Rushi Sharma

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Rushi Sharma
NationalityIndian
Occupation Costume designer
Notable work

Rushi Sharma is an Indian costume designer. She and her creative partner Manoshi Nath co-founded Fools Paradise Design Works Pvt Ltd. in 2007 and have worked extensively in the Indian film industry. [1] Rushi and Manoshi are known for creating authentic characters through their attention to detail [2] and are also recognised as designers who practice sustainability in costume design. [3] Their films have won many awards, including two Filmfare Awards for Best Costume Design — the first in 2009 for Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! and the second in 2013 for Shanghai.

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Early life

Rushi studied Fashion Design at NIFT, a leading fashion institute in New Delhi and started working professionally as a costume designer in theatre.

She has also studied sustainable fashion at Polimoda fashion school in Italy.

Career

Rushi worked with India Take One on international commercials and music videos as a costume designer. She met Manoshi Nath in 2000 while working on commercials with Pradeep Sarkar, where they realised how they complemented each other’s design ethos.

The first feature film Rushi and Manoshi designed was Dibakar Banerjee’s Khosla Ka Ghosla (2006). Since they set up their company, Fools Paradise, in 2007, their names have only been taken together. They went on to design costumes for Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! in 2008, and have designed character costumes for films like Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010), Shanghai (2012), Talaash (2012), Queen (2014), [4] [5] PK (2014), Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2016), Sherni (2021), Shamshera (2022), [6] [7] Thugs of Hindostan (2018) [8] [9] and many more.

The film Khosla Ka Ghosla came to them just 15 days before the shooting schedule. They designed the iconic cult film, which influenced the local flavor of indie cinema in the 2000s, on a shoestring budget. Today, Rushi and Manoshi are called to design a film from the day a script is greenlit and the actors are finalized.

PK, a film that they worked on, became the highest-grossing Bollywood film of its time, with nearly 754 crore INR in earnings. Rushi and Manoshi’s designs for Aamir Khan, Sanjay Dutt and Anushka Sharma in PK, for which they won at the Screen Awards (2015), received nationwide applause and recognition.

From then on, Rushi and Manoshi planted the seeds of recycling in costume design. In PK, they bought clothes off of people’s backs in the streets of Rajasthan to get the most authentic look for the parts. [10] Rushi and Manoshi have also made extensive efforts to increase the sustainability of their creative process from start to finish. To promote ethical design, they source fabrics directly from weavers and artisans, provide employment with higher living wages to cottage industry workers, and believe in the philosophy of buying locally. They have also made great efforts to recycle pre-loved costumes from old film stocks. For Jayeshbhai Jordaar (2022), they travelled along the Kutch, creating supply chains for future projects like Maja Ma (2022) and more.

For their sustainability endeavours and SOPs in Indian costume design, they were awarded the Elle Sustainability Award for Mindful Design (2023). [11] Rushi and Manoshi have been invited by SRFTI and NIFT to mentor their students on costume design. [12] They have hence ventured into creating a curriculum around Fashion, Costumes and Sustainability in design.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryNominated WorkResult
2009Filmfare AwardsBest Costume Design Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! Won
2010Global Indian Film AwardsBest Costume Design Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai Won
2013Filmfare AwardsBest Costume Design Shanghai Won
2013Filmfare AwardsBest Costume Design Queen Nominated
2013Screen AwardsBest Costume Design Queen Won
2014Screen AwardsBest Costume Design PK Won
2015Filmfare AwardsBest Costume Design PK Nominated
2015Bollywood Style AwardsBest Costume Design Kangana Ranaut's Queen CatwalkWon [13]

Filmography

YearTitle
2003 Natale in India
2006 Khosla Ka Ghosla
2008 Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!
2010 Love Sex Aur Dhokha
2010 Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai
2010 Lafangey Parindey
2010 10ml LOVE
2011 Chalo Dilli
2011 Chillar Party
2012 Satyamev Jayate
2012 Shanghai
2012 Talaash: The Answer Lies Within
2013 Queen
2013 Dhoom 3
2014 Kick
2014 PK
2015 Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!
2016 Sanam Teri Kasam
2016 Azhar
2017 A Gentleman
2017 Simran
2018 Love Per Square Foot
2018 Thugs of Hindostan
2018 Noblemen
2020 Panga
2020Gulabi Lens (short)
20221 Sherni
2021 Bell Bottom
2022 Jayeshbhai Jordaar
2022 Rashtra Kavach Om
2022 Shamshera
2022 Good Luck Jerry
2022 Cuttputlli
2022 Maja Ma
2022 Ram Setu
2023 Kakuda

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References

  1. ↑ Bollywoo.ooo || BW Style Talk Episode 3 ft. Rushi Sharma and Manoshi Nath.
  2. ↑ Guftagoo with Rushi Sharma & Manoshi Nath.
  3. ↑ ""Cohesiveness and Sustainability – The new mantras for fashion and styling in Bollywood"". Textile Magazine, Textile News, Apparel News, Fashion News. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  4. ↑ Queen Look Test | Kangana Ranaut, Rajkummar Rao, Vikas Bahl | 7th Mar, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Bollywood Style Awards 2015: Queen | Verve Magazine". www.vervemagazine.in. 8 March 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  6. ↑ Making | Ranbir Kapoor as Balli and Shamshera | Vaani Kapoor | Sanjay Dutt | Karan Malhotra | BTS.
  7. ↑ https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/shamsheras-costume-designers-on-the-challenge-of-dressing-up-ranbir-kapoor-as-father-and-son/cid/1876535
  8. ↑ Costume of the Thugs | Making of Thugs Of Hindostan | Chapter 5 | Amitabh Bachchan | Aamir Khan.
  9. ↑ Panicker, Anahita (9 November 2018). "'We knew we weren't making a documentary'". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  10. ↑ Making Of 'PK' Aamir Khan's PK Character.
  11. ↑ "Here Are All The Winners At The ELLE Sustainability Awards 2023 - Elle India". 27 April 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  12. ↑ "Rushi Sharma And Manoshi Nath Are Making The Wasteful Costume Design Industry Sustainable. Here's How - Elle India". 14 December 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  13. ↑ https://www.vervemagazine.in/fashion-and-beauty/bollywood-style-awards-2015-queen
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