FOR THE MAN IN FULL | www.mansworldindia.com AUGUST 2020 | K 150 RADHIKA APTE • JAPANESE SUPERCARS • SATHYU 90 AT / ISSUE 246 / AUGUST 2020 Radhika ISSN 2277 - 1840 MW MAHENG/2008/26535 NO. RNI ApteStreaming Queen SUBSCRIBER’S COPY SUBSCRIBER’S MW Radhika Apte August 2020 Cover R1.indd All Pages 03/08/20 6:01 PM Executive Editor’s Note AUGUST 2020 Publisher & Editor N RADHAKRISHNAN Executive Publisher MINAL SURVE Executive Editor ARNESH GHOSE Associate Editor RAJU BIST OF FRIENDSHIPS, Assistant Editor SAMREEN TUNGEKAR Fashion Editor NEELANGANA VASUDEVA FINDING YOUR SQUAD, AND THAT Art Director TANVI SHAH Associate Art Director HEMALI LIMBACHIYA 4 AM PHONE CALL Assistant Art Director NANDKISHOR SAWANT Graphic Designers GAUTAMI DAVE, SANJANA SUVARNA Senior Digital Manager JAYESH V. SALVI Production Manager MANGESH SALVI Idiots (that’s what F.R.I.E.N.D.S. should actually have been titled) never befriend anyone beyond the circle. And because of shows like that, as well mansworldindia.com as pop culture, we believe we are supposed to do the same — form a gang early on and stick with it, warts and all. Sometimes, does it get unhealthy? ARNESH GHOSE Web Editor Sure. But would we rather stay put than go out into the wild to make new Sta Writers MAYUKH MAJUMDAR, SANIKA ACHREKAR, RAJEEV MATHEW friends in our mid-thirties? Hell yeah. The lucky ones find their “gangs” and “squads”. From Dil Chahta Hai Consulting Editor PABLO CHATERJI to Taylor Swift, your squad will always have your back. They will be the tightest of friends, and if scorned, unfortunately, the most relentless Contributing Editors MAITHILI RAO, SOLEIL NATHWANI, foes. Finding your squad is a blessing — some of us forge bonds in our MAGANDEEP SINGH emember “Man is a social animal”? It used to be childhoods that last a lifetime, while others might find new people in everybody’s favourite opener for essays in school. dierent stages in our lives who become our support systems. They say, Man is a social animal. While the adage opened “I’ve got your back”, and you make a Trust Fall. MANOJ SHARMA General Manager, Sales & Marketing discussions on companionship, equations, and our While we might dierentiate our circles as personal and social (media), ([email protected]), NEW DELHI roles in society, today, I'd update it to “Man is a social it might just be an update on the “fair weather friend” construct of the media animal”. All of us have two social setups these previous generation. Our socials are all about what’s great in our lives. I'd TULSI BAVISHI General Manager, Sales & Marketing days. The personal, and the social. The social setup is say, hold on to the ones you demolish waes with, at midnight, in your ([email protected]), MUMBAI the one we portray on social media, the network we boxer shorts, cribbing about your job. Or put face masks with on weekends Deputy General Manager-Sales & Marketing NOHA QADRI Rinvest in online, the “friends” we follow, DM, comment on, and fight trolls while binge watching crappy films. Or video call for hours, trying to ([email protected]), MUMBAI with. These are like-minded people we might be genuinely invested in, but navigate the pangs of growing up and losing track. As for me, I determine might have never physically interacted with. I remember a certain someone my closeness with someone depending on if they are allowed to watch Assistant Manager - Sales & Marketing SAGRIKA SANJAY walking up to me at a highway dhaba while I was on a road trip with a me get tattooed. If you allow people to experience you when you are ([email protected]), NEW DELHI friend — “Hey, you're Arnesh, right? I know you from Facebook. We're vulnerable, in pain, hurting, and aren’t looking pretty at all (all this holds friends.” I smiled. Friends. F.R.I.E.N.D.S. Friends on Facebook. That word true for getting tattooed too, by the way), you've found yourself a squad, a has gone through such an update. shoulder, a pillow for your Trust Fall. They are the ones you have on speed Sr. Circulation Exc. (MIS & Opr) SANTOSH P. GAJINKAR In school, we used to make our individual hierarchy of friendships. dial, the ones your significant others have to impress and win approval of, (+91 99695 71319) Batchmates – Lab buddies – Friends – Good friends – Close friends – Best and the ones you can uninhibitedly call any time (even in the middle of friend(s). It used to help us navigate our equations in our then social circle. the night), because you want to. Pro tip: If you've got people in your life, Accountant PRADEEP ACHAREKAR Primarily, it used to be about relaying information. How much about yourself whom you don’t have to apologise to for ruining their sleep, you've got you share with a certain person determined that person’s proximity to your preciouses. Hold on to them like Gollum. RAJEEV POOJARY Oce Manager you. Today, we eagerly share intimate details online, so, honestly, what do Oce Assistant VAIBHAV MORE we hold back for those who form the physical, personal circle? Many of us, unfortunately, might not even have one. Childhood and college friends recede often as we grow up, and after a certain age, “making friends” is cringe worthy. We might come across many people we like and admire, MW.Com (India) Pvt. 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Radhika Apte: “There may be trouble ahead but while there’s music and Streaming Queen moonlight and love and romance, From feature films, web releases, international let’s face the music and dance....” projects, to writing and directing short films, If you were a man for the whole Radhika Apte has constantly proven that day, what would you do? she is outrageously talented, bankable, and Revel in all my “unwanted” hair definitely one of India’s most prominent international celebrities BY ARNESH GHOSE FEATURES MAGANDEEP SINGH 56 Current Cinema: In this issue: Six Best Performing Sathyu at 90 By Earbuds (Pg 18) Maithili Rao Describe yourself in one word: 60 Friendship Day Alright Special: Better call What’s your life’s theme song? your bud Creep by Radiohead or Semi- Charmed Life by Third Eye Blind If you could shop for free at one store, which one would you choose? 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