Unapologetically MOSTLY SANE

The multi-hyphenate artist fills Maahi Shah in on the fun things she's working on, what meeting Michelle Obama was like, & how she stays grounded

- Maahi Shah

"I'm so sorry, I'm late. It's been a crazy day," says actor and content creator Prajakta Koli as she hastily joins our call. Yet, almost instantly, her presence feels warm and comforting. "It was a very weird morning for me-I couldn't sleep until very late last night, and then I was wide awake at seven in the morning, spiralling about everything I had to do today." She goes on, "I'm working on the edit of my book. I have a call with the illustrators for the cover of the book, plus I've been dubbing for my show Mismatched (Netflix). This morning, like most mornings, I woke up with a lot on my plate. That said, I also know that the only way to centre myself is to do something that makes me very happy. And my work does make me extremely happy."

Koli's journey began nearly a decade ago as a radio jockey. From starting her own YouTube channel in 2015 and garnering a large social following to dabbling with acting and getting good at it, she has been reinventing herself every step of the way. Koli is, at the moment, finishing up her soon-to-be-launched memoir Too Good To Be True. Over the years, her content has evolved to cater to an audience of over eight million. "Honestly, if you ask me if any of this was intentional or came from a place of consciously pivoting to follow trends, it wasn't. I am as clueless now as I was when I started. I'm just a lot more confident today," she says.