Narendra Modi To Deepika Padukone, 20 Indian Celebrities Who Featured On Time Magazine Cover
Alia Bhatt is one of the biggest actors in Indian cinema today. With her work, she has not only created a name for herself in the country but also made an impact abroad. The 30-year-old has made it to TIME's 100 most influential people of 2024 list.?
In the magazine, director of her Hollywood debut?Heart of Stone's?Tom Harper describing her as a "truly international star".?
Alia makes it to?TIME's 100 most influential people of 2024 list
"There is a grace to the way she goes about her work: focused, open to ideas, and willing to take creative risks. One of my favourite moments in the film came from an improvisation at the end of a take where she took the emotional thread and ran with it," Tom wrote.
If you're also wondering why is Time magazine so popular??It's America's most popular magazine known for high-quality journalism. For several decades it has been one of the most influential news magazines.
Indians on?Time Magazine Cover
Here is a list of Indian celebrities who featured on the Time Magazine cover.
1. Deepika Padukone
Time Magazine cover signifies a serious change. Indian actress Deepika Padukone, who in 2018 was one of the persons in the TIME list of 100 Most Influential list, has recently been featured on it as a global star.?
"I don¡¯t know if I¡¯m supposed to feel something about it. But the truth is, I don¡¯t feel anything about it," she was quoted as saying about the political backlash she faces - a recent example being Pathaan song Besharam Rang.?
2. Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi has featured thrice on the cover in 1931 as Man of the Year, in 1947 and 1997 as Person of the Century after?Albert Einstein.
3.?Subhash Chandra Bose
Indian revolutionary Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose was featured on Time magazine in 1938.
4.?Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
India's first-ever home minister?Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel featured on the cover in 1947.
5.?Jawaharlal Nehru
India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru appeared on Time Magazine in 1942, 1949, 1951, 1956, 1959 and finally in 1962.
6.?Lal Bahadur Shastri
The second Prime Minister Of India Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1965. The Time Magazine issue read, "Tiny and turkey-necked, shy as a schoolboy in his rumpled dhoti and brown loafers, Shastri both matches the diminished stature of India and reflects its inchoate strength."
7.?Indira Gandhi
The first female Prime Minister of India?Indira Gandhi featured in?1966, 1971 and 1984 (after her assassination.)
8.?Rajiv Gandhi
India's youngest Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi appeared on Time Magazine cover in?1986 issue.
9.?Sonia Gandhi
Longest serving president of the Indian National Congress Sonia Gandhi was on the cover in 2004.
10.?Sachin Tendulkar
One of the?greatest batsmen of all time?Sachin Tendulkar was titled God of Cricket by Time Magazine in?2012.
11.?Parveen Babi
Indian actress and model, the beauty who died a tragic and lonely death, Parveen Babi featured on Time Magazine cover in 1976.
12. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Second Bollywood actress to feature on the magazine cover in 2003, Aishwarya Rai was declared most attractive woman by the media of UK in the same year.?
13. Shah Rukh Khan
The King of Bollywood SRK made it to the cover in 2004 with title 'Asia¡¯s Heroes 20 under 40'.
14.?Aamir Khan
Aamir Khan has featured on the cover twice 2012 and 2013. The cover read, "Khan¡¯s Quest He is breaking the Bollywood mold by tackling India¡¯s social evils. Can an actor change a nation?"
15.?Dr Manmohan Singh
Dr Manmohan Singh was hailed as an underachiever who appeared "unwilling to stick his neck out"?by Time magazine. The edition was highly criticised.?
16.?Narendra Modi
Prime Minister?Narendra Modi was featured on the cover in 2012, 2015 and 2019.?
17.?Priyanka Chopra
Named as one of the?100 Most Influential People in the World, Priyanka Chopra appeared on the cover in 2016.
18.?Mother Teresa
Remembered for her selfless service to the poor, Mother Teresa was featured on Time Magazine cover in 1975 and in 2007, a decade after her death.?
19.?Sania Mirza
?Ace tennis player Sania Mirza is the first sportswoman to appear on the cover of a reputed magazine in 2005.
20.?Virendra Sehwag
Sehwag appeared on Time Magazine cover in 2003 with the title They made a Difference as they made us Proud.
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