Are there any practical difficulties in getting 1920s look with costumes and jewelry?
Yes, there are practical difficulties in getting the right look. The first challenge is that this look will be setting up an example to present and the future generation about the 1920’s look. The fabric used in the film for the period portion of the entire cast was very challenging; I have used real natural fiber fabric in natural vegetable dyes along with the weaving design researched and procured of that era. When it comes to Jewelry much more research went in as the designs had a very ethnic and traditional feel unique to that region. Did you take any references to design the looks? I did extensive research for the details into Arundhati’s costumes. Having a royal heritage helped a lot, along with major research in archives, libraries, my family history, other royal families’ history. With a few cinematic liberties and tweaking the look just fell into place. Tell us about your impression after watching Arundhati film? I being my biggest critic, this is the first time is all my 41 f
