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You can dismiss him and his cinema as froth, but can you actually imagine Bollywood without Karan Johar and Dharma movies? Is his contribution to cinema only limited to teen romances, dreamy locations, extravagant fam-jams, and a ’90s phenomenon called ‘Rahul’? Well…Maybe not. Our August coverstar is none other than the man himself—Karan Johar. The Interview with Chaitanya Akkineni, who talks about old loves and new. Heritage To Haute Couture: We celebrate Indian designers like Gaurav Gupta, Dhruv Kapoor, and Kanika Goyal who are making a global impact. Top 6 movie directors and producers including Guneet Monga, Anurag Kashyap, Hansal Mehta, Raj & DK, and Siddharth Roy Kapur talk about future-proofing Hindi cinema.

A look at how India is taking working out beyond lifting weights at gyms. An ultimate grooming guide for men followed by a deep dive into the quintessential Indian ingredients that have become staples of international grooming shelves, and a list of best homegrown men's grooming products. In Wheels, we look at how Indian bikemakers are driving the global two-wheeler industry. A glimpse of the most expensive made-in-India cars. Reviews of Royal Enfield’s Guerrilla 450 and Mahindra Thar Roxx. In Tracking Time, Alain Zobrist reveals Omega’s Olympic timekeeping secrets. We trace the evolution of Indian watchmaking. And much more.

About MansWorld

MW (Mans World) is India’s leading men’s magazine, the lively, vibrant and authoritative voice of the urban Indian male for over 12 years. The magazine stands out for the quality of its writing, the lavish variety of its coverage, sumptuousness of its photography and the elegance of its design and production. Whatever men are looking for these days-clothes, cars, gizmos, electronics, books, movies, wines, music, fitness, relationship, adventure, travel- MW equips them with much needed information and advice to help lead life to its fullest. Man’s World was launched in the year 2000 to a rapturous welcome by the reading public. Not only was it India’s first men’s lifestyle magazine, it was also admired for being a world class product. Over the years it has been viewed by its loyal readership for being a lively, vibrant authoritative, and detail-rich magazine that pulsates with the energy of the successful new urban Indian man. In fact with the first few months of launching, a writer of the stature of the late Busy Bee (Mr Behram Contractor) saw it fit to write about the magazine in one of his columns. Man’s World prides in the quality of its writing, the richness of its coverage, the excellence of its photography and the elegance of its design and production. Whatever men are looking for these days—clothes, cars, gizmos, electronics, books, movies, wines, music, fitness, relationship, adventure, travel -- Man’s World arms them with information and advise to help lead life to its fullest. Man’s World is India’s classiest men’s magazine, reaching out to lakhs of men in the nation’s major cities. It is no exaggeration to say that over the last thirteen years, Man’s World has made a niche for itself in the world of publishing with its refusal to compromise on quality and its constant innovations, which have won it a loyal and growing tribe of readers and advertisers. Its popularity can be gauged by the fact that it has featured as a magazine that was read by lead stars in two very big Bollywood films – the Shah Rukh Khan and Rani Mukherji starrer Chalthe Chalthe and Metro.