BINA MODI

FROM FASHION TO FOOD, THIS BUSINESSWOMAN, TEXTILE PROTAGONIST, MOTHER AND VOICE FOR ONE OF INDIA’S LEADING INDUSTRIALIST FAMILIES HAS MADE HER PRESENCE FELT AND HOW! HELLO! HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SPEAKING WITH THE HEAD OF GODFREY PHILLIPS INDIA, AS SHE SHARED THE PRESSURES OF TAKING THE KK MODI LEGACY FORWARD, TRUSTING HER TEAM AND CREATING ICONIC BRANDS

- NEEVA JAIN

“If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then you are an excellent leader,” American singer-songwriter and philanthropist Dolly Parton once said.

These words sit perfectly on the slender but astute shoulders of Bina Modi, business leader, textile and fashion protagonist, mother and the voice for one of India’s leading industrialist families. HELLO! ventures into her splendid and resplendent universe and feels instantly enchanted not just with the sheer vitality of her space, but her own vibrant energy that reverberates through her home.

Bina KK Modi personifies that elusive bridge between the two worlds, old and new. In her mind, she’s forward-thinking, progressive and ready to move with the times. Yet, around her, time seems to stand still, captured in her home filled with stories of antiquity and classicism in art. Her farm, where a spectacular bust of KK Modi stands ensconced in a sanctuary of greens, and water body is serene and tranquil. A spiritual air, interspersed with stunning beauty fills this space.

Mother to the founder of the Indian Premier League, Lalit Modi, educationist Charu Modi and conscious businessman Sameer Modi, Bina is also the pampering grandmother to many illustrious grandchildren, the apple of her eye being her great-grandson Zai, who sits beside her as she chats with HELLO!.

“I’m ever so grateful to the grounded upbringing I had as a child, growing up in a rooted city like Agra, around the stoic life we led at St. Mary’s School, Nainital. I got married at 16 into the very large, famous and tradition-bound family of the legendary Gujarmal Modi.”