For Himanshu Patel, becoming a wedding photographer was never part of the plan. In 2017, while completing his engineering degree and preparing to join an MNC, a freelance wedding shoot in Mumbai changed everything. Stepping into an atmosphere defined by grandeur and emotion, through photography, he discovered a canvas expansive enough to hold the human Read More
For Janki Desai, founder and creative force behind ALTAIR, space is not merely a venue to be decorated, but an atmosphere to be felt. “I’ve always been drawn to aesthetics of spaces,” she says. “I loved everything tastefully done.” That instinct, initially rooted in an awareness of how spaces could make her feel, eventually found Read More
Founded in 2013, WeddingNama is a Mumbai-based wedding photography and filmmaking establishment by photographer Ankita Asthana and filmmaker Akash Agarwal. The studio approaches weddings as living, evolving stories through contemporary portraiture and photojournalistic storytelling. At the heart of WeddingNama’s visual language is a belief in authenticity. Being an NID-trained photographer, Asthana draws on her background Read More
Founded in 2022, Raabta is an enterprise by Shrey Bhagat, an award-winning photographer and creative director, who has created a niche by capturing weddings with compelling visual storytelling. The word raabta translates to “deep connection”, an ethos that lies at the heart of the studio’s work. While wedding photography is often synonymous with large groups Read More
Diwali lives in the traditions we return to every year, the little rituals that bring the family together and make the festival feel like home. It begins with the first lamp being lit and the excitement of getting ready, then builds into a house full of laughter, a table filled with favourite dishes and familiar Read More
Art has a way of finding its place in our lives long before we consider owning it. We encounter it in museums, galleries, books and cultural spaces, often forming connections with works and artists that stay with us long after. Yet, the experience of collecting art has traditionally remained somewhat removed from everyday life, shaped Read More
There are wedding films and then, there is storytelling in motion. Siddharth Sharma has mastered the latter by capturing intimacy in its truest form. Apart from filming the weddings of Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor, Rashmika Mandanna and Vijay Deverakonda, Kiara Advani and Sidharth Malhotra, Aditi Rao Hydari and Siddharth, Sharma’s House On The Clouds Read More
Taral Jadhav’s instinct for transforming spaces was cultivated long before she found her way into event design. Raised in a home where her mother constantly transformed every new house into a haven for hospitality, she learnt early that interiors could shape how people experience a moment. Though she formally trained as an architect, learning to Read More
Behind every iconic celebration is a world meticulously built to tell a story. For DreamzKrraft, that story started twenty-five years ago. Yet at the heart of its expansive production lies a deceptively simple idea: “We don’t believe a family should have to fit into a wedding template. We believe the wedding should be created around Read More
What started with organising university dinners has evolved into a career shaping how modern India celebrates; today, Jai Sharma uses spatial design as a canvas for meaningful human connection. Through his experience design studio, Envelop, he moves beyond visual styling to engineer immersive journeys deeply rooted in narrative and culture. For Jai, the idea of Read More
Every wedding is a world of its own, and Ambika Gupta makes sure to build a different reality for each of her projects. Be it an intimate affair, a royal destination to tie the knot or a traditional Big Fat Indian wedding, the event designer knows how to engineer spaces that are truest to the Read More
Driven by a childhood spent knee-deep in art supplies and a formative education in Performance Design at London’s Central Saint Martins, Aashna Saran views spatial design through a theatrical lens: not as mere elements, but as a medium to evoke emotions. Over the past decade, as celebrations have moved away from sheer abundance toward individuality, Read More
Before he became a global torchbearer for the sitar, Purbayan Chatterjee was a fifteen-year-old prodigy navigating sudden national acclaim. Winning the President’s Award at that young age brought “about five minutes of relief followed by a lifetime of pressure,” transforming the concert stage into his true, lifelong report card. “Good music has a far better Read More
You’ve seen him as Rafiq aka Sukhbir, an Indian spy in Saare Jahan Se Accha (SJSA), as Jassi in Udta Punjab, and more such intriguing roles that linger long after the credits roll. Such is Suhail Nayyar’s on-screen presence – charismatic, gripping, and unrepentantly compelling in every character he plays. Although I had imagined him Read More
There are celebrity couples you follow for the romance, and then there are the ones whose wardrobes have you mentally rearranging your own. Kendall Jenner and Jacob Elordi, whose recent outings have me doing what any perfectly reasonable fashion enthusiast would do, zooming into paparazzi pictures and taking notes. The pair have been spotted together Read More