The stage has always been Ira Dubey's friend. After all, the 30-year-old actor is theatre veteran Lillete Dubey's daughter. After studying theatre at the Yale School of Drama, she established herself as an intelligent and talented actor back home in India, with movies such as The President is Coming and Aisha and plays such as 9 Parts of Desire. And each time we have spotted her at events and social gatherings, the young lady's casual and cool style of dressing has always caught our attention.


Ira in her favourite Sunaina Puri LBD. Pics/Datta Kumbhar 

When we meet the actor at her Cuffe Parade residence on a Sunday afternoon, Ira has just returned from walking the ramp for a jewellery brand. In her tattered jeans and casual top, the only giveaway that she was out being a clotheshorse is that she's still not parted with her stilletos. Over the top is not her style and she stresses on that. According to her, style should be individualistic. "Clothes are an extension of who I am. What is the point of looking like carbon copies of each other?" she asks.