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'''''Debonair''''' is an [[India]]n monthly [[List of men's magazines|men's magazine]], originally modelled after ''[[Playboy]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Banned in Bombay|author=Anthony Spaeth|work=Time International|date=25 September 1995|url=http://www.time.com/time/international/1995/950925/india.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000817095110/http://www.time.com/time/international/1995/950925/india.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 17, 2000|accessdate=9 December 2009}}</ref><br />
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==History and profile==<br />
''Debonair'' was founded in 1973.<ref name="vinod">{{cite book|author=Vinod Mehta|title=Lucknow Boy: A Memoir|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ee_ptONoNO8C&pg=PA78|accessdate=27 July 2016|date=1 January 2011|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-670-08529-3|page=78}}</ref><ref name=mint/> Its first issue was published in April 1974.<ref name="out">{{cite news|title=The Centre Spread Unevenly|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/the-centre-spread-unevenly/295639|accessdate=27 July 2016|work=Outlook India|date=2 November 2015}}</ref> The founder was Susheel Somani<ref name="vinod"/> and the founding company was G. Claridge printing press owned by Somani.<ref name="out"/><br />
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The magazine, best known for its topless female [[centerfold]]s, was first edited by [[Ashok Row Kavi]] and Anthony Van Braband.<ref>{{cite news|title=Homosexuality in Indian Society|newspaper=Sutra Magazine|date=15 January 2008|url=http://sutramagazine.blogspot.com/2008/01/homosexuality-in-indian-society-by.html|accessdate=9 December 2009}}</ref> [[Vinod Mehta]] also worked as the editor of the magazine.<ref name=mint>{{cite news|author=Suchi Bansal|title=Veteran journalist Vinod Mehta dies at 73|url=http://www.livemint.com/Consumer/nmKmsAo0fesC5o3OXfXKDP/Veteran-journalist-Vinod-Mehta-passes-away.html|accessdate=28 October 2016|work=Live Mint|date=9 March 2015|location=New Delhi}}</ref> Under editor [[Derek Bose]], ''Debonair'' was reformatted to remove nudity and target a younger demographic in 2005. As of 2011 the editor was Amrita Shah.<ref>{{cite book|author=Richard Crasta|title=I Will Not Go the F**k to Sleep|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oEfFAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT40|date=4 June 2011|publisher=Invisible Man Press|page=40|id=GGKEY:ZDB4DRUJ8AC}}</ref> It is published on a monthly basis.<ref name="vinod"/><br />
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''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]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Magazines with cover features on Madhuri Dixit|url=http://www.famousfix.com/topic/madhuri-dixit/magazines|website=Famous pictures|publisher=famousfix|accessdate=31 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Singhal|first1=Divya|title=30 Years of Madhuri Dixit Magazine Covers – And She’s Still Fab!|url=https://english.fashion101.in/news/FAS-CELF-CSF-madhuri-dixits-magazine-covers-over-the-years-5323913.html|accessdate=31 May 2018|work=Daily Bhaskar|date=14 May 2016}}</ref><br />
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