By Jilawatan

He came along like a magician and transformed Bollywood’s two classic actresses’ wardrobe from boring to being bold and beautiful! The two said actresses are Rani Mukerjee and Vidya Balan and their magician is ace fashion designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee.

Initially trashed for their jaded fashion sense, Rani and Vidya now get featured as the most stylish Indian actresses across the media. We thus decided to ask Sabya who amongst the two is better when we bumped into him on day one of Lakme Fashion Week’10 in Mumbai. Sabya has also designed clothes for both Rani and Vidya in their forthcoming film together ‘No one killed Jessica’.

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Here’s a new Jodi in the making. Vidya Balan and Pratik Babbar will be seen opposite each other for the first time in designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee’s upcoming untitled film.

According to sources, Sabyasachi is finalizing the script of his maiden film and has decided to cast close buddies Vidya Balan and Pratik Babbar in it. It’s also learnt that the designer turned filmmaker is also trying to cast actress Konkona Sen in the film but nothing is confirmed about her inclusion so far.

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That one of India’s most celebrated fashion designers, Sabyasachi Mukherjee will soon make his directorial debut is a well-known fact. The talented designer who has been painstakingly scripting his debut film is now ready to take his film on the floors in June this year.

Buzz is Sabyasachi’s close friend Vidya Balan and Pratik will star in his first film. Sabyasachi is also in talks with Konkona Sen Sharma, who had said during a recent interview that she finds Pratik very sexy. We won’t be surprised if she too signs on the dotted line.

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The little master of Kolkata, Sabyasachi now moves into another trajectory by establishing his first flagship store with a Post Colonial Kolkata feel revival, in the capital with Carma. Launched by Vidya Balan the store presents the country’s Little Master -Sabyasachi Mukherjee, with the biggest market share on the fashion radar.

Sabya’s recent significant moments include designing for Aishwarya Bachchan in Oprah Winfrey’s show, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s production Guzaarish, Maniratnam’s Ravan and R. Balki’s Paa. Available at this outlet are not only the finery that Sabyasachi is characteristically associated with– namely his Bridal Line, but it moves into presenting an eclectic mix of products including menswear, western, casuals, shoes, jewelry, and bags, with a special dedicated section that focuses on the revival of the woven sari.

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f she had her way, she would even get married in a cotton sari. If he had his way, every woman in the country would wear nothing but cotton saris. Nothing, it seems, can come between Vidya Balan and Sabyasachi Mukherjee and their shared passion for Indianness…

vidya balan at the opening of sabyasachi mukherjee’s first flagship store in delhi. Picture by Jagan negi

“Where are her tantrums? Is she a star?!”

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Vidya Balan loves ethnic style of dressing which include kurtis, jhumkas, and kohl lined eyes.

Balan’s USP is, of course, her gorgeous eyes! And the southern belle knows exactly how to adorn them.

“Vidya calls for her Kajal all the way from Pakistan,” says a source close to the star.

She never touches any other brand of kajal except that particular one from Pakistan.

“Luckily for Vidya now the brand is available in Delhi. She keeps getting gifted expensive eye cosmetics but she refuses to part with her favorite kajal,” adds the source.

By Jilawatan

The little master of Kolkata, Sabyasachi now moves into another trajectory by establishing his first flagship store with a Post Colonial Kolkata feel revival, in the capital with Carma. Launched by Vidya Balan the store presents the country’s Little Master -Sabyasachi Mukherjee, with the biggest market share on the fashion radar.

Sabya’s recent significant moments include designing for Aishwarya Bachchan in Oprah Winfrey’s show, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s production Guzaarish, Maniratnam’s Ravan and R. Balki’s Paa. Available at this outlet are not only the finery that Sabyasachi is characteristically associated with– namely his Bridal Line, but it moves into presenting an eclectic mix of products including menswear, western, casuals, shoes, jewelry, and bags, with a special dedicated section that focuses on the revival of the woven sari.

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Does she mean to say Indian traditional attires lack femininity? Vidya Balan is shedding her behen- ji image and turning into a boho chic in P Balki’s Paa.

The actress is quoted as saying, “I don’t like Indian asexual clothing. I love outfits that look feminine…. My western look in Paa is fun and casually thrown together stuff - somewhat like I am in real life.” Vidya now finds the European way of dressing more comfortable, feminine as well as sensual. But the lady ought to remember that being boho will not suit her every time.

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Vidya Balan has drawn a lot of flak for her clothes. But the Heyy Baby actress has put all those disasters behind her and moved on. For R.Balki’s film, Paa, Balan’s clothes have been designed by none other than designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee, who is known for his ethnic collection.

Balan disclosed, “I play a very middle class girl in Paa and I am married to Abhishek Bachchan. Mr.Bachchan plays our son. The role did not require any dramatic designing. Sabyasachi has designed my clothes in the film.”

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Not many know that Vidya Balan has a National Award winning cousin. Priyamani, who will be seen in Mani Ratnam’s Raavan, is Vidya’s second cousin. The south actress is a psychology student who won a National Award for Tamil film Paruthi Veeran. She has acted in several Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films.

A source reveals, “Priyamani is a hugely popular down south. She will be seen in both the Tamil and Hindi versions of Raavan.