Niharika Khan

Niharika Bhasin Khan is an Indian costume designer who works in Hindi cinema (Bollywood), and is most known for her work in Rock On!! (2008) and The Dirty Picture (2011), for which she won the National Film Award for Best Costume Design as well as Filmfare Award for Best Costume Design.

Niharika Khan
Khan in 2012
Born21 November
NationalityIndian
OccupationCostume Designer, Celebrity Stylist
Years active2007-present
Known forNational Award Winner for The Dirty Picture, 70s Styling for the period Movie Bombay Velvet

Early life and education

Born to a Punjabi father and Parsi mother. She did her bachelor's degree in public relations and HR from Seattle, US.[1]

Career

Bhasin started her career with Khoya Khoya Chand (2007). She got noticed with rocker film Rock On!! (2008), and got her big banner break with Yash Raj Films's Band Baaja Baaraat (2010).[2]

Filmography

Awards
YearAwardCategoryFilmResult
2011National Film AwardsBest Costume DesignThe Dirty Picture [4]Won
2012Filmfare AwardsBest Costume Design Won
2011IIFA AwardsBest Costume DesignBand Baaja Baaraat [5]Won
2012The Dirty PictureWon
2020Filmfare AwardsBest Costume DesignPhotographNominated

Personal life

Her brother Arjun Bhasin is also a costume designer, known for Dil Chahta Hai (2001), Rang De Basanti (2006) and Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011).[6][7] She was married to film and television actor Ayub Khan, known for TV series, Uttaran (2008). Her husband is the nephew of yesteryear film stars Dilip Kumar and Saira Bano.[8][9]

References
  1. "Brunch Date with costume designer Niharika Khan Bhasin". Hindustan Times. 5 April 2013. Archived from the original on 7 April 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  2. "Dressing up with Niharika Khan and Arjun Bhasin". The Times of India. 10 November 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  3. https://twitter.com/sunpictures/status/1047841034204397568
  4. "59th National Film Awards for the Year 2011 Announced". Press Information Bureau (PIB), India.
  5. "Dabangg, Band Baaja Baaraat win big at IIFA technical awards". Indian Express. 26 June 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  6. "Characters can't afford designer labels: Niharika". The Times of India. 18 August 2009.
  7. "Keep it stylish". Indian Express. 17 August 2011. Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara ’s unsung hero is its stylist, the tour de force that is Arjun Bhasin
  8. "Destiny's couple: Niharika & Ayub Khan". Archived from the original on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  9. "Ayub has always been my first love: wife Niharika Khan". DNA. 15 March 2010.
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