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Shilpa taped episodes of Super Dancer, wearing two sari inspired outfits.

Now, we all have our breaking points when it comes to the sari. Some are purists and prefer to just leave it alone, some don’t mind a bit of experiment, and then there are some who love an out there design. Me, I fall somewhere in between, which is why I don’t mind the Qbik but the Reeti Arneja is just bit too costumey for my taste.

Actually scratch that. All I see is an embellished lungi paired with a bedazzled blouse with attached dupatta and I hate it.

What are your thoughts on the two outfits?



Left: In Qbik
Right: In Reeti Arneja

Photo Credit: Instagram

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15 Comments

  1. Reeti Arneja is a contemporary spin on antariya utariya. As such inetresting enough

    The one leg protruding drape like Qbik is a pet peeve, it always seems disproportionate.

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  2. I don’t mind a bit of spin on the saree…may a fun blouse or a different drape. But anything that Bollywood sells these days is so tacky. I remember back in the 90s when everyone was copying Madhuri’s purple saree from HAHK or those dreamy chiffon sarees in Yashraj movies. Bollywood is just cringe now and the above outfits are prime examples.

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    • Not so. Us 90s college girls cringed hard at HAHK and Yash Chopra movies. Dressing filmi was not the norm or pushed as aspirational like now

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    • Can’t agree more.
      I am a 90s school girl and I totally cringed at the purple sari, awful green hare dupatte ghaghra in HAHK, not to mention the ott pink frumpy frock in pehla pehla. Only Neeta Lulla could churn up these atrocities until MM saved Bollywood, until Sabya took on etc. However, must say Bollywood has stayed true to its garish style over the decades. Somethings never change and hopefully the majority of the population stay true to their own style versus bolly copying Bollywood

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      • really mm saved Bollywood ? I thought he made sure they stayed drowned in ugly clothes, and sabyasacchi gave them uniforms so they all looked the same

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        • For a brief while yes – I mean, Karishma graduated from pink frills and pale lipsticks to lovely earthy colors and styling in Raja Hindustani! Likewise he worked a fair bit of magic on Urmila (Rangeela…compare that to Chamatkaar!), or Sridevi (check Kshanam Khshanam or Judaai!). This vs the to the atrocious eye attack by Madhuri’s outfits in Dil or Saajan, Shilpa Shetty’s or other 90s movies :)) MM def was fashion step forward imho

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  3. The black one is actually a take on unstitched drapes from King Ashoka times….I actually like the black one….because of the styling…the pink one on the other hand as a style has been done to death. By many designers

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  4. Hahaha, so well written, with so much humor. Loved reading the review and rant, and i am doing a whole hearted plus one to all of what you say.

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  5. How’s the Qbik even remotely a sari anyway? And the second one is just a glorified lungi with embellished top.

    Leave the sari alone, I say 😉

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