Leading with Style & Substance

When you open the link for Gauri Khan Designs you are greeted with images of architectural and elegant interior design projects. Her aesthetic sensibility comprises clean lines, style and elegance. Over the years, her name has become synonymous with style. We have to give her credit for making a name for herself despite being married to superstar Shahrukh Khan. The light of his fame shines so bright that for her to make a name for herself is no ordinary feat. This graceful, strong-minded lady is also a producer of several films and OTT series. A mother of three, she lives and works in Mumbai.

Queen of the SoapEkta Kapoor
Ekta Kapoor is credited for changing the TV entertainment space in India.

Women have always been the centre point of Ekta Kapoor's stories. Courageously, the filmmaker has carried the viewpoint of women on the screen with sheer creativity.

While she has been the epitome of experimenting in the field with different kinds of stories, she has ensured to not put herself in a box and deliver content that never stays in one, either.

Over the past three decades, Kapoor has produced more than 130 Indian soap operas.

Her clout has even touched the world of Bollywood and OTT. She was awarded Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian honour, in 2020 for her work in the field of arts.

Expressing Quotidian Life Via ArtBharti Kher
Bharti Kher is known for her surreal sculptures, paintings, and installations that add a sense of magic and beauty to everyday objects. Her art gives form to quotidian life and its daily rituals in a way that reassesses and transforms their meaning to yield an air of magical realism.

Her use of found objects is informed by her own position as an artist located between geographic and social milieus.

Kher has exhibited widely around the world and enjoyed solo shows in New Delhi, New York, London, Paris, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Amsterdam, among other cities. Her work can be seen in the collections of the Tate, British Museum, National Museum of Canada, Devi Art Foundation, Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, Walker Art Center, the North Carolina Museum of Art, and the Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art.

Written in the stars Deepika Padukone
She was a national-level badminton player before entering the magical world of cinema. Most of us remember this powerhouse for her candidness about her struggles with depression. Let’s give her credit for making it ‘okay’ to have a conversation about ‘not being okay.’ She is a mental health ambassador and is seen speaking at forums about the importance of mental wellbeing. As an actor, she has won several film awards for her performance. Her recent portrayal of ‘Rubina’ in ‘Pathaan’ was appreciated. As per reports from the movie business, ‘Pathaan’, the Shahrukh Khan and Deepika Padukone starrer has crossed Rs. 1022 Cr (globally) in little over a month since releasing.

Content is KingGuneet Monga
Remember ‘The Lunchbox’? The movie in which an unusual friendship ensues as a result of a wrongly delivered a ‘tiffin’ in Mumbai’s fast-paced world? The characters and the theme are handled sensitively, making one smile and tear up too. The movie was nominated for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards in 2015. This movie was produced by Guneet Monga. Then there was, ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’, another film where the subject was dealt with superbly. Monga is renowned across the globe for her work that puts ‘content’ front and centre in films.

In 2018, she was inducted in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She was the executive producer for ‘Period. End of Sentence’, which won the 2019 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film. Monga was conferred with the Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government in 2021. Her latest project, 'The Elephant Whisperers' has been nominated for the 95th Academy Awards.

Sprinting Her Way To The TopPilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha
Elected as the first woman President of the Indian Olympic Association in December 2022, Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha first made history in the 1980s by dominating track-and-field events in Asia.

She has won 23 medals, out of which 14 were gold. Often referred to as the 'queen of track and field', PT Usha is one of India's greatest athletes.

Missing the bronze medal at the 1984 Olympics by one-hundredth of a second did not take away from her influence in the field of sports. Usha has inspired a whole generation of athletes through her success and later with her organisation, Usha School of Athletics. She continues to promote sports education and training.

Taking the reins Isha Ambani 
Last year, at their Annual General Meeting, Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) announced Isha Ambani as the head of the retail business. At the AGM, the daughter of Chairman, Mukesh Ambani went on to talk about the progress made and milestones they plan to achieve ahead. “We opened over 2,500 stores in the year to take our store count to over 15,000, spanning an operational area of 42 million sq-ft” she said. Adding, that they generated employment for over 1,50,000 people during the year, increasing their employee base to over 3,60,000.

She spoke of increasing their reach to newer markets, a part of this plan is to partner with 1 crore merchants, serving over 7,500 towns and 3 lakh villages in the next 5 years. This power house along with being focused on work is also someone who believes in giving back to society and is known for her Philanthropic efforts.

Zoya AkhtarZoya Akhtar
Zoya Akhtar, who hails from one of India’s most prestigious film families, has been instrumental in ushering Bollywood into a modern-day progressive space, with characters and storylines that have resonated with a new generation of movie-goers across the country.

She made her debut with the film Luck By Chance (2009), which featured an ensemble cast, starring Farhan Akhtar and Konkona Sen Sharma. It won much critical appreciation despite not doing particularly well at the box-office. However her biggest success was the blockbuster Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011), for which she even bagged the Filmfare Award for Best Director.