Aki Narula
Aki Narula | |
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Born | 1968 (age 55–56) Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
Occupation(s) | Fashion designer, costume designer |
Years active | 1994–present |
Aki Narula (born 1968) is an Indian
Early life and education
Born and brought up in
Aki has had no formal training in fashion designing. "While studying commerce at St. Xavier's College, Calcutta, I was completely taken up by fashion. And despite no formal training in fashion designing, I began to design outfits for my friends," he said.[3]
Career
Upon returning to in 1992, he started a
Though he had previously designed for Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding in 2005, his big break into Bollywood came with Yash Raj Films’ Bunty Aur Babli in 2005 directed by Shaad Ali, in which he gave a new look to Patiala salwars and kurtis. This led to a string of films, which got noticed for clothes designed and styled by him.[1] In the subsequent years as he got busy with his film projects, he gradually steered away from mainstream fashion designing, and seldom appeared in Fashion Weeks, though he planned to re-launch his label, and balance between Fashion Week and film projects.[5]
Over the years, he got acclaim for the looks for
In 2009, sports-lifestyle brand Puma, which had previously worked with Alexander McQueen, Yasuhiro Mihara and Sergio Rossi, signed on Aki to create 'Black Label', a range of apparel, footwear and accessories to hit Puma stores in February 2010. In 2012, he designed the costume for Asin Thottumkal in Housefull 2.[5][10]
Filmography
- Monsoon Wedding (2001)
- Bunty Aur Babli (2005)
- Garam Masala (2005)
- Bluffmaster! (2005)
- Don - The Chase Begins Again(2006)
- Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (2007)
- Tashan (2008)
- Bhoothnath (2008)
- Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008)
- Dostana (2008)
- Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008)
- Kambakkht Ishq (2009)
- Shortkut(2009)
- Kurbaan (2009)
- Paa (2009)
- Housefull (2010)
- Lamhaa (2010)
- I Am (2010)
- Tees Maar Khan (2010)
- Chillar Party (2011)
- Rascals (2011)
- Rockstar (2011)
- Agent Vinod (2011)
- Housefull 2(2012)
- Highway (2014)
References
- ^ a b c d "FASHION: How to Dress a Rockstar". Tehelka Magazine, Vol 8, Issue 39. 1 October 2011. Archived from the original on 24 September 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
- ^ a b "Aki Narula:Biography". indobase.
- ^ "Driven by design". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. 16 September 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "Fruitful FINALE". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 3 May 2004. Archived from the original on 1 February 2005.
- ^ DNA. 12 June 2009.
- ^ "Dressed to kill". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 7 June 2007. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013.
- ^ "Aki Narula's guide to mismatched dressing". Mint. 2 July 2009.
- ^ "Kambakkht Ishq". Mint. 3 July 2009.
- ^ "Ranbir simply rocks in Bachna Ae Haseeno". NDTV Movies. 13 August 2008. Archived from the original on 20 July 2012.
- ^ "Designer deal". Mint. 8 February 2010.
External links
- Aki Narula at IMDb
- Aki Narula at Bollywood Hungama