The toughest outfits in Bollywood!
I designed Madhuri's sari for the song Dole re in Devdas.
Draped Bengali-style, it was fully embroidered and very heavy. We also had to give it a lot of pleats so her movements would not be restricted.
What was tough is that it would come to us for repairs every night, after the shoot. The shoot would resume at 8 am the next morning so, within 7 or 8 hours, we had to re-starch the sari, re-polish and repair it.
That was the most difficult and monotonous job we did, which went on for 15 days. We even had to fix the jewellery -- in case something would break or the earrings would fall off and get lost. Ultimately, it all paid off. I won a National Award for this.
I saw Aishwarya's sari in this song for the first time on the sets. And, thanks to director Sanjay Leela Bhansali, her and Madhuri's saris matched. He gets all credit for briefing Neeta Lulla (Ash's designer) and me so well.