Platform Magazine - May 2022 - October 2022
Platform Magazine - May 2022 - October 2022
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In this issue
Connecting with Bharti Kher is always an inspiration— her ideologies, her need to set objects free, her observations and her artistic journey are remarkable. We catch up with The People Watcher on her art that was, is and will be. A two-time Academy Award winner, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is the first woman film director to win two Oscars by the age of thirty-seven. Her stories are humane and give voice and space to all those that silently, away from the limelight, work every day for a better tomorrow. Writer Amit Chaudhury writes to celebrate the here and now. He shares his relationship with writing and what draws him in a story. An architect by education and profession, photographer Randhir Singh started capturing photographs as it became ‘a way to connect with architecture and an excuse to roam around the city making photographs’. His most recent exhibit at MoMA, The Project of Independence: Architectures of Decolonization in South Asia, 1947 -1985, is an exhibition that focuses on modern architecture built in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
We also have the talented and uniquely polished, Jim Sarbh, sharing fragments of his life that often goes unnoticed. We get to know him and his interests in art, books and his pet cat Mimi. Designer Gaurav Gupta, lets us in on his varied interests and characteristic traits. Founder of Masque, that was recently awarded the twenty-first spot on Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants, Aditi Dugar is a self-taught chef and tells us what it takes to be an entrepreneur, chef, restaurateur, mother of three young boys and how she thrives on the ‘frenzy and chaos’.
What ties this publication beautifully are two stunning visual stories, one in association with Gucci that celebrates diversity and another with the vision of incredibly artistic designer Arjun Saluja that celebrates freedom and non-conformism.
Shruti Kapur Malhotra,
Editor-in-Chief
Beyond The Gully: The Changing Shape Of Indian Hip-Hop
The rap revolution led by Divine and Naezy has disrupted the music industry in unprecedented ways. Let’s take a trip.
10+ mins
Everything Is Big In Uzbekistan
The man most of the world knows as Tamerlane and generally reviles, as a ruthless invader, is revered in his native Uzbekistan as Amir Timur.
9 mins
TASLIMA NASREEN
A PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST AS A WOMAN
9 mins
SWIZERLAND
AJITPAL SINGH
6 mins
RAQS MEDIA COLLECTIVE
The artistic triumvirate of RAQS Media Collective – Monica Narula, Jeebesh Bagchi and Shuddhabrata Sengupta – has been in the field of art since 1992.
9 mins
SHAMELESS
The Sequel to the bestselling LAJJA
10+ mins
THE BEAUTY OF YOUR FACE
SAHAR MUSTAFAH
4 mins
MIRA NAIR
A SUITABLE BOY
10+ mins
MARTIN PARR
IN CONVERSATION WITH ARTIST AND CURATOR RAVI AGARWAL
10+ mins
AMIR KELLY
I try to display what it’s like to be a first-generation Indian immigrant in the UK. I don’t try to use my Indianess as a calling card, rather music.
5 mins
Kavya Trehan Maalavika Manoj
They are young and free. They’re playing festivals, releasing records and breaking stereotypes.
3 mins
Best Of Fest
Sarah & Munbir Chawla [Magnetic Fields]Sid Khanna & Tanvi Gupta [Nariyal Paani]Anup Kutty [Ziro Festival]
9 mins
The Ring Of Truth: Myths Of Sex And Jewelry
From Shakuntala to Scheherazade to Marilyn Monroe, from Ancient India and Greece to Medieval Europe to modern cinema, sexual desire and jewelry, particularly rings, have been very often connectead. Why do jewels keep appearing in stories about marriage and adultery, love and betrayal, loss and recovery, identity and masquerade? What is the mythology that makes finger rings symbols of true [or, as the case may be, untrue] love across the world? Wendy Doniger’s new book offers a riveting cross-cultural history of jewellery and its role in seduction, romance and infidelity.
2 mins
The Man Without A Plan Ashim Ahluwalia
Ashim Ahluwalia knows a thing or two about taking you on an adventure through his visual offerings.
7 mins
A State Of Freedom Neel Mukherjee
I’ve always been interested in the movement of people, whether in terms of physical movement, ie, migration, relocation from one place to another, or more metaphorical movement, such as change.
3 mins
Brown Girl Aaradhna Patel
Her mother is Samoan, her father Indian, but she hasn’t known any home other than New Zealand.
4 mins
artist with a camera
people, communities, landscape might be part of his repertoire but at the heart of it, the entire image is what resonates and draws him in. one of the most versatile indian photographers, bharat sikka’s artistry is intellectual, deep and captivating. each image makes you think, feel, and builds a mystery, and that’s the beauty of his craft. his style has undoubtedly influenced many photographers and his subjects have always had a story. 2017 will see him exhibit two completely differing bodies of work.
6 mins
conscious acting vikrant massey
thankfully, stardom hasn’t hit vikrant yet. he is humble, grounded, bursting with opinion on everything and loves good conversations. his on-screen debut as ranveer singh’s mucker in vikramaditya motwane’s lootera was something that flipped his life around—interestingly it was a role that he had almost lost.
4 mins
on writing, love & yoga
award-winning journalist. bestselling writer. master of yoga. ira trivedi is probably one of the most interesting writers from india. even though she earned an mba from columbia business school, her love for writing took centrestage and each book she has written has left people intrigued and enraptured. she was all of 20 when she published her first book of fiction, and ever since has explored various subjects and diverse mediums, some true and hard-hitting while some, insightful and entertaining.
8 mins
All That Jazz - Sanjeeta Bhattacharya
Sanjeeta was only 18 when she made heads turn with a music gig in the capital.
2 mins
the violin player
two men have made bauddhayan mukherji the filmmaker that he is, today. one lived till 49 only because he had bauddhayan with him, and the other changed the course of his life without even knowing. the first was his father, a physically-disabled poet, so all he gave bauddhayan was books and an immense love for literature. the other was satyajit ray, whose book ekei bole shooting showed him what he wanted to do in life.
6 mins
Here & Now Alia Bhatt
Four years ago she set foot into the film industry—with her very first stride she established her presence.
5 mins
The Power of Three Gauri Shinde, Nitesh Tiwari, Sujoy Ghosh
Close of the year. Closest to how big it gets in Bollywood. The last act of a play, they say, overrides everything you’ve seen before. So here it is, Indian Cinema rolling out in all its glory the most beauteous bouquet —Shah Rukh Khan as the grown-up guide to Alia Bhatt in Gauri Shinde’s Dear Zindagi [Alice Munro would be pleased?], Sujoy Ghosh creating a Durga not with 10 hands but with a mother’s heart in Kahaani 2, and Nitesh Tiwari taking leaps and bounds from his maiden Chillar Party to the million-dollar play field that’s Dangal. Bollywood saving the best for last; each of the three finish-liners setting their own tone—some breezy and some brutal. We speak to these filmmakers to give you a glimpse of what it means to be up for a truly grand finale.
8 mins
Bringing Them to Book Shashi Tharoor
ST. Two ornate tiles in blue carry his initials outside his room, but with that calm demeanour, it might as well be mistaken for a saint’s.
6 mins
Mr. Mickey
A fashion thinker, influencer, philanthropist, Editorial Director for the super cool Paper Magazine, Mickey Boardman is a very important figure in the fashion world; he is an authority who has used his power not only to talk up fashion but also to talk against any kind of wrong doings in fashion.
10+ mins
On A New High - Rahul Bose
One of the most prolific actors of Indian Cinema, Rahul Bose was, is and will probably always remain the face that changed the landscape of Arthouse cinema in our times.
7 mins
American War Omar El Akkad
Have you ever met a man who has written four entire novels but decided that only one is good enough to go out to the world?
6 mins
Girls On A Song
Dot., Banat Kaur Bagga, Kalyaani Sakkarwal.
6 mins
Inform
‘Driven, Passionate and Very Lost’ A Monologue Varoon P. Anand.
6 mins
Mom
Debut director Ravi Udyawar’s relationship with films goes back to balmy Sunday afternoons spent watching black and white films on Doordarshan.
6 mins
Platform Magazine Description:
Publisher: SKH MEDIA PRIVATE LIMTED
Category: Lifestyle
Language: English
Frequency: Half-yearly
PLATFORM-One of India’s leading contemporary arts and entertainment magazines, Platform initiates thought and explores the creative industry. We take pride in promoting the emerging and applauding the established from the world of art, design, fashion, film, literature and music. It is a magazine where innovation and substance intersect through popular cultures. Through our six focused issues, we provide our readers with strong content and cutting-edge design.THE SIX ISSUES -Arts (Jan/Feb), Style (Mar/April), Literature (May/Jun), Music (July/Aug), Design (Sept/Oct), Film (Nov/Dec).THE DISTRIBUTION-With a print run of 35,000, we have been on-stands for the last eight years. Platform is distributed nationwide by Living Media India Limited (India Today Group), available in 30 cities at premier bookstores and newsstands
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