Manish Malhotra On Missing Sridevi, Equation with Karan Johar | Nikhil Taneja| Be A Man, Yaar! S206

Manish Malhotra opens up like never before. He talks about his childhood, how he started his career, his friendship with Karan Johar, how he has learned a lot from Sridevi, his equation with all actresses from Karishma Kapoor to Kareena Kapoor to Kajol to Alia, his love for movies and what is his personal fashion sense. Season 2 of Be A Man, Yaar with Nikhil Taneja, powered by The Man Company.

Captions available in both English and Hindi

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Tune in next Wednesday, 21st August for episode 6 of Be A Man, Yaar! With Nikhil Taneja, featuring Aryan Pasha.

0:00 Manish Malhotra on #BeAManYaar 💙
3:00 Unboxing Boyhood with Manish Malhotra
5:20 On being a movie buff 🍿
7:14 Manish on what masculine and feminine traits are
8:15 His inspiration behind design 🫣
9:38 Manish’s first design experience
11:03 Manish’s appreciation for Sridevi
13:00 On styling Bollywood actors
14:12 On finding a line between vulgar and sexy
15:44 On figuring out aesthetic and agency
17:03 On Pyaar Impossible and Priyanka’s looks
17:56 Gender politics and clothing
18:44 On Body Positivity
19:46 Mental pressure to conform to standards
21:08 On being comfortable in your own skin
22:55 Karan Johar’s 32 years of Friendship
26:31 Karan’s Question to Manish about his personal life
28:20 On Hypermasculinity in Fashion
30:30 Manish on criticism on his work
31:29 Is Self Love Selfish?
32:30 Does Manish feel lonely?
33:37 On processing his father’s passing away grief
34:38 On mortality, life and aging
35:57 Manish’s take on risk and failure
37:24 How did Manish come up with an idea of producing films?
38:23 What would Manish’s Met Gala Theme be?
39:00 Jahnvi Kapoor’s question to Manish Malhotra
42:00 Kind Shoutouts
45:00 Men Complimenting Men
50:55 BraveTalk Moment
51:35 Episode 7 Preview ft. Aryan Pasha

CREDITS:

CREATED & HOSTED BY: Nikhil Taneja
DIRECTED BY: Gabriel Ghoderao
PRODUCED BY: Yuvaa Originals (Nikhil Taneja, Amritpal Bindra, Anand Tiwari)
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Nirbhay Kumar

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Sahil Gaikwad
EDITOR: Hemant Jena
CREATIVE PRODUCER: Nikhil Taneja
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Sajal Kumar
ASSOCIATE CREATIVE PRODUCER & POST PRODUCER: Rushita Dave
LINE PRODUCER: Abhijeet Warang

CREATIVE HEAD: Anusha GS Shetty
DESIGNER: Srishti Choudhary, Aprajita Vaid
CREATIVE ASSOCIATE (TALENT & MARKETING): Gajendra Yadav
CREATIVE ASSOCIATE (MARKETING & SOCIAL): Riya Nahar
CHIEF AD: Upashna Chhetri
SECOND AD: Suyash Agrawal

CAMERA OPERATOR: Sunil Vishwakarma, Shiva Mohanty, Shekhar Shinde, Afreen Ansari
RESEARCH ASSISTANT: Sakshi Makwana
PRODUCTION MANAGERS: Swara Warang and Umesh Gurav
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT (Yuvaa): Aditya Gaikwad
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Navin kanade, Onam Dhake (MAKESET design)
ART DIRECTION: Navin Kumar Kanade
ART ASSISTANT- Bhavesh Bonde,
INTERNS:Apurva and Nirmayyee
STYLING: Rehha Mehta
ASSISTANT STYLIST: Apeksha Mirani
MAKE UP: Soham Kadam and Mahi
ASSISTANT PRODUCER:
STUDIO: North Studio, Mumbai
STUDIO (Kartik and Manish Eps): Moonshine Studios, Andheri
CAMERA ASSISTANTS:
BTS: Prachi Adesara
BTS (Aryan Pasha Eps): Anmol Kachroo
STILL PHOTOGRAPHER: Samrat Nagar
SOUND RECORDIST: Akhilesh P. Singh
SOUND ASSISTANT: Abhishek Rathour
CAMERA TEAM: Brown Bird Films
DIT: Vishal Chavan & Shivam Singh
LIGHTS: Rinkukumar Gupta
SPOT TEAM: Suresh, Sham, Vighnesh, Ramcharan, Harish, Raju,Ismail

TEAM YUVAA:
CEO: Kevin Lee
BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS LEAD: Neha Mathews
YOUTUBE LEAD: Triparna Rout Chari
EDITOR IN CHIEF: Maanvi
COMMUNITY MANAGER: Dhira Rambhia
HR MANAGER: Adrian Fernandes
ACCOUNTS & FINANCE: Hiral Barot and Aditya Gaikwad
CA: Bimal Parekh & Co.
LEGAL: Anand & Naik

POST PRODUCTION TEAM
STUDIO MANAGEMENT: Sumeet Kamath, Sreeram Ramanathan, Ashish Heblekar
MOTION DESIGNER: Vivek Teotia
SOUND ENGINEER: Aditya Arya
ASSISTANT SOUND ENGINEER: Gaurav Saxena
SOUND STUDIO: The Indian Audio Company

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[hiraeth]

Summary of the podcast: karan said this, karan said that, jaran did this, jaran did that, karan is the greatest thing happened to the universe, what jaran thinks is the only thing matters.

[ektaMulchandani-wx]

Hi Nikhil... I really really loved the conversation. It was evident that Manish was very honest abt everything. There was no diplomacy or drama about it. Very mature and straightforward answers. And I don't understand why people have a problem with you mentioning Karan. First of all, it wasn't that much and secondly people need to understand that Karan is a major figure and we all know and have references to what is being said by him. So to make it more palatable for an audience it's done like that.
Love 💛

[apoorvabhutani]

Hi Nikhil, excited as I was to witness a rare and honest conversation with Manish, I can’t seem to fathom why this became so heavily about Karan who’s not there. Love the show and sharing this as honest feedback.

[priyap]

Its ironic that instead of focusing on his talent and personality, the host is pushing the guest to reveal intimate details of his life. Commendable that the guest did not allow his tricks work and brought back the chat on track.

It is evident that the host was transmitting the message with repeated mentions of the guy guest certainly seemed not comfortable speaking about. Poor PR stunt.

[khursheedrind]

0:00 #Sridevi hated him for being so fake and so manipulative and even a gossip monger she couldn’t trust him

[syedaadibanuzhat]

Good talk. Interviewer asking quite intense questions.

[abhijitroy]

Y is this only about Karan Johar 😂😂😂😂😂

[justaboutanything]

More than the guest Manish Malhotra, I like the presenter a cute teddy bear. I would so wanna hug 🥰 you 🏳‍🌈❤

[rm]

Nikhil, try as hard as you want but Manish is not going to confess his relationship status with Karan. Also, no offence but 70s bollywood fashion was the worst!

[Amit-ojho]

Nikhil Taneja used to be a neutral guy but he has taken a turn and now chasing PR for popularity and fame. He has sold himself to be top Karan Johar PR guy

[ntripathi]

Such irony.. when Manish himself was a contribution to Sri Devi’s death. He hit her head with a vase after she was poisoned.

[nehavermani]

For a show that wants to challenge the patriarchal framework, the use of the word "seminal" to imply something significant is a big problem. Google the etymology of the word seminal and be more mindful of the vocabulary you use.

[suchikumar]

uncomfortable host, please try to maintain eye contact

[jahan]

nikil is trying to use his guests to make is acceptable to be gay
nikil just admit you are gay and stop forcing these questions on your guests