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Zoya Akhtar

September 06, 2023

The Kochi-based comic book publishing house serendipitously found itself stepping into the Indian film industry about a decade ago — thanks to and partly due to their intent to fund their first love. Verve speaks to founders Tina and Pratheek Thomas to trace the changing face of title sequences with the advent of OTT and their ascendence within the worlds of credits and comic books
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Wonder Women
February 10, 2021

Wonder Women

Text by Ranjabati Das. Illustration by Swati Sinha

Our knowledge of mentorship in deeply patriarchal Bollywood is largely restricted to the narratives that get reported in the press – of the blue-eyed darlings of A-list production houses and male actors and directors. Conversations with a few good women from the Hindi film and webseries space – actors, writers, directors, costume designers, producers – firmly convince us that changing the way women are perceived on-screen is only possible when they actively lead the way off it and help other women feel heard and seen
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Shabana Azmi, Actor, Farhan Akhtar, Zoya Akhtar, Javed Akhtar, Motherhood
July 17, 2018

The actor has some terrific advice to give step-parents so they can successfully navigate this rather tricky role
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This original offering throws the spotlight on that ‘physical’ feeling that for long was hidden under bedcovers and behind closed doors
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Arjun Bhasin, Priyanka Chopra, Dil Dhadakne Do

Bollywood Style Awards 2016: Arjun Bhasin for Priyanka Chopra

Text by Saumya Sinha. Photographed By Arsh Sayed. Styling By Shweta Navandar. Make-Up By Kritika Gill. Hair By Rita Shukla

See how these films achieved their true-to-the grain styling. Verve recreates their looks with actor Krystle D’souza
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Zoya Akhtar, Director, Luck By Chance

The Zoya Effect

Text by Sitanshi Talati-Parikh. Photographs By Abheet Gidwani

Luck By Chance (LBC), a film visualised in Goa, worked on for seven years, which finally saw daylight in 2009, catapulted debut writer-director Zoya Akhtar into tinsel-town limelight. Javed Akhtar and Honey Irani’s daughter and Farhan Akhtar’s sister has the Midas touch herself, with a self confidence that appears to be cultivated from over a decade of hard work. Verve finds her enjoying the journey
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