In the 70s and the 80s film magazines were described as yellow journalism because they elaborated on the private lives of film stars. In 1989 Chitralekha dared to launch a glossy magazine that was not only different in size but also in spirit and content. Superbly designed by artist PG Ghawali the magazine was a dream for all photographers and fashionistas. The overheads were enormous and our detractors gave us a year to close down. We sailed through 12 months and celebrated our anniversary with a big bash.
Come 1990 and we were the talk of the town. The biggest and the brightest stars opened their homes for us and we shot intimate portraits of family members. Anil Kapoor featured on our first anniversary cover and Sunita Kapoor designed his ultra glam jacket and the prop he held in his hand. It is the first time Kapoor wore blue contact lenses and the effect was magical. The cover picture was shot at Kapoor’s home by the very imaginative and my favourite Jayesh Sheth.