MANISH MALHOTRA

MANISH MALHOTRA HAS DEFINED FASHION AND BEAUTY FOR AN ENTIRE GENERATION WITH HIS UNAPOLOGETIC FLAIR FOR GLAMOUR AND BLING. AT HOME, HOWEVER, HE'S A NOSTALGIC SOUL, SEEKING QUIET AND COMFORT, ARRANGING FRESH FLOWERS EVERYDAY, WORKING 48 HOURS IF I COULD" IN A NEWLY DESIGNED STUDY, AND LETTING LIFE PLAY OUT IN HIS IMPECCABLY DECORATED PALI HILL TOWNHOUSE.

- PRIYANKA KHANNA

MANISH MALHOTRA IN HIS BANDRA HOME, WEARING A BOMBER JACKET FROM HIS LATEST BRIDGE LINE THE LIVING ROOM OF THIS FIVE-STOREY HOUSE IS AN EXPANSIVE SPACE WITH VARIOUS NICHES AND ISLANDS TO SIT IN AND LOUNGE. LARGELY PANELLED IN WOOD, IN ITS ORIGINAL BROWN GRAIN AS WELL AS AN IMPECCABLE WHITE, IT IS A FINE MIX OF MODERN DESIGN TOUCHED WITH CLASSICAL ACCENTS.

A DEEP BURGUNDY SOFA, UPHOLSTERED IN VELVET WITH DRAMATIC FLARED-ARMS, ADDS A SIGNATURE GLAM TOUCH TO THE INTERIORS. IT IS PAIRED WITH A TUFTED, VINTAGE LEATHER SOFA THAT INSPIRES A CLASSIC GRUNGY LOOK. A PHOTOGRAPH OF NEW YORK IN THE 1970S ACCENTUATES THE MOOD, AND NEXT TO IT IS AN UNTITLED ARTWORK OF "A MAN LOOKING FORWARD AND UP IN LIFE". THE FINE SILK PERSIAN CARPET IS ONE OF MALHOTRA'S FAVOURITES

A COLLECTION OF RAZAS AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE LIVING ROOM. "ART HAS ALWAYS BEEN A BIG PART OF WHO I AM. WHEN I WALK INTO MY LIVING ROOM, THESE RAZAS ARE THE FIRST THING I SEE EVERYDAY," SAYS MALHOTRA. 

THIS INTRICATELY CARVED ANTIQUE WOODEN CHEST, ONE OF MANY, FROM THE GREAT EASTERN HOME IS PLACED TO OFFSET THE OTHERWISE MODERN INTERIORS.