After pulling off a casting coup for Veere Di Wedding, producer Rhea Kapoor who will also be styling the big-ticket entertainer, has also managed to get designer duo extraordinaire -Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla on board!
The celebrated designers will be working on all the Indian clothes in the film , customizing the outfits for the ensemble starcast , infusing their signature Indian craftsmanship and textile heritage with European tailored silhouettes.
What’s even more exciting is that Veere Di Wedding will be the first film Abu-Sandeep will be working on after 15 years. The designers last did the costumes for Devdas, for which they won the National Award for Best Costume Design.
While the designers have kept away from designing for films , the makers of Veere Di Wedding managed to convince them and while not much is known at this juncture, sources reveal that Abu- Sandeep will be opening up their design archives from years ago and digging out looks for the film.
What they do promise however, is to showcase their rick legacy for Indian wearthat will retain pride and respect in what is beautiful about our culture and country and yet appeal to those with global taste.
Produced by Rhea Kapoor & Ekta Kapoor and directed by Shashank Ghosh , Veere Di Wedding will have a 2018 release.Starring Kareena Kapoor Khan, Sonam Kapoor, Swara Bhaskar and Shikha Talsania , the film is a fun ride that explores the spirit of the modern Indian woman.
We are looking forward to veere Di wedding.. it’s an exciting project as we are dressing all the girls in the movie.. it’s our first after Devdas said Abu- Sandeep:
We haven’t work on a film since Devdas as couture is where we belong and we have been busy with growing our brands abujanisandeepkhosla and recently Asal…movies we love so when Rhea approached us it was a yes without even thinking as we love Rhea for what she does .. she has changed the entire celebrity styling scene in india.. Sonam has set a new benchmark in dressing with Rhea.We are Trendsetters and love working with two trendsetters of the next generation Rhea Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor.. Sonam we have been dressing over the years we have a mutual admiration society.. she has been wearing us since the launch of Sawariya music.. her first film..Kareena will be a first and we are looking forward to working with her as well.. it is going to be exciting… Swara is a super actor and have been following and loving her work films…
This was the ideal film for us to do as it revolves around a wedding and we love Indian weddings.. Rhea is a strong minded girl and so we are doing things as per a brief we all decided on… all the best to everyone on Veere Di wedding
