Mumbai : Actor Prateik Babbar, who made a mode assertion when he attended the Mumbai screening of his late mom Smita Patil’s movie ‘Manthan’, wore a suit-pant made out of her Kanjeevaram sarees.
Designer Rahul Vijay, who designed the outfit, just lately took to his Instagram to share particulars about it. Rahul additionally thanked Prateik for giving him the prospect to create the masterpiece.
Discussing the creation strategy of the outfit, he wrote, “Thank you @_prat for letting me dig into the archives of your late mother, and the very iconic Smita Patil. When Prateik called me up asking me to dress him up for the Indian premiere of ‘Manthan’, Smita Patil’s first movie that was shown at the recent Cannes Film Festival, I knew I had to bring in elements of Smita Patil’s style into his look”.
“Now this was challenging because we were getting womenswear pieces and moreover we didn’t know what we would end up finding from Smita Patil’s wardrobe that would match Prateik’s style,” he added.
Rahul shared that Prateik’s aunt helped them select two silk Kanjeevaram sarees that had been preserved through the years. His thought was to merge Indian textiles with fashionable silhouettes, and he designed the outfit in session with Monica Shah of Jade by MK.
They created a cropped double-breasted tuxedo in plain black silk, with the pinstripe sample from one saree become wide-legged pants. The crimson border of the second saree was used for the sleeves, including a contact of magnificence to the ensemble.
Rahul wrote, “We wanted to keep the silhouette very very modern considering we were recycling Indian sarees. I always like the juxtaposition of Indian textiles with modern silhouettes. And finally, we decided on a cropped double-breasted tuxedo in plain black silk and we recycled the second pinstriped saree into wide-legged pants and used the red border of the saree as trims on the sleeves ( the design was lifted from a recent look that the brand did for their couture collection)”.
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At the screening, Prateik was joined by his girlfriend, actor Priya Banerjee, who added a private contact by carrying Smita’s saree and her jewellery
Apart from Prateik, attendees included Naseeruddin Shah together with his spouse Ratna Pathak Shah, Dr. Kurien’s daughter Nirmala Kurien, and Amul MD Jayen Mehta.
Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, the founding father of the Film Heritage Foundation, the non-profit group chargeable for the restored print, was additionally current.
