‘Ramaya a’
desig e s
add ess
backlash
ove
La a
Dutta’s
Kaikeyi
a d
Sai
Pallavi’s
Sita
costumes:
‘Chose
faith
ove
authe ticity’
‘Ramaya a’
has
bee
maki g
headli es
eve
si ce
its
t aile
d opped,
ge e ati g
exciteme t
amo g
fa s
while
also
d awi g
c iticism
fo
the
costumes
of
its
cha acte s.
Sai
Pallavi’s
Sita
a d
La a
Dutta’s
Kaikeyi,
i
pa ticula ,
faced
backlash
o li e,
with
seve al
social
media
use s
compa i g
the
looks
to
televisio
soap
costumes.
Amid
the
c iticism,
costume
desig e s
Rimple
a d
Ha p eet
Na ula
have
ow
ope ed
up
about
the
thought
p ocess
behi d
the
film’s
wa d obe
choices.
Desig e s
explai
the
visio
behi d
Sita’s
look
i
‘Ramaya a’
Speaki g
to
NDTV,
Ha p eet
said
the
costumes
we e
desig ed
keepi g
the
film’s
global
each
i
mi d,
with
the
aim
of
maki g
the
cha acte s
i sta tly
ecog isable
as
pa t
of
a
I dia
epic.
He
evealed
multiple
ve sio s
we e
t ied
befo e
the
fi al
look
was
locked.
He
said,
“It
was ‘t
desig ed
i
isolatio ;
it
was
do e
cohesively
with
the
di ecto
o
boa d,
a d
the
we
came
to
a
co clusio
about
the
look
of
Sita.”
Desig e s
add ess
c iticism
a ou d
La a
Dutta’s
‘Kaikeyi’
look
Add essi g
the
c iticism
a ou d
La a
Dutta’s
Kaikeyi
costume,
especially
the
g ee
blouse
pai ed
with
a
da k
ma oo
sa ee,
Rimple
explai ed
the
symbolism
behi d
the
choice.
She
said,
“What
people
do ‘t
u de sta d
is
that,
the
sce e
whe e
she
is
ba ishi g
Lo d
Ram,
the e
is
a
pe plexity
i
the
whole
situatio .
The e
is
a
complexity
as
a
mothe .”She
added
that
the
g ee
blouse
ep ese ted
Mothe
Ea th,
while
the
deep
ma oo
sa ee
eflected
Kaikeyi’s
emotio al
tu moil
i
that
mome t.
Rimple
also
oted
that
the
costumes
we e
colou ed
usi g
vegetable
a d
atu al
dyes.
‘Ramaya a’
costume
desig e s
say
they
chose
faith
ove
authe ticity
Ha p eet
said
the
team
co sciously
“chose
faith
ove
authe ticity”
while
desig i g
the
costumes,
d awi g
i spi atio
f om
how
I dia s
have
t aditio ally
e visio ed
Lo d
Ram
a d
Sita
th ough
cale da
a t,
temple
depictio s
a d
p e-mode
a two k.
He
also
poi ted
out
that
Ramaya a
ico og aphy
va ies
ac oss
egio s,
especially
betwee
No th
a d
South
I dia,
which
is
why
the
desig e s
aimed
fo
a
mo e
u ive sal
silhouette
fo
Sita’s
cha acte .
Mo e
about
‘Ramaya a:
Pa t
1’
a d
Pa t
2
Di ected
by
Nitesh
Tiwa i
of
‘Da gal’
a d
‘Chhichho e’
fame,
‘Ramaya a:
Pa t
1’
is
set
to
elease
i
theat es
du i g
Diwali
2026,
with
‘Ramaya a:
Pa t
2’
scheduled
to
a ive
du i g
Diwali
2027.