29. Costume: Amrapali (1966)

Who better than Bollywood to launch a month on costume and fashion in film?  Lekh Tandon’s colorful Amrapali exhibits the best of sixties style meets period Hindi cinema, but also generates questions about patriotism, religion, and pacifism. Sources Cooney, Patrick Louis at vernonjohns.org: http://www.vernonjohns.org/snuffy1186/amrapali.html Narayanan, Arjun in “Love and Renunciation in Amrapali” at Picture Perfect: A fond recollection of some brilliant moments of cinema: http://visionsofcinema.blogspot.com/2013/03/love-and-renunciation-in-amrapali.html Pawar, Yogesh in “The Journey of the Amrapali Outfit” at DNA India: https://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-the-journey-of-the-amrapali-outfit-2145758 Ramnath, Nandini in “Films that are 50: History, dance, and high fashion in ‘Amrapali’” at Scroll.in: https://scroll.in/reel/801655/films-that-are-50-history-dance-and-high-fashion-in-amrapali Shah, Shalini in “Clothes maketh the film” at The Hindu: https://www.thehindu.com/arts/Clothes-maketh-the-film/article16816876.ece Verma, Sukanya in “What if Amrapali Were Remade Today?” at Rediff: https://www.rediff.com/movies/2004/mar/04corner.htm Wax, Emily in “‘Shalom Bollywood’ reveals Indian cinema’s surprising stars of its golden age” at Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/shalom-bollywood-reveals-indian-cinemas-surprising-stars-of-its-golden-age/2013/04/18/d043967c-a833-11e2-b029-8fb7e977ef71_story.html?fbclid=IwAR37l2KBJnnxr_epzmeZs2T-7FLvvBK6edNwH6MZVl-hKj0ymWD7ucJPwqU Wikipedia