Nidhi Yasha

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Nidhi Yasha
Born (1983-04-26) 26 April 1983 (age 41)
Occupation Costume designer
Years active2010-present
Website https://nidhiyasha.com/

Nidhi Yasha (born 26 April 1983) is an Indian costume designer. [1] Nidhi designs costumes for Zee TV's Buddha and Star Plus TV series Mahabharat (2013 TV series)(2013) with Bhanu Athaiya as her consulting faculty for the show. [2] Yasha said they studied over 450 books related to period textiles, costume and jewellery to arrive at the look for the show. [3] [4] [5]

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Early life and education

Nidhi Yasha was born in Patna in 1983. She studied at St.Joseph's Convent High School, Patna. She graduated from NIFT, Delhi in the year 2005.[ citation needed ]

Career

Nidhi Yasha came to Mumbai in 2008, and handled the menswear division for a retail brand, Wadhawan lifestyle- India from November 2008 to March 2009. She started designing costumes in 2009. Nidhi created the costumes and styled the look for shows like Ramleela – Ajay Devgn Ke Saath , Devon Ka Dev Mahadev, Chandragupta Maurya, Shobha Somnath Ki , Navya, Anhoniyon Ka Andhera, Durga, Buddha, Savitri, Jodha-Akbar, Mahabharat and films like Haunted, Jal, 1920 Evil Returns, Dangerous Ishhq, Maximum and Zilla Ghaziabad , Policegiri

Recognition

She won an Indian Television Academy Award and Indian Telly award for her work in Shobha Somnath Ki, on Zee TV. [6]

Nidhi had worked as a costume designer for Swastik Pictures from 2009 to 2011. [7] She was invited by the East West Center Gallery to exhibit her works and to give guest lectures on Indian costume design at the University of Hawaii in September–October 2013.[ citation needed ]

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