Hema Malini in Raja Jani (1972)

I was totally in awe of Hema Malini's look in Raja Jani, its retro bollywood chic at its best, from her lovely Chiffon sari's, to gypsy village girl looks, flares, beaded tops, this movie just provided so much fashion candy

We're first introduced to her character as a village belle where she wears gypsy style skirts and fitted blouses with veils

She's introduced to us as the fiery village belle Shanno in nothing other than gypsy skirts, blouses and veils  over the top of her head

 See more of her Village belle look in the Duniya Ka Mela number below, it's one of the popular songs from the film


Her Character is given a city girl makeover by Suave con man Raja (Dharmendra - who we discussed in the previous post). The first look upon the makeover was her in this lovely beaded top and black flared trouser combo

I love how cheeky she looks here

A very stylish look, that beaded top was beautiful on its own but i like the cinched in waist

I love the cut out details on the black flare pants, they were accentuated with the same beads on the top

I love the fresh faced make up here accentuated by the dramatic eyes and soft peach/pink lipstick

The ultimate 70's bollywood babe, the pearl/bead detailing on that top is gorgeous

 See more of this outfit in the Aaja o raja song below


Another favourite was this flower power top and she looked oh so cute with Raja (Dharmendra) in one of the scenes when she starts falling in love with him

I think she's the only one who can get away with wearing this, I love how she's matched her earrings to  the flowers

they both look oh so adorable in this shot

Nest up was this orange tunic paired with a pair of black pants, her eye make up was fantastic and the screen cap do them no justice, you just have to see for yourself

her fashion got playful here with a funky polka dotted blouse and yellow crocheted hat

 I love how playful she looks in this quite dorky hat below

See more of the above looks in the 'ABCD Chodo' song clip below


her wardrobe also included some floor length dresses with high neck collars, i think these were my least favourite looks of all her wardrobe

 I like the floor length vest she's sporting in the pictures below waistcoat

I love the make up and total look here

Great silhouette on this gown but all the white beaded detailing is throwing me off a bit but she looks fab

 One of my favourite looks if not my favourite was when she wore a Purple tunic with an orange belt and some knee length gladiator style sandals and a Silk paisley head scarf (J'adore!!!)

Freakin' Fabulous

Those Sandals are to die for, a great look all around

See the above look in the 'kitna maaza raha' song clip below


Some lovely accessories too, like this blue choker you can see below

The rest of her look in the film were Sari's, some lovely lovely ones at that

I really liked this pink floral chiffon sari

Looking regal in this gold sequined sari

in yet another embellished sari, but the necklace is the start here

 Overall a great look and transition from a  Village Belle to a city girl, the clothes suited her character and she pulled it off darn well, a great job by the stylist/costumer Leena Daru with just as great complementary make up by Dinoo Indulkar &Krishna Chaubal

Read the movie review here

If you're interested in seeing this movie, its available on dvd here

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