Shweta Bachchan Nanda (born 17 March 1974) is an Indian columnist, author, and former model. She has been a columnist for ''

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'' and '' Vogue India'', and is the author of the bestselling novel ''Paradise Towers''. She has worked as a model for television advertisement, and in 2018 launched her own fashion label, MXS. Her younger brother

Abhishek Bachchan Abhishek Bachchan (born 5 February 1976) is an Indian actor and film producer known for his work in Hindi films. Part of the Bachchan family, he is the son of actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan and the grandson of poet Harivansh Rai Bach ...

is an actor and her sister-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is also an actress.

Personal life

Bachchan's grace Vogue Beauty Awards 2017

Shweta was born to actors

Amitabh Bachchan Amitabh Bachchan (; born as Amitabh Shrivastav; 11 October 1942) is an Indian actor, film producer, television host, occasional playback singer and former politician known for his work in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of the most succe ...

and Jaya Bachchan on 17 March 1974. Shweta married Escorts Group businessman

Nikhil Nanda Nikhil Nanda is an Indian businessman. Part of the Nanda family, Kapoor family and Bachchan Family, he is the chairman and managing director of Escorts Limited, an engineering company founded in 1944 by his paternal grandfather, Har Prasad Nan ...

on 16 February 1997, who is the son of Hindi film actor-producer Raj Kapoor's daughter Ritu Nanda, and son of Rajan Nanda. The couple has two children, daughter Navya Naveli Nanda (born December 1997), and son Agastya Nanda (born November 2000). She attended

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Career

Shweta modeled for the first time in September 2006, for a magazine entitled ''

L'Officiel India ''L'Officiel'' () is a French fashion magazine with a USA edition. It has been published in Paris since 1921 and targets upper-income, educated women aged from 25 to 49. In 2006, it had a circulation of 101,719. A men's edition of ''L'Officiel'', ...

''. She appeared in the seventh annual issue of the same magazine, in June 2009, with her brother

. In 2007, Shweta became the leader in the category – Next Generation – during ''

NDTV Profit NDTV Profit is an Indian business and financial news television channel started by NDTV in January 2005. It has many journalists covering the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE). It also covers the late ...

''. A series of interviews was broadcast on the channel. Since 2018, she has been the brand ambassador for

Kalyan Jewellers Kalyan Jewellers is an Indian chain of jewellery showrooms. The company open its initial public offering on March 16, 2021, and was publicly listed on March 26, 2021. History Kalyan Jewellers was founded by T. S. Kalyanaraman, who opened t ...

. She has been a columnist with ''

'' and '' Vogue India''. '' The Tribune'' praised her columns as "funny" and "insightful". Along with Monisha Jaising, she launched in 2018 the fashion label MXS. In October 2018, Shweta launched her debut novel, ''Paradise Towers'', published by

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. The book became a bestseller despite negative reviews. Ishita Sengupta of ''

The Indian Express ''The Indian Express'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932. It is published in Mumbai by the Indian Express Group. In 1999, eight years after the group's founder Ramnath Goenka's death in 1991, the group was split betw ...

'' reviewed the book, observing, "The novel, for all its elegance, ultimately, reads like it has a bunch of characters in search of a plot." Shweta has also written the forewords for

Aishwarya R. Dhanush Aishwarya Rajinikanth (born 1 January 1982) is an Indian film director and playback singer who works in Tamil cinema. She is the elder daughter of actor Rajinikanth and wife of actor Dhanush. She made her feature film directorial debut with '' ...

's 2016 book ''Standing on an Apple Box: The Story of a Girl among the Stars'' and Rukhsana Eisa's book ''The Golden Code: Mastering the Art of Social Success''.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nanda, Shweta Bachchan Living people 21st-century Indian journalists Indian women journalists Indian female models Bachchan family Place of birth missing (living people) Indian women novelists 1974 births Indian Hindus