--- title: Payal Kapadia is on the TIME100 Next 2024 List description: Find out how Payal Kapadia is shaping the future and defining the next generation of leadership. canonical: https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2024/7023640/payal-kapadia/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2024-10-02T11:22:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-07-29T07:17:08.235Z article:section: World og:title: 2024 TIME100 Next: Payal Kapadia og:description: Find out why Payal Kapadia is on this year’s TIME100 Next list og:url: https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2024/7023640/payal-kapadia/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc0a8265d49c92588/698a5ba0457a52516dd6ad54/time100-next-2024-payal-kapadia-crop.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 2400 og:image:height: 1350 og:image:alt: 2024 TIME100 Next: Payal Kapadia og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 2024 TIME100 Next: Payal Kapadia twitter:description: Find out why Payal Kapadia is on this year’s TIME100 Next list twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc0a8265d49c92588/698a5ba0457a52516dd6ad54/time100-next-2024-payal-kapadia-crop.jpg?branch=production --- Oct 02, 2024 # Payal Kapadia by Ayushmann Khurrana  Payal Kapadia Payal KapadiaLaurent KOFFEL—Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images Payal Kapadia is nothing short of a trailblazer. Her 2024 film, _All We Imagine as Light_, made history this year as the first from India to win Cannes’ Grand Prix. The movie is a master class of emotions—deeply reflective, philosophical, and meditative in its approach. There is a powerful believability to how she portrays the human experience onscreen. Her authenticity and her lens on reality are part of what makes her work so rare. What she achieved at Cannes is a milestone for Indian cinema. I’m proud to be living in an era where I could witness a talent like Payal showing the world that Indian stories resonate universally, transcending geographies and languages. Her win will inspire other filmmakers and artists to follow in her footsteps and think big. India is a young country of more than 1.4 billion people. We have 1.4 billion stories to tell, and Payal has boldly, loudly, and brilliantly told everyone to pursue their dreams. It would be an honor to work with her, and to engage with her mind. _Khurrana is an actor_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2024/7023640/payal-kapadia/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2024/7023640/payal-kapadia/"},"headline":"Payal Kapadia","datePublished":"2024-10-02T11:22:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-07-29T07:17:08.235Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2024/7023640/payal-kapadia/","keywords":["list","franchise","Magazine","TIME 100 Next","sponsorshipblock"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc0a8265d49c92588/698a5ba0457a52516dd6ad54/time100-next-2024-payal-kapadia-crop.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[],"creator":"Time","articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc0a8265d49c92588/698a5ba0457a52516dd6ad54/time100-next-2024-payal-kapadia-crop.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2024/7023640/payal-kapadia/","name":"Payal Kapadia"}}]}] ```