Bollywood’s most expensive outfits

Bollywood
movies have been a huge source of inspiration in terms of fashion. Be
it the early 80’s where Anarkalis, winged liners and simple hair-dos,
ruled the roost or the current era that is flooded with fashion
favourites to pick from, Bollywood stars have always let us steal their
wardrobe secrets!

Be
it cliché love stories or period drama, costumes play an important role
in films. From Aishwarya to Madhuri and Kareena, our B-town stars have
flaunted some of the most expensive costumes onscreen.

While SRK wore a suit in Ra 1, which costs a million dollars, Kareena Kapoor’s little black dress in Kambakkht Ishq costed a whooping Rs. 8 million.

Talking
about Sanjay Leela Bhansali, one needs no explanation about his exotic
films. Be it the lavish sets or the heavy costumes his ladies adorn,
Sanjay’s films are a visual delight to the viewers.

Here’s a look at some exorbitantly priced costumes celebrities wore onscreen.

SRK

SRK’s
G-one costume was made for a whooping Rs. 1 crore. The electric blue
costume, constructed by a group of experts from Los Angeles, gave a
perfect sci-fi effect to Shahrukh’s character in the film.

 Madhuri Dixit

Madhuri’s outfits in Devdas,
was a combined effort by designers Neeta Lulla, Reza Sharifi, Abu Jani
and Sandeep Khosla. With each dress costing Rs. 15 lakhs, the costumes
sported exquisite embroidery, glamour and class.

 Aishwarya Rai

Neetu Lulla designed Ash’s clothes in Jodha Akbar with precious and semi precious stones. Each of these costumes had a hefty price tag of Rs.2 Lakhs.

 Sonakshi Sinha

Sonakshi’s lehenga in the song Radha Nachege from Tevar was worth Rs.75 lakhs.

 Salman Khan 

Salman Khan had six specially designed armours for him for
his period film Veer - each costing a whopping Rs. 20 Lakh.

 

Mallika Sherawat

For
a New Year performance in Mumbai, actress Mallika Sherawat wore a
single nude jumpsuit with diamond studded bikini top, for which she
faced a lot of criticism.