The former member of the British boy-band One Direction and the new hot-shot pop star, Zayn Malik has been announced in his first international magazine cover. Yes! the young heartthrob Zayn Malik is seen on the February edition of ELLE India's cover.

As one would expect, no! Zayn did not go desi for the cover. Instead, he stuck to his fun casual look. The fashion editor of the magazine, Rahul Vijay, said in an interview, "I kept the mood true to his rock 'n' roll personality and the choice of clothes was a mix of bomber jackets, denim, sharp suits and lots of prints and textures. I hadn't heard his music before and I just knew of him as a pop star who was dating Gigi Hadid. I would play his tracks in preparation for the shoot while doing call-ins. The white cricket sweater from Hilfiger Collection with the neck adjusted to show off his tattoos seemed like an appropriate cover image. It’s rock’n’roll - preppy"

Elle announced it on their social handles. They tweeted with the cover picture saying. "For the first time in #India, @ELLEINDIA’s cover star @zaynmalik talks #Bollywood, big boy moves and breaking out of the box. #ZaynMalik in @tommyhilfiger for #ElleIndia."

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It is also mentioned in an interview with the fashion editor that the pop star has huge affection for Bollywood and King Khan; so much that he made his girlfriend, Gigi Hadid, watch Devdas. Now that's a statement. Love for Bollywood and bagging a cover of India's top magazine. It will be fun to see if this star will become one amongst the B'town names.