Deepika’s weight used to be equal to 10 potato sacks in ‘Padmaavat’, it used to take 3 hours to get ready

This designer duo made clothes in 2 years

For this film, Bhansali had chosen designer duo Rimple Narula and Harpreet. This was their first Bollywood project and they were asked to create more than 100 looks for the three main leads. It took them 2 years to create them. It is said that during the shooting of the film, Deepika weighed 58 kg, but when she used to come in the look of Rani Padmavati during the shooting, the weight of the jewellery and clothes combined would become heavier than 100 kg. Despite this, she used to work in these clothes for hours.

Ghagra was ready in 2 months

Rimple and Harpreet used Rajasthan’s traditional Mukke work along with hand-drawn Kasab embroidery and Kachi Patti work in Deepika’s Ghaghra. The help of artisans from different parts of Rajasthan was taken for 2 months to do this. At the same time, the artisans of Nayla of Jaipur did the work of Gota Lafa on the outermost layer of the Ghaghra.

For the drape, hand-woven Kota cotton cloth was chosen and a design was made on it using 16th century Leheriya print. Then work was done on it and embroidery was done with silk thread along with gold thread.

Jewelleries were made from 400 kg gold

Deepika’s clothes were heavy, but to give her a royal look, her jewellery was also kept heavy. According to reports, 400 kg of gold was used to make these jewellery. This was melted and jewellery weighing about 20 kg was made. These were beautifully decorated with every outfit of Deepika.

This is how gota patti work and dye was done

The Gota Patti border on Deepika’s royal dupatta was made by Nayla and Jaipur artisans. It was not made from plastic wire, but Zari and Badla wires were given to the artisans to make it. Due to which its look came out as refined as the work done in the olden times.

Not only this, all the costumes were dyed using natural methods to make them look like they were of that era. For example, pomegranate and rose were used, and tea was used to show mud stains on some clothes.

​It used to take Deepika three hours to get ready

Designer Rimple Narula had said that she tried to keep the costumes from being heavy, but it was inevitable that the weight would increase while creating the style of that era. The story was of the 11th-12th century, so all the embroidery was done by hand, like Muke ka kaam, Pakko Bharat, Gokaru, Salma and Sitara. Also, the fabric chosen was such that air could pass through it. But, Indian costumes have Ghaghra and Odhna, which, despite not wanting to, become heavier than western clothes.