Our cover story features the Indian film industrys most-wanted filmmaker, Rajkumar Hirani in an exclusive interview on the brink of his much anticipated release, PK. Our Listed section on the other hand, looks at five strong women who are making noteworthy independent cinema. Megha Ramaswamy, Nisha Pahuja, Shonali Bose, Geetu Mohandas and Gitanjali Rao--each of these filmmakers have carved a superior niche for themselves. Along with that, we scour the industry to find promising debut feature filmmakers whose films are backed with great scripts. Kanu Behl, Pushpendra Misra, Karan Anshuman and Chaitanya Tamhane are ready to make their mark in the industry, come 2015. Moving away from the world of film, we interview with very talented author, Aatish Taseer and chat with Booker-Prize shortlist, Neel Mukherjee about his novel, The Lives of Others. Lastly, ace photographer Bharat Sikka shoots, Concrete Runway, our fashion story for the issue.