There may be many places where the 21st- century Indian dream started, but Odisha is where that dream is going to be fulfilled. Bibhu Mohapatra: Its people! You will not find people this caring, loyal, [and] hardworking with a great work ethic anywhere else in the world.
As an experience, a trip to Lake Chilika in winter for a tryst with migratory birds is a must. Bibhu Mohapatra: After landing in Mumbai, the first thing I do is hit some of my favourite places in the city, such as the textile shops on Linking Road, a meal at Trishna, and visits to the shops in Kala Ghoda, including my tailors.
Once I arrive at home, after a train ride from Bhubaneswar to Rourkela, I visit some old joints from my childhood. The schools, the playgrounds, the local music shop, the pani-puri- wallah , etc. Before I arrive, I have the mindset of a tourist, but upon arrival, I become a son of the soil. My roots call me and I run to them.
Next article. The fashion designer recommends visiting Lake Chilika in winter. But I was taken to the set and I had two scenes. The first scene was fine. The second scene we were playing a card game. I'm seated next to—imagine whoever growing up or currently is the biggest movie star, whether it's Brad Pitt or Robert De Niro or Al Pacino, mix them all together and that would be Amitabh Bachchan to me.
So he's sitting on my right on this round table, and my left is another one. And I'm speechless. I don't know what to say. I'm sweating. I'm completely beside myself and having a parallel conversation with my mind and thinking about my sister, my brother, what would they do if they were here?
I can wait to tell them, and I'm forgetting my lines. And so the filming starts. And then he says his dialogue, and then the guy to my left, he says his dialogue, and then I go. But it was so hot, so this sweat line is forming on my head and comes toward the front of my face. Imagine, in this situation, you're sitting next to Al Pacino, whoever it is, and they have to go through this thing three times because of your sweating problem!
How much did celebrity culture—in Bollywood and beyond—influence you growing up? I remember growing up in my room I had a bunch of posters. I had a massive poster of Marilyn Monroe in that gold V-neck dress because I loved that photograph. And then I had a picture of Audrey Hepburn. Then I had a life-size black-and-white poster of Albert Einstein on the door. So it was like all these individuals, they had something—they brought something to me. When I grew older, I started paying attention to the artistry behind films and the acting.
Of course, Audrey Hepburn, Katharine Hepburn, they were style icons too. And then in Bollywood, I'm still obsessed with this actress, whose name was Parveen Babi. I'm friends with one of her nephews, so I knew where she lived, and every time I would go to Bombay, my driver, since he knows, would ask me, should we stop?
At the end, it becomes about creative minds and the craft that they adopted and practiced. A gown with a chiffon sleeve and floating train was a showstopper, as were, in a very different way, the pieces in Supima denim that paid homage to Claire McCardell.
Mohapatra recently opened his first store, and he is now interacting with the women who come in, not all of whom are looking for red carpet confections, though they may long for them. Latest Shows Seasons Designers Featured. Story Saved.
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