'I don't like doing item numbers but they keep coming to me.'
Vicky Kaushal felt he looked like a 'jewellery store' while dressing up in Chhava.
Rashmika Mandanna used to sip water from a bottle cap while shooting for the film, so that her look would not get ruined.
16 blue saris were created for Allu Arjun for the dance sequence in Pushpa 2.
Costume designer Sheetal Iqbal Sharma has many interesting insights from the movies he designs for, from Animal, Stree 2, Gangubai Kathiawadi, Manto, Emergency, Saiyaara and Bhul Chuk Maaf.
He also answers the question we often wonder: Just where do these exquisite film costumes go after the movie releases?
In this podcast with Ronjita Kulkarni/Rediff, Sheetal says, "Alia Bhatt travels to London, stays in Bandra, she's a very urban girl. But to blend in with an area like Kamathipura (Mumbai's red light area) in Gangubai Kathiawadi, and take that body language, is so commendable."
Video edit: Reuben N V
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