Delhi based fashion designer, Manish Tripathi who is the creative head for a  fashion label antarDESI  has ventured into the Bollywood circuit for the first time by designing clothes and styling the stars of the upcoming movie ‘Life ke Toh Lag Gayi’, releasing on the April 27, 2012. 

Pradhuman Singh who plays Ajay Ghosh is a must watch character. He has been portrayed as a rockstar and Manish’s inspiration to dress him came from Jim Morrisson. The red sunglasses that Pradhuman has donned are my personal favorite, says Manish.  While Ranveer Shorey, plays the character of Amol Ganguly in the movie has been portrayed as a Bengali chef. Considering the brief from the director, the attire that Ranveer carries in the movie is quite simple with little emphasis on the accessories (sunglasses, watches, etc.)

When asked to highlight the factors he kept in mind while designing the clothes, Manish said, “what caught my eye was the character based nature of the movie, wherein there are 4parallel off-beat stories running at the same time. The challenge was to dress each and every character to portray each one’s strength and at the same time make them look exactly as the director has visualized”

Directed by debutant Rakesh Mehta, "Life Ki Toh Lag Gayi", features actors like Kay Kay Menon, Pradhuman Singh, Ranvir Shorey, Manu Rishi and Neha Bhasin inthe lead roles. “The moment I saw his work, I knew Manish was the designer for the movie. The outfits have come out beautifully and have brought out the visual appeal of this project”, added Rakesh Mehta, director of the movie.   

 

Manish who is soon coming up with a series on Traffic Ettequites is a caricature artiste and has done two major exhibitions one in 2010 on the Common Wealth Games named ‘Work in Progress’ and another in 2011 on the World Fashion named ‘Fashion Tin’. A passionate designer with an inclination towards creative pattern-making that produces the most flattering fits on the body, his design philosophy is fresh and minimalistic. Through his unique style, he wishes to express the rampant corruption present in the country today.