🌟 KAL PENN ON SCREEN. DHARMENDRA’S LEGACY IN THE SPOTLIGHT. IFFSA TORONTO TURNS 15! 🎬

From October 8–18, 2026, the International Film Festival of South Asia (@iffsatoronto) celebrates its landmark anniversary with 120+ films, 50+ events and plenty of reasons to make a date with the big screen! 🍿

Here’s what’s coming:
🌟 ‘Trust Me, I’m a Doctor’, starring Kal Penn, Linda Hamilton and Abbie Cornish
🎥 Shahrbanoo Sadat’s ‘No Good Men’, which opened Berlinale 2026
🎶 A celebration of Dharmendra with ‘Anupama’, the musical evening ‘Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas’ and the ‘Garam Dharam’ reception
💪 Gala Premieres including ‘Strong Son’, ‘Difficult Bride’, ‘Shape of Momo’ and ‘BTown’
🎤 Masterclasses with Sayani Gupta and Shahrbanoo Sadat at the October 10–12 Film Summit
🎞️ Jean Renoir’s ‘The River’ as the Closing Film

📅 October 8–18, 2026

👉 Explore the highlights in ANOKHI Magazine’s festival preview at the link in bio!

Visit IFFSAToronto.com for the full program, tickets and special offers.

Which film or event would you pick first? 👇
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IFFSA 2026: Kal Penn, Sayani Gupta & A Celebration Of Dharmendra Lead The Festival Highlights

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✨ FROM THE OPERATING ROOM TO THE FOREFRONT OF A SKINCARE REVOLUTION.

Meet Dr. Arleen Lamba (@drarleenlamba), ANOKHI Magazine’s October Cover Star 💜

A physician, former anesthesiologist, entrepreneur and beauty industry disruptor, Dr. Lamba is the founder of GLO30 (@glo30skincare), the fast-growing skincare brand built around a “health club for your skin” philosophy.

Since launching GLO30 in 2012, she has brought together medicine, technology, personalized skincare and consumer education to create a very different kind of beauty experience, one that now includes GLO30 “skin gyms,” proprietary products, SmartGLO facials and the brand’s AI-powered skin analyzer, GLOria.

She is also a regular contributor on FOX5 DC, appears on NBC and Fox morning shows in major markets for her skincare expertise, and has been featured on CNBC, Forbes and Washingtonian.

🔥 IN THIS IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION, DR. ARLEEN LAMBA OPENS UP ABOUT:

🩺 Leaving anesthesiology to build an entirely new career in beauty and wellness
✨ The personal frustration that first pushed her to rethink the skincare industry
🏋🏽‍♀️ Why GLO30 treats skincare more like fitness than a one-off luxury
🤖 The role AI and technology are playing in the future of personalized skincare
🧴 Building a complete GLO30 ecosystem around treatments, products and consistency
🤎 Her perspective on treating melanin-rich skin with greater care and precision
📺 Why consumer education has become such a major part of her work
📈 Scaling GLO30 while protecting the experience and philosophy behind the brand
💡 Where she believes skincare is heading next

💬 “Consistency beats intensity.”
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✨ COVER STORY: THE SKINCARE REVOLUTION: DR. ARLEEN LAMBA ON BRIDGING MEDICINE, BEAUTY & AI

✍️ Meena Khan @meenalaregina | Beauty Editor

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INDIA’S TEMPLES, TEXTS AND TIMELESS STORIES JUST HIT THE NEW YORK FASHION WEEK RUNWAY! ✨

Nazranaa (@nazranaanj) unveiled its SS27 collection, Samskriti 2.0, transforming Indian architecture, spirituality, mathematics, poetry and cultural traditions into contemporary couture.

Bollywood actor Bhumi Pednekar (@bhumisatishpednekkar) closed the show in a breathtaking hand-embroidered velvet lehenga inspired by the Ramakrishna Temple at Belur Math.

Discover the stories woven into the collection: LINK IN BIO

📸 P. Taufiq Photography
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Nazranaa Unveils Samskriti 2.0 at New York Fashion Week With Bollywood Actor Bhumi Pednekar as Showstopper

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A STORY FROM NAGALAND DIDN’T JUST ARRIVE AT TIFF. IT WON. 🏆🎬

Theja Rio’s (@thejario) ANGH, an Indigenous Naga story rooted in the Konyak culture of Northeast India, was the only Indian film selected for TIFF 2026’s Platform Competition. It went on to win the prestigious Platform Award.
Here’s why this film and its journey matter:

🏆 ANGH was selected as one of only 12 films in the Platform Competition before taking home the top award.

🌍 Set along the Indo-Burma border in 1963, the film follows Anghba, a Konyak village chief confronting cultural change, fading traditions and a growing distance between father and son.

🎞️ Shot on 16mm, the film captures Nagaland’s landscape, history and visual memory through an Indigenous lens. Cinematographer Adam Pietkiewicz also received the TIFF Variety Artisan Award for his work.

🗣️ The film is rooted in Naga history, spoken in the Konyak language and told from within the community rather than through an outsider’s perspective.

✈️ For several members of the cast, travelling to Toronto meant taking their first flight, making their first international trip and seeing themselves on the big screen for the first time.

💬 “There is a difference between being showcased and being understood. It is one thing to be seen; it is another to invite people to see the world through our eyes.”

In our exclusive conversation, director Theja Rio and producer Nancy Nisa Beso (@nnnbeso) open up about reclaiming Indigenous narratives, preserving cultural identity, taking ANGH from a short film to an award-winning feature, and creating space for stories from Nagaland and Northeast India on the world stage.

Plus, our Entertainment Editor Mehak Kapoor shares her deeply personal review of the film and why its exploration of identity, belonging, faith, inheritance and cultural loss stayed with her long after the screening.

✍ Mehak Kapoor @makeba_93 | Entertainment Editor
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TIFF2026 EXCLUSIVE: How Theja Rio & Nancy Beso Brought ANGH, An Indigenous Nagaland Story To Toronto As A Major TIFF Premiere

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🎬 77 FILMS. 17 WORLD PREMIERES. 5 DAYS OF SOUTH ASIAN CINEMA IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.

Running September 23–27, the International South Asian Film Festival Canada (@isaffcanada) returns for its 16th edition with 77 films from 15 countries in 19 languages, including 28 Canadian Premieres and a feature lineup packed with stories worth discovering.

ANOKHI LIFE is proud to return as an official Media Partner.

This year’s theme, “Dreamscapes,” is about imagining beyond inherited limits and spotlighting stories that do more than reflect the world as it is, but explore what it could become.

Among the highlights is THE GYMNASTS OF FISHERMAN COLONY, directed by three-time Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Habiba Nosheen and executive produced by Malala Yousafzai and Mariska Hargitay. Also on the lineup: dark comedy LALI, basketball documentary HOOP LIKE THIS, JERSEY BOY, NAMASLAY, 52 BLUE, LOVE CHAOS KIN and STRONG SON.

From identity and family to sport, horror and humour, iSAFF 2026 is spotlighting stories that push beyond the expected.

Which film is going on your watchlist?
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Malala-Backed Documentary Joins 77-Film Lineup For iSAFF 2026

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