CC2C stylist talks about designing the look of the actors : Bollywood News

How differently did you have to think about styling songs?

The songs had to look very lush and so we went all out. I worked along with the choreographer, Pony Verma, and we coordinated the costumes with the picturisation. Although CC2C is not the typical Bollywood song-n-dance movie, we still had lavish costume changes, sets and the extravaganza one expects. It was quite challenging to adapt armours and long regal robes to the beat of Bollywood. We even had to think about action sequences in the songs as we had wire-work type stunts.

This is your first Bollywood film - what challenges did you face?

The language, weather, expanse of this movie, numerous technical challenges for the stunts for which the costumes were required to be functional and yet look beautiful. They had to endure the wear-and-tear of the many amazing stunts in the film. We had to make Akshay and Deepika look effortless whilst they are doing all the action.

What tricks did you use while designing costumes to ensure they were flexible enough for action sequences?

Well, there was no specific trick but to just discuss with the stunt director. He knows what is required and at what point and was very helpful in discussing his needs in order to make the stunts look amazing. We ensured that a lot of the fabrics were durable. For example we have a whole scene that we shot over seven days in the rain. The clothes had to survive and still look good, so we used fabrics and waterproofed them just enough to look wet, yet get soaked slowly.