The Festival Circuit
It was mostly a sari affair at the recently concluded Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival in New York. Seema started it off in a black sari (see here) and closed it out wearing a Mekhala Chador (an Assamese style of dressing).
Deepti wore some great shades but wish she had spruced them up with simple silver earrings for a more complete look.
Now, if you think Nandana fares the worst, think again. A face familiar more for her footwear grabbed that title and it wasn’t just because of her footwear. See inside to find out.
Seema Biswas (Left) on Closing Night and Nandana Sen (Right) on Opening Night
Of 2010 Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival
Deepti Naval on Closing Night (Left) and on Opening Night
Ekta Kapoor on Opening Night
Of The 2010 Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival
oh dear god.
y d hell r ektas feet coming out of her footwear! couldn’t she afford a larger size of those hideous looking shoes?
Or a size smaller maybe…it appears that the straps are too loose for her feet. :D
God, this is really embarassing for us Indians!
Only 2 good reasons- she has vowed that she will wear only this as a self- sacrifice or else some sadu-baba would have advised her Beta – these shoes will always grab attention. Ekta – I so very much love you for being Jeetendera’s daughter and beinga succesful producer- please dress appropriatrely – such a beautiful face and smile being wasted on just wrong choice of footwear and neckline!
Oh dear God is right!!
Those horrific shoes and cleavage actually caused us to MISS THE BIRKIN !!!
Hermes is shocked.
I think those shoes are stuck (read: superglued!) to Ekta’s feet. Else why would someone wear those hideous pair of footwear over and over and over again. SIGH!
The shoes and Ekta’s feet are glued with Fevicol….. Ye Fevicol Ka Mazboot Jod Hai Tootega nahi….
That’s because Ekta likes to look/feel tall ALL the time.But she hates wearing the high heels.That’s too much work for someone who makes all her saas/ bahus look ultra glam in the kitchen but refuses to look into a full length mirror once in a while.
IS SHE SERIOUS? ARE YOU KIDDING ME??!
ewww P&P, you called a Mekhla Chaddar a half sari, for girls who know their drapes this one’s a major blooper, but I forgive you guys coz you always bring the best & worst of the Indian fashion fest to me everyday:)
Seema is wearing a dual coloured mekhla chadar in this pic & with the black sari, she is taking a traditional eri chadar.
Our apologies. Had no idea what a Mekhla Chaddar is. Thanks for that. :)
Hey P&P
You can call it a two-piece saree. :) I am an Assamese and thats usually how I describe it to people..
But, that makes it sound like it’s a bikini. :P
hehehe you bet!!
yeah I guess not politically correct enough for a blog…But at mere mortal level it keeps the interest going :):)
its very similar to the Kerala two piece saree…
its funny how we’re only able to make the connect with a western two piece bikini :)
and that is a gorgeous mekhala chador. i’d do anything to get my hands on it.
Oh i dint know such a “sari” existed. Its lovely !! Can imagine lotsa of mix and match styles in that now. Even those with Masaba style fabrics. Lol. I would love to own a couple !! thanks to this blog and to seema that i know about such a piece of clothing now.
OMG……..buty then maybe these are some special sandals that she has got made to conter some serious problems with her feet…….that’s the only explanation I can think of!!!!
i so badly want to believe dat!!
OMG! Somebody do an intervention!
Puke @ the chappals and &*%@!!!
wow didn’t know this footwear has traveled internationally as well :p
Even before I looked inside to see who it would be- I said to myself, ‘I bet its Ekta!’- I don’t know why, just had a feeling (plus the BAD shoe thing tipped me off!).
But wow- OH- wow!
I think she’s been reading this blog, and wants to provide some wholesome entertainment.
Only, she goes the exaggerated way, just like all those soaps she produced.
Guess, those sandals are her astrologer’s recommendation! There can’t be any stronger motivation …
Ummm, forget the shoes… I’d get to them once I can get past the unsophisticated show of skin way above the footwear!
lol. ya…i was thinking the same..its a double WTHeyyy.
She has a pretty face but she wastes it like that…
OMG! this is above n beyond….
i like the mekhla chadar so much and seema has worn it nicely! Like
dont tell me she is superstitious bout those slippers! Am sure luck comes in different sandals too! hideous choice..and she seems not to be aware of it! :(
OMG!! What was she thinking? Or, was she thinking at all? Why would someone do this to themselves??
Wat a beautiful face Ekta has,and the dressing sense…..aaaaaaaaaaah…I think her footwear is some orthopedic sandals…
is it just me..or the neckline on Ekta a lil disturbing..?? i know- i know..its not that bad..but somehow on Ekta Kapoor..even a bit of boob show looks odd..!! wish she’d pronto get shoes that contain her feet and a suit that contains her ‘other stuff’..
OMG is that a Birkin i see in her hand????
Love Ekta’s dupatta…But thats where it ends. I think we should stop giving her shoes attention because after this many appearances, I bet she does it to wind people up!!
Love the jacket Deepti’s jacket – so practical and quite funky too! Perfect for winter x
No amount of criticism/constructive criticism/scathing press coverage of her shoes, can make her give them up.Now i really want to know what is the deal with them. PnP if you ever have a tete-a-tete with her, do please ask her WHY GOD WHY?
oh god, those shoes… hideous.
on a different note i have a question to all the readers. please help!
i have a few weddings i have to go to. i would love to wear a sari but nothing blingy..aka manish malhotra style
can someone give me the different types of classy sari’s that i can buy something that would suit a 23 year old? obviously you can not get those in pakistan…so i’ll have to tell a friend who goes back and forth to india .. please help. i’m running out of time!!
I dont know if a south indian silk would be quite your thing as you’re so young – why not go for some beautiful hand embroiderys like Lucknowi chikkan workect. Manish Malhotras not the only designer available others do lovely sarees using embroiderys, patchworks that would look great on someone your age.
@ fats.. sak someone to go to Nalli and pick up stock up on benarsi / temple saris/ kantha saris in silk.. they will always be in style and ooze class!
Check whether you can get those gorgeous Pakistani chikan-work sarees; they are classy & refreshing enough for a 23-year old.
Chiffons, bandhinis etc. would be great as well.
Hey fats…since you are pretty young..i would suggest to go for some plain light weight sari (like Chiffons) in a bold color( with a thin border, if u like) with a heavy brocade blouse.. heavy jewelery goes well with such a look without being too loud..and when u get tired..just get a new blouse and mix it up..!!
thank you everyone for the suggestions!! i got my grandma to give me some of her old sarees as well that she got from bengal, they are gorgeous but might make me look slightly older.
but thank you everyone!
How does Ekta Kapoor even manage to walk in those shoes…her toes look like they have zero support!
omg! with all that money ekta could buy the best footwear, jimmy choos, zanottis, etc, etc. on a different note, maybe she’s exposing so much cleavage to divert people’s attention from her poorly shod feet.
Maybe she blew all her money on the birkin, & hence didn’t have any left to buy new shoes :-)
Is Ekta carrying a Birkin with those shoes??? Tch Tch Tch
These shoes are now like the same Santa Banta jokes one starts hearing from age 5 till death. We should be over them..it is not funny anymore.
I am loving Deepti’s sarees. i saw some great bhagalpuris at Fabindia this summer something similar to the blue one.
The assamese two piece is fab…wonder if they sell that online. Ekta’s hideous footwear needs to go like…..YESTERDAY!!!! Yuck!
OMG Ekta, plzzzzzzzzzzzzz buy new footwear!! honey its time to cover up!!
Birkin + Those shoes = Match made in hell!
Wow those shoes are pug fugly. But then there’s also the cleavage over-exposure, the awkward coat handling…and *gasp* the cutting out of what looks like John Abraham!!
That could have been the one saving grace in the photo. John makes a pretty nice accesory to have on your arm. Kinda mitigates those horrendous shoes.
Lol!! I think that’s Sendhil Ramamurthy!! Equally yummy as well
Am not so bothered about the sandals as i am about the cleavage show. Verrry classy
I do love Mekhela Chadors, just not Seema’s. It looks like 2 separate pieces of cloth put together haphazardly.
Too much cleavage on display Ekta!!! Makes me uncomfortable just to look at her.
How does she even walk in them… They look so uncomfortable apart from being so bad.. :P
Hahaha! The minute you mentioned ‘footwear’ I knew it was Ekta! Keeping the footwear aside, what’s with the neckline? :O
Balaji needs to add the following line item to their P&L statement:
Expense: Ekta Kapoor’s stylist fees
I love Deepti Naval’s sarees. What sarees are these and where can i get them?
I love them too, they seem so FabIndiaesque.
abc: those are tussars
and yes, FabIndia’s a good place to start looking for them!
come to bengal :)
Methinks perhaps Ekta wears prescription shoes. And if she is in pain, I doubt if she’d give a fig about fashion, it’d just have to be something comfortable I guess.
oh dear, ektaa. oh dear.
but looking past that, how lovely does deepti naval look? :) bless!
so happy to see a mekhla chador . and thanks . its like yu pioneered an interest ibnto this wonderful assamese style.
Love Deepti’s sarees………wonder where she gets them from, any ideas????
It`s really nice article. Thank u a lot