Shweta Bachchan Nanda (néeBachchan, pronounced[ˈbətːʃən]; born 17 March 1974) is an Indian columnist, author, and former model.[1][2][3] She has been a columnist for Daily News and Analysis and Vogue India, and is the author of the bestselling novel Paradise Towers.[4] She has worked as a model for television advertisement, and in 2018 launched her own fashion label, MXS.[5]
Personal life
Bachchan Nanda with parents
Amitabh and
Jaya Bachchan and daughter Navya Naveli Nanda at Vogue Beauty Awards 2017
Bachchan married
Escorts Group businessman
Nikhil Nanda on 16 February 1997, who is the son of Hindi film actor-producer
Raj Kapoor's daughter Ritu Nanda, and son of Rajan Nanda.[8][9] The couple has two children, daughter Navya Naveli Nanda (born December 1997), an entrepreneur and son
Agastya Nanda (born November 2000), an actor.[10]
Career
Bachchan Nanda modeled for the first time in September 2006, for a magazine entitled L'Officiel India. She appeared in the seventh annual issue of the same magazine, in June 2009, with her brother
Abhishek Bachchan.
In 2007, Bachchan Nanda became the leader in the category – Next Generation – during NDTV Profit. A series of interviews was broadcast on the channel.[11] Since 2018, she has been the brand ambassador for
Kalyan Jewellers.[1]
Along with Monisha Jaising, she launched in 2018 the fashion label MXS.[15][16][17][18]
In October 2018, Bachchan Nanda launched her
debut novel, Paradise Towers, published by
HarperCollins.[19][20][21] The book became a bestseller despite negative reviews.[22][23][24] Ishita Sengupta of The Indian Express reviewed the book, observing, "The novel, for all its elegance, ultimately, reads like it has a bunch of characters in search of a plot."[25]
Bachchan Nanda has also written the forewords for
Aishwarya R. Dhanush's 2016 book Standing on an Apple Box: The Story of a Girl among the Stars[26][27] and Rukhsana Eisa's book The Golden Code: Mastering the Art of Social Success.[28][29]
Bibliography
Bachchan-Nanda, Shweta (6 October 2018). Paradise Towers. HarperCollins Publishers India.
ISBN978-93-5302-316-4.