Showing posts with label costumes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label costumes. Show all posts

Thursday, 20 February 2025

Sridevi in Pathar Ke Insan (1990)



Gorgeous Sridevi in Pathar Ke Insan (1990). 

It is alleged that Sridevi, 27, met a young Kajol on the sets of this film and advised her father Shomu Mukherjee (who directed Sridevi in the film)  to ask her to join the industry! 

We can only await Kajol to confirm or deny this online rumour! 



Monday, 8 April 2024

Sridevi on the sets of Masterji: Costumes for the sensuous--and comedic!--songs

Sridevi on the sets of Masterji: Costumes for the sensuous--and comedic!--songs. 

Features and images regarding the film are here, 



Saturday, 27 January 2024

Tuesday, 19 December 2023

Sridevi in and as Banjaran (1991)




Personally, not a huge fan of Banjaran but it has such a cult following. Reports online on the success of the movie are decidedly mixed; I have magazines from the early 90s that called the movie a flop, but have an inkling the movie more than recuperated as the voluminous songs and dances were such a rage, the film has such a massive following till date and there's a certain strata of society that loved the reincarnation theme, costumes, the high-pitch melodrama... 

The costumes of an Indian Gypsy (ie Banjaran) were a bit of a hodgepodge mess. Just everything thrown at the wall and see what sticks, but then you see the credits and realise, a motley crew of people worked in the film including Leena Daru, Neeta Lulla.... and it doesn't look like it was done in a cohesive manner so nothing matched and worked well together. The hair, accessories, colours, cuts are all over the place... And the movie has a dated 80s feel to it. A few good songs but a few blaring... I don't know. And yet have seen it a few times just to see Sridevi. Again. And again. 


We have a massive archive of images and info on the film here. 

Sunday, 11 June 2023

Sridevi's fashionable year 1989: The looks of Nigahein


The salwars, the saris and the dance costumes of Nigahein... 

Sridevi stunned. 

Released two days before her 26th birthday, gorgeous Sri looked incredible throughout the film. 

The anticipated sequel to Nagina-Sridevi's first and only sequel-recovered costs in opening weekend and week as the anticipation was high, alas, the film couldn't sustain interest as the plot points were essentially the same as the superior prequel, with the only changes of Sunny Deol replacing Rishi Kapoor and Anupam Kher replacing Amrish Puri, who gave a tour de force performance as Sri's arch nemesis. Anupam Kher years later said, he was embarrassed by his performance in Nighaein while Sridevi was stunning as always. 


Sunday, 2 April 2023

Sridevi in Harmesh Malhotra movies: Costumes galore


Sridevi in Harmesh Malhotra movies: Costumes galore 

After the stupendous success of Nagina, producer/director offered Sridevi every film of his thereafter. Sridevi said yes to most, not all. She looked, acted, danced gorgeously in each film - but not all met the same fate at the box office. 





Monday, 1 August 2022

Sridevi's colourful costumes in Majaal


Sridevi's colourful costumes in Majaal 

Not a particularly good film or box-office smash - the only surprising thing about the movie was that it was produced by arch-rival and off-screen nemesis (scroll through the archive!) Jaya Prada and her husband Srikanth Nahata! 

Either Sridevi hadn't read any of the trash they had said about her in print or she chose the high rode to forgive and forget... 

Hmm. 


Friday, 17 June 2022

Sridevi's Kaleidoscope of Colours in Bollywood: The costumes and glitter


Sridevi's epic costumes on screen, some extravagant ensembles, colourful, studded with sequins, in gold and in glitter... a kaleidoscope of colours and she was such a doll in them. 

Wednesday, 18 August 2021

Leena Daru on designing salwaars for Sridevi in Chandni (1989)



Designer Leena Daru on working with Sridevi and Yash Chopra for the look and costumes of Chandni,  “Copies of film costumes come out very quickly on the streets,” she says. “So I used my sketching skills to make cheap copies difficult. For Sridevi’s wardrobe in Chandni, I drew the patterns for her kurtas and had them embroidered by my karigars. The look was completed with shaded, chiffon dupattas that I got dyed at the factory of Beauty Art, a leading laundry those days.”

More at The Quint - read up here.  



Sunday, 23 May 2021

Sridevi's glittering ensembles for the costume drama Sultanat: A Bollywood extravaganza from the 80s

Sridevi's glittering ensembles for the costume drama Sultanat: A Bollywood extravaganza from the 1980s! The first film under Mukul Anand where he presented her larger than life.