Dharmendra in Raja Jani (1972)

Suave Dharmendra

Dharmendra's style in this film is what I'd call 'cool mobster', I loved most if not all of his outfits in this cute retro rom com. His style ranged from from Bright suits, smart jumpers, sleek tuxedos paired with Kentucky bow ties and a funky bath robe too

I absolutely loved him in this herringbone suit paired with a Lilac shirt and what looks like a paisley tie, all the colours  compliment each other, Tres fab!

Lovely and effortless pairing of double breasted Jacket and Turtle neck polo

I love the idea of combining two shades of blue

Wicked combo Dharmendra! take note guys, notice how he has paired his stripy blazer with a pair of  block coloured pants

I loved him in this strappy waist coat, its very 70's, I'm not sure how it'd work now, It was paired with a pair of pants in the same colour

Those sunglasses are cool

This double waisted waistcoat outfit looked great on him, but I doubt most everyday folks will be able to pull it off

Looking very dandy in a waistcoat, shirt and cravat combo

Superb sunglasses once more

he looked might dapper in this cream Dinner jacket with a kentucky bow tie and those sunglasses round off the outfit beautifully

This is one of my all time favourite looks from Dharmendra, I'm in love with his bright Orange  (or is it coral) Dinner Jacket paired with a  white shirt, kentucky bow tie and black pants, tres Chic!!!

This was the only traditional look he had in this film, and he looked might fine in his sherwani and Pagri combo

I loved that shirt on him, what a nice print, its something I'd wear

I'm not a big fan of the hem line on the pants here and i think they bring down the whole look, the trousers should have been pulled down a bit, I think he might be wearing it a bit too high 

Lovely shirt and what a Handsome man Dharmendra is

yet another printed silk shirt, I love this one more

he also wore some lovely Jumpers, I love the stripy detail on the polo neck above

Showing off some legs in his tennis outfit

This should have all Dharmendra's fans drooling, and that is a lovely bath robe

here he is in yet another funky robe

 Overall Dharmendra's wardrobe in this film was to die for, and it totally suited his character as a conman, major appreciation to his Costumer whom the movie credits as Ram Multani, his IMDb page lists a few other films where he was in charge of costuming, I'll definitely have to check them out as I was impressed with his work in this

read the movie review here

Next in line would be Hema Malini the female lead in this cute stylish drama/rom com, who also had some lovely outfits. If you're interested in seeing this movie, its available on dvd here

Delighted to be Back

Its been ages since I posted anything on here, the past year has been rather tumultuous for me but I'm delighted to be back and a big thank you to all the followers for sticking through, I have a range of interesting posts planned but till they're up I was delighted to see this blog featured in Filmfare magazine as one of the go to websites for bollywood fashions (Read the article in the scan below)

Sadhana in Ek Phool Do Mali (1969)

Sadhana's look in this film consists mostly of gypsy style outfits and Tribal wear

Loved her in her yellow & blue gypsy style headscarf and accessories

Yes Sadhana i can see, i love your earrings too

See more of the outfit in the video below

And in her asymmetric orange tribal outfit with lots of accessories and wonderful hairdo

See more of Sadhana's tribal outfit in the video below

Read more about bollywood tribal outfits here

Read the Ek Phool Do Mali movie review here

Dev Anand in Johnny Mera Naam (1970)

The best way I'd describe Dev Anand's style in this film as 'Preppy Americana Cool'

Love the candy striped shirt teamed with paisley print scary, very cool

Brown leather jacket, candy stripe shirt and a silk scarf, very cool Dev

I love his attitude here with the unbuttoned shirt and the white t shirt underneath completed with a silk chocolate scarf

There's something that just screams Americana Cool about his baseball jacket with the red yellow red cuffs worn on top a stripy shirt, looks like Dev definitely loves his stripy shirts.

Overall Dev Anand has a Preppily cool dress sense that looks just as stylish 40 years on.

Below is a cool song from Johnny Mera Naam where we get to see awesome Dev in his Preppy Gear wooing Hema Malini, this song was also featured at the end of the 2006 Simpson's episode 'Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore'

For more on bollywood neck ties do check out Beth's awesome post on the the many ways neckties were worn and displayed in 70's Bollywood

Hema Malini in Johnny Mera Naam (1970)

Fabulous is how i would describe Hema Malini's style in this very enjoyable masala suspense 70's caper

Hema was nothing but pure gorgeousness in this film, love the shades on her

as well as the fab cocktail rings

Loved her in the red turtle neck with the multi strand necklaces

also loved her in her tribal get up



and not forgetting my favourite the two toned black & turquoise Sari matched with turquoise accesories, 100% super wow

Now for your eyes here's the lovely 'O mere Raja' where we get to see more of the lovely black & turquoise sari

Read the review here