Neeta had to make Aish's saree for 'Devdas' overnight

Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s 2002 merchandise 'Devdas', featuring Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai, and Madhuri Dixit, inactive holds a peculiar spot successful each movie lover’s heart. The movie was praised for its grandeur and won 5 National Film Awards, 3 of which were for accumulation and costume design.

Designer Neeta Lulla precocious reflected connected the high-pressure situation down 1 of the film’s astir iconic scenes. She shared a infinitesimal erstwhile Bhansali requested changes to Aishwarya’s saree successful the climax, which made the unit enactment swiftly astatine the past minute.Neeta Lulla astir designing saree for Aishwarya Rai BachchanIn an interrogation with News18, Neeta shared, “I had lone overnight to make that look. The full movie featured saris that were 12–14 metres long.

I had chopped up 2 oregon 3 saris to make the full ensemble. For the last scene, Sanjay felt helium needed a fabric (Durga) Puja saree.”Sanjay Leela Bhansali asked for a lengthy saree

On the nighttime earlier filming a important country for Devdas, Neeta visited Aishwarya astatine her vanity van to effort the outfit. It was astir 7 p.m., and Sanjay Leela Bhansali was not satisfied with the magnitude of the saree’s pallu. He envisioned the pallu catching occurrence successful the changeable and wanted it to person much magnitude to marque it look realistic.

Neeta politely excused herself and instantly acceptable things successful question to lick the occupation overnight.Neeta Lulla's past infinitesimal preparationsShe began making telephone calls successful hunt of a solution and managed to person 1 of her trusted cloth vendors to unfastened his store astatine 11 p.m. to proviso the indispensable material. She besides directed her squad of embroiderers to statesman enactment connected adding borders and embellishments to the fabric. They successfully created not 1 but 2 sarees, each 13 metres successful length. By 8:30 a.m. the pursuing morning, they had completed the outfit.About DevdasDevdas besides featured Jackie Shroff, Kirron Kher, Smita Jaykar, Manoj Joshi, and Ananya Khare successful cardinal roles.