Sona, an Indian Restaurant With Ties to a Star, Opens

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Sona

Priyanka Chopra Jonas, a star and producer of the film “White Tiger,” is the marquee name involved in this new restaurant. She’s serving as creative adviser. Her friend Maneesh K. Goyal, an entrepreneur whose father owned a restaurant but who is new to the business, is doing the heavy lifting. He has brought on David Rabin, a partner in the Lambs Club, and the chef Hari Nayak, who has worked in kitchens in Bangalore, India; Bangkok; Dubai, the United Arab Emirates; and elsewhere, after graduating from the Culinary Institute of America. Melissa Bowers designed Sona to evoke the Art Deco period that flourished in Mumbai in the 1930s. Mirrors from that era share the space with earlier design statements like Thonet-style chairs and Josef Hoffmann sconces. Stately gilded columns brighten the front lounge and the rear main dining room in a space that’s elegant down to…