Model Behaviour

Jyothsna Chakravarthy on walking for Chanel,being one of Indias leading models,and how an MBA degree is her safety net.

When Jyothsna Chakravarthy walked down the ramp at the Grand Palais in France as part of Chanels Paris Bombay show earlier this month,she was more than a little nervous. It had just dawned upon me that this show was a big step in my career. After all,one doesnt get to walk for a Chanel show every other day, she says.

It all happened very fast. That did not allow much time for the news of being selected by Chanel to sink in. Chanels Paris office got in touch with my agency after they saw me on the cover of an Indian fashion magazine. Thereafter,I sent across my portfolio to Chanel and the next thing I knew,I was on a plane to Paris for the show, he says.

The biggest surprise in Paris came in the form of Karl Lagerfeld,the creative director of Chanel. I never thought I would be walking for Karl Lagerfeld so it was a little unnerving when I first met him during the fittings. But he had no starry airs,so that made it a lot easier, she says.

Not many would dispute the fact that this Bangalore girls journey to Paris,in the course of a three-year modelling stint,makes for an interesting story. With a professor father and a banker mother,this telecom engineer-turned-model comes from a non-glamorous Tamil Brahmin background. She even learnt Bharatanatyam and has played the veena from an early age.

She recalls how her modelling career started off with Anila Anand,a leading model co-ordinator in Bangalore,introducing her to the fashion world when she was still in her third year of engineering. Through her,I shot for an Italian magazine,which was followed by shows for a leading apparel brand in Bangalore. Then came Lakme Fashion Week where I was spotted by Anaita Shroff Adajania. This was followed by a cover with a leading fashion magazine and the Garnier shampoo ad, narrates Chakravarthy.

This diehard fan of Woody Allen and Somerset Maugham has no illusions about the glamour world either. I maybe eyeing bigger modelling assignments and even Bollywood projects but I am also looking at an MBA degree as my safety net. I am aware of the transitory nature of fame, she says.

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Model Behaviour

Jyothsna Chakravarthy on walking for Chanel,being one of Indias leading models,and how an MBA degree is her safety net.

Jyothsna Chakravarthy on walking for Chanel,being one of Indias leading models,and how an MBA degree is her safety net.