I am a costume designer and scholar with over 15 years of experience shaping stories in Bollywood and beyond. I’ve designed for films such as Neerja, Mukti Bhawan, Yeh Meri Family, and The Last Hour—projects that have earned international recognition at festivals including Venice and Busan, and a Filmfare nomination for Best Costume Design, India’s premier cinematic honor. Yeh Meri Family continues to resonate globally, earning a spot in IMDb’s Top 250 TV shows.

My approach is research-driven and story-focused. Every detail—color, fabric, silhouette, accessory—is deliberate, revealing a character’s personality, social context, and cultural background. Whether evoking 90s nostalgia with a simple “rafoo” in Yeh Meri Family or capturing the lived-in authenticity of an engineering hostel in Hostel Daze, my costumes make worlds tangible and characters unforgettable.

I hold a Master’s in Costume Studies from NYU Steinhardt, an interdisciplinary program combining Western dress history, art, literature, and cultural theory. My thesis examined Indian dress in dialogue with Western traditions and colonial histories, earning invitations to present at both the Richard Martin Thesis Symposium (NYU) and the Costume Society of America Symposium—a recognition of both scholarly rigor and global relevance. I also studied Cinema Studies at NYU Tisch, strengthening my understanding of film as a universal language and reinforcing my international vision.

Having lived and worked across Mumbai, New York, and Los Angeles, and enriched by extensive travel, I bring a cosmopolitan perspective to every project. My costumes are grounded in cultural authenticity, yet designed to resonate universally—helping stories reach audiences across borders. Costume design, for me, is not just craft; it is both an artistic and scholarly practice—one that uses dress as a lens to explore identity, memory, politics of representation, and culture. It is a way to animate narrative, convey identity, and create worlds that feel lived-in and real.