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The biggest stamp of approval from my parents came after the Filmfare award: Costume designer Rohit Chaturvedi
Little did Kanpur-born Rohit Chaturvedi knew what fate had in store for him. A studious teenager, who went to Mumbai to become a Chartered Accountant, is today a well-known costume designer in Bollywood. In Lucknow for the movie Pagglait which features Sanya Malhotra in lead, Rohit talked with us about his journey from Kanpur to Mumbai, his first big break, his Filmfare award and more…
The Destined Designer: Rohit Chaturvedi
Rohit Chaturvedi, a renowned Bollywood costume designer, who is currently shooting for Doctor G in Allahabad, sounds excited and happy on a phone call. Ask him the reason, the 38-year-old designer says, “It’s my mother’s birthday, who has been my guiding force in my 15 years of career in Bollywood.” “She is a cinephile and I have inherited this passion for movies from her only,” recalls Rohit, who came to Mumbai years back from Kanpur to become a Chartered Accountant and landed up becoming a costume designer.
It’s not just about clothes
Rohit Chaturvedi has dressed three films featured at MAMI this edition, two of them are competing against each other in the India Gold section
He is a veteran of 20 commercial films, having worked with big names like Ram Gopal Varma and Rohit Shetty. Now, costume designer Rohit Chaturvedi debuts in the alternate zone — at Jio Mami 18th Mumbai Film Festival With Star — that too with not just one but three films.
Industry Speak: Rohit Chaturvedi | Whistling Woods International
Rohit Chaturvedi, the renowned costume designer, talks about designing and the opportunities at Whistling Woods International.