HELLO! India is a luxury lifestyle magazine that covers high society, Bollywood, business, royalty and influential personalities. It offers exclusive interviews, in-depth features on India’s elite and BTS glimpses into the lives of cultural icons. The magazine also explores luxury fashion, beauty, travel and fine dining, besides highlighting grand events, weddings, power couples and all facets of aspirational living.
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EDITORS’ LOUNGE • The editors’ choice for the best of the month in people, products, parties, places, fashion and style
A TOAST TO HELLO! • The beautiful people of the HELLO! universe have missed us… And how! We savour their warm congratulatory messages on our return
HOW PHAT IS HELLO! • With a legacy of nearly a century of high gloss and quality celebrity journalism, HELLO! is back in India to steer eyes away from all things flakey, flukey and fake. Shobhaa De tells it like it is!
THE BEST OF HELLO! • Synonymous with glamour and society, HELLO!’s exclusive covers, featuring Bollywood superstars, royalty and influential personalities from all walks of life, make it a collectors’ favourite. Here are some of our best from over the years!
PRITI PAUL & JAOUAD KADIRI • Welcoming us into their majestic Moroccan palace, surrounded by a mystic aura and lush vegetation, the couple opens their doors exclusively to HELLO!
THE REBIRTH OF YELLOW GOLD • The Bvlgari Tubogas jewellery collection unveils 16 new references, whose distinctive designs take shape through the radiant glow of yellow gold, a precious metal particularly cherished by the Roman jeweller since the 50s
BEYOND INHERITANCE • A multifaceted maverick on a quest to expand his empire, Samir Modi is a name that resonates across industries. Fresh off the launch of a new venture, the businessman speaks to HELLO! exclusively about his moves beyond the boardroom, into a world brimming with flavour, reinvention and spunk
JAIPUR COOL! • The ‘bijou rare’ or rare jewel of a city, Jaipur boasts history, a sense of mystery, an internationally adored polo champion prince, and a princess experimenting with India’s luxurious crafts. Author and filmmaker Mozez Singh traces the blueprint for what makes the global destination the perennial ‘it’ city
HAUTE PICKS 10 THINGS TO SEE, DO, WATCH FOR A ‘LIT’ SUMMER VACAY • Bon vivante Roohi Jaikishan Oomerbhoy lets us in on her seasonal hot picks
FROM GAITONDE TO GOORS • HELLO! brings you three seminal books: one, a lifetime in the making by art critic Satish Naik on the life of VS Gaitonde, another on the phenomenal success of the Indian diaspora in an America where migration is hardly being encouraged, and finally, a journey to the cult of human ‘devtas,’ the oracles, shamans or ‘goors’ of the Himalayas.
THE INSIDE STORY • HELLO! unveils milestones, confessions, rendezvous and more
HELLO! TO THE NEW ORDER
LIGHTS, CAMERA, BREAKTHROUGH • This is one world where reality and fantasy have always played hide-and-seek. But more and more, with OTT influences, reality is winning! Truth, as they say, is stranger and certainly gaining more traction than good ole boy-meets-girl stories. HELLO! presents new talent on the ever-shifting platforms of entertainment.
ISHAAN KHATTER • All of 29, his career spans two massive entertainment cultures, global audiences and viral fashion cameos. Now, to top it all, his homespun movie Homebound is set to engage ‘Un Certain Regard’ at Cannes. HELLO! gets cosy with this wonder boy, amused at his pre-millennial taste in music, visceral sense of luxury, rich cinematic references and ability to swing between camp ‘IDGAF’ and ultra-luxe style
RASHMIKA MANDANNA • Telugu superstar taking Hindi cinema by...