash;Hollywood celebrities and online influencers were styling their curls&amp;mdash;and I quickly saw that it was perfectly normal to have curly hair. What mattered was how I felt about it. Here is what I have learnt: there&amp;rsquo;s a reason you look a certain way, because it suits you. And not everyone can pull that off. Sure, the grass is always greener on the other side. People would tell me how they wanted to perm their straight hair because it was trending. But I think it&amp;rsquo;s much wiser to accept what you have, and learn how to make it work. Embrace your hair, and yourself, to truly improve yourself.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;By the time I had joined the Hindi film industry (after acting in Telugu films), I began getting roles because of my curly hair. And from there on, there was an exponential increase of love for my mane. When I look in the mirror today, I see happiness in my eyes, which I really enjoy noticing. You might like certain things about yourself, and not like some others, but don&amp;rsquo;t try to be &amp;lsquo;perfect&amp;rsquo;&amp;mdash;you&amp;rsquo;ll only end up getting lost in a crowd of &amp;lsquo;perfection&amp;rsquo;. Earlier, I thought my curly hair was the most imperfect thing about me. Today, it has become my biggest asset. What you think isn&amp;rsquo;t good right now might just become your greatest strength tomorrow, so don&amp;rsquo;t waste time hating anything about yourself.&lt;/p&gt;

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