When Baahubali was released in
2015, it took the nation by storm with its excellent special effects,
storyline, acting, sets and costumes. With the Baahubali 2: The Conclusion, the
movie series has gone where no other Indian production has ever done before.
The grandeur of the various war scenes, high precision of the different
sequences as well as the costumes of royal fashion has made a distinct impression
on all moviegoers. The look of Princess Devasena has been a hot topic of
discussion among fashion aficionados and it has set a major trend on how royal fashion should ideally look like.
Traditionally, when we think of
an Indian princess or a lady from a royal family, we tend to think in the lines
of clothes that do offer elegance and beauty but are also quite rigid and
difficult to move in. However, in Baahubali, we see Anushka dress up as a
princess without losing her natural flexibility and spiritedness. She has taken
the concept of saree dressing simply to a completely new level. Her clothing
was filled with traces of rich handloom fabrics as well as silk such as
Paithani and Banarasi weaves. Even though the sarees are quite rich in their
texture they have a serene beautiful fall that serves as a dream drape.
Stylists who were responsible for creating the look of Princess Devasena made
use of contrasting combinations which has helped in bringing out the overall
richness in the blouses and sarees that were chosen for her.
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| Anushka Shetty as Princess Devasena in Baahubali 2 |
Prashanti Tipirneni was the dress
designer for Anushka Shetty in Baahubali. She and her team took special care to
pay utmost focus to each and every detail while creating the costumes of
Princess Devasena. The young princess Devasena is seen in drapes and sarees of
notably vivid hues that expresses the carefree spirit that is associated with
younger age. The colors have been chosen with individual care so that they
easily stand out from backgrounds. Each of the sarees that have been worn by
Princess Devasena is a fabric of 12 yards that has been exclusively woven to
set to drape. Each and every look that has been sported by Princess Devasena
has been very carefully curated. The blue saree along with heavy jewelry used
in the sequence when she goes with Baahubali has attained widespread popularity
among women of this country. It clearly depicts the fabulous richness of the
kingdom that she is coming from.
Another distinct element of the
ensemble look of Princess Devasena was definitely her jewelry. The pieces of
jewelry that were used in this movie for Princess Devasena were carefully
chosen to give additional depth and resonance to the character. Since Devasena
is a crown princess, she has been given the best feminine looking jewelry that
would be in line with what any young girl would naturally want her pieces of jewelry
to be. In each and every sequence, her jewelry plays a special part to
determine her looks and social position.
While in the festive scenes we
can see her in grand jewelry, in the hunting scenes she can be in rather simple jewelry. Compared to the stones, yellow gold has been used with more
generosity. This is done to emphasize that in the southern parts of India,
yellow gold is more readily preferred than polki and kundan which is used
extensively in the north. More than 1500 pieces of jewelry were made
exclusively for this movie. Some of these jewelry items include arm bands,
waist bands, heavy neck pieces, toe rings, dangler earrings and jhumkis.
Different jewelry pieces had unique functional aspects of their own.
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