she looks upon as her teacher and guide, is quite evident even as she mentions his name. “The sky is the limit when you work with him,” she says. “He pushes you to do better, never says no and builds upon your ideas to come up with something fascinating. The energy is infectious.” Incidentally, she considers his Ra.One, which “broke all the norms of marketing” as her best project till date. She also fondly remembers the women-centric drama Gulaab Gang and Vicky Donor, which she marketed along with her friend and school senior John Abraham, as her other interesting projects. A complete ego-booster, however, was when the company was given the opportunity to work independently as a consultant for the English movie The Zero Theorem, thus becoming the first in India to do so. “It was a fabulous experience,” she remarks. As is clearly evident, work often demands her to pack her huge Tod's bags and sometimes even cross the Atlantic. In addition to this, Bhatia clocks a new destination every year. While Gstaad and other such locales have provided fodder for her wanderlust in the past, Tuscany, Rome and the Winter Wonderland in London seem to be on the bucket list for the year. She also reminisces about her trip to Milan last year, CEO LIFESTYLE
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talking especially about the delicious Burrata and morning jogs she took to explore the city. Yes, Bhatia falls in the oftdifficult-to achieve bandwagon of foodie cum stickler for gym routine. Skewed especially towards the Oriental and Japanese cuisines, restaurants Nido and Wasabi By Morimoto are her frequented spots back home. Being a champagne aficionado, the woman also loves her limited edition Dom Pérignon. While speaking of the other things she did in Milan, shopping springs up of course, especially since she is a selfconfessed shopaholic. “Shoes are the love of my life,” says the owner of almost 250 pairs of fine shoes. The bonuses received even during her Wall Street days went promptly towards Jimmy Choos and Manolo Blahniks, only these days, Christian Louboutins have joined them. “My first pair of shoes, I clearly remember were Carrie Bradshaw’s blue Manolo Blahnik pumps from Sex and the City!” she says, with obvious passion. Well, it is endearing indeed to sense fervour and enthusiasm, whichever sphere the woman chooses to tread. A new venture is on the cards, a brand she is about to launch, regarding which she says it is too soon to reveal much (another reason for her to visit Milan). Well, all we can say is that we already see another success story in the offing. NOVEMBER 2014