“I Feel Very Blessed to Be Part of a Story That Needs to be Told” – Swara Bhaskar
With her on-screen roles and off-screen outspokenness, Swara Bhaskar is challenging the status quo and raising the bar for Bollywood role models.
Tag: Bollywood
Read the Winter 2018 Issue of eShe Magazine
Bollywood star Swara Bhaskar is speaking out, and inspiring other women to do the same. There’s also fashion, travel and festive Indian dessert recipes! Start reading.
How the Casting Director of ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ Braved Floods in Kashmir Scouting for a Little Girl
Casting director Shoumie Mukherjee narrates a definitive turning point in her Bollywood career, when the professional became intensely personal.
Heart specialist and Bollywood actor – Niharica’s real-life double role
When she isn’t playing the role of a Bollywood film star, Niharica Kumari Raizada is the head of department of a heart institute in a major Mumbai hospital.
Vasu Primlani on Why Men Rape, and How India Can Fix Its ‘Rape Epidemic’
We ask celebrated speaker, somatic therapist and rape rehabilitation counselor Vasu Primlani what leads men to rape and what we can do about it.
Actor-producer Shaana Levy-Bahl opens up about life, love and ‘Ladies First’
Producer of award-winning film ‘Ladies First’, Shaana Levy-Bahl used her global experiences and even the hard knocks of life to chart a new language of storytelling.
She Anchors Your Evening News – and Also Designs Your Jewellery!
TV anchor Sahar Zaman has a surprising creative side to her personality – as a product designer.
A Celebrity PR Manager on the Grit Behind the Glamour
Behind every celebrity is a hardworking PR manager, who is often herself a woman of strength and courage. This is Avantika Sinha’s story.
“Master Your Craft, Be Ready for Opportunities” – Karishma Kotak
From Bigg Boss to acting in movies to hosting TV shows for 20-20 cricket, UK-born Karishma Kotak has made India her home, and has found her path in showbiz
Who Are We to Judge What Padmavati Does With Her Body?
There are two battles being fought in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmavat. One is the grim reality of war fought from Khilji’s side without honour. The other: fought by the women, fought with honour, to have a final say on their bodies.
3-Minute News: Padmavati, Hadiya, Women Writers’ Fest, and a Divorce App
A spotlight on women in the news and news of interest to women this week.
Shashaa Tirupati left med school for AR Rahman! This is her Bollywood journey
Indo-Canadian playback singer Shashaa Tirupati, better known now as the Humma Girl, lives on two continents but takes her music everywhere she goes.
Wife Sweta spills the beans on life with author-filmmaker Aditya Kripalani
Being the woman behind a successful man is a role that takes faith, sacrifice and oodles of love. But it’s a rewarding one too, finds Sweta Chhabria Kripalani.
The Director of ‘Lipstick Under My Burkha’ On Films, Sex and Feminism
Alankrita Shrivastava’s award-winning film ‘Lipstick Under My Burkha’ created a storm of controversy when the censor board blocked its release, deeming the subject of female sexuality unfit for public consumption. But the feisty filmmaker wasn’t going down without a fight.
Kalki Koechlin is a designer dream in this new shoot
Our favourite feminist from Bollywood, Kalki Koechlin graces the cover of The Magazine by Pernia’s Pop Up Shop this month. It’s their fifth anniversary and the cover shoot this time is sophisticated and simply gorgeous. All the more so because Kalki is someone you can’t help admiring, whether it’s for her personality, her oeuvre of films, her stance on women’s issues, or her fabulous fashion.
Doll, diva, digital whiz – will the real Sunny Leone please stand up?
Sunny Leone’s story – bad girl gone good – could have been a fairytale ending if only it did not further promote women’s bodies as a commodity that lines millions of pockets worldwide..
Anushka Sharma’s Makeup Artist Reveals the Beauty Secrets of ‘Bombay Velvet’
Celebrity makeup artist Puneet B Saini on Anushka Sharma’s look in historical drama ‘Bombay Velvet’ and other challenging Bollywood projects.
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