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    LIVING THE GOOD LIFE ALAYA FURNITUREWALA

    Nov 11, 2020 8 minutes
    Creative Direction and Styling: Zunaili Malik
    Photographs: The House Of Pixels
    Interview: Humra Afroz Khan

    day before this interview was scheduled, Alaya Furniturewala—or Alaya F as she prefers to be called—had boarded a flight to Dubai, for her first “proper” holiday this year. “I don’t know after how I’ve stepped out,” she says enthusiastically over the phone the next day. “I can’t tell you how much I am enjoying myself!” Happy to be vicariously transported to vacay-lands, I gladly probe deeper…what are her plans, what’s on the itinerary, the works. “You know, I went to eat out last night, and it felt other-worldly! I can’t even remember the last time I went to a restaurant and saw people around me…it was really nice. So yeah, there’s a lot of safe going-out on the cards!” The break is a well-deserved one, that the newcomer has worked hard to earn. Alaya had her debut release, with Saif Ali Khan, this year on January 31—after “almost a year and a half of trying” at auditions in the Hindi film industry. The film was commercially well-received—doing a business of ₹20 crores at the domestic box office in the first week—and the actor received rave reviews for her prowess. Sadly, the lockdown followed soon and the world shut shop. But that didn’t daunt our coverstar, we discover in the conversation. In addition to other interesting trivia about her. Like her “insane tolerance” for spicy food. “I

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