Fashion design has undergone a change in Bollywood as it has become more realistic, Indian designer Manish Malhotra has said.
“[Films as well as fashion designing] has become more real. It has become more approachable... [and] more understandable. There is glamour, then there is reality. I think that’s what has changed,” he said in an interview.
Malhotra, who has designed costumes for about 1,000 films in his more than two-decade-old career, reckoned that movies too have gotten closer to real life.
“The movies have changed. Today’s movies are far more real. The characters are more real. They are speaking the real language; everything has changed. The way the actors dress up, it’s looking more real. It is not just [about] looking glamorous, a little more realism has come into the clothes,” he said.
Stressing that change is inevitable, Malhotra said everyone needs adapt to stay relevant.
“[With] every generation, every five years things change. The person who has to be successful, the person who is always busy, has to change with the times. I think the characters have changed. So, it helps us changing the dressing also,” he said.
As he now faces a different set of requirements as a designer, Malhotra said it should be seen as an opportunity to do something new.
“Yes, the stories have changed. Characters have changed. People have changed. That helps us to do different kinds of work also, which is much better for us. We cannot keep doing the same kind of work all the time. It’s nice,” he said.
