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Debonair is an English-language monthly magazine published by the Be Debonair Foundation.[1][failed verification] It is one of India's most popular entertainment magazines and includes news, interviews, photos, videos, reviews, events, and style. Previously Debonair was an Indian monthly men's magazine, originally modeled after Playboy.[2]
Debonair was founded in 1973[3][4] and its first issue was published in April 1974.[5] The founder was Susheel Somani[3] and the founding company was G. Claridge Printing Press, owned by Somani.[5]
The magazine, best known for its topless female centerfolds, was first edited by Ashok Row Kavi and Anthony Van Braband.[6] Vinod Mehta also worked as the editor of the magazine.[4] It was published on a monthly basis.[3] Under the editor Derek Bose, Debonair was reformatted to remove nudity and target a younger demographic in 2005.
Debonair has also featured a number of Indian film actresses on its cover when they were just beginning their careers. This includes Juhi Chawla and Madhuri Dixit, photographed by the photographer Gautam Rajadhyaksha.[7][8]
And the salient fact about The Reviewer is that it was a successful party. It printed distinguished work of many well-known authors, and it introduced to a small but influential group a number of writers who have since become famous. To what extent it was the cause, concomitant, or result of what has since become known as the Southern Literary Renaissance is a question for speculation. I would like to believe that The Reviewer, by reason of its preeminently Southern manner, was able to develop talent in the South that might not have been susceptible to an alien tutelage. Certainly the letters of Francis Newman and Julia Peterkin to Miss Clark show a profound appreciation not only for what the magazine was doing but also for the way in which it was being done. Whether or not there is ever a final judgment in the matter, the fact remains that The Reviewer aided and abetted in the establishment of several Southern literary reputations, and coincided in its life with an increase of respect for Southern writers that has since verged on adulation.
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