For promotions of Mulk on Thursday saw Taapsee in a white Samant Chauhan jacket and dress and the later at the screening in a Punit Balana sari.
Of the two, much preferred her in the sari. I liked the jacket and dress but felt the bindi was unnecessary.
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I like her in the sari as well. The dress and and jacket looks so weird, such an odd length for the dress. Looks incomplete like she has forgotten to wear pants/churidar
Love the saree look, i would have done a nude lip though
Why hating on the Bindi so much?
Exactly, Since when is Bindi unnecessary ?
Taapsee has an Instagram post on the bindi…her stylist wrote it I think. Sometimes we are so quick to judge.
The post doesn’t make any sense to be honest.
The dress with Bindi is really quite atrocious. The saree…I quite like. Its an interesting styling. Like a Lucknowi Kurta worn as a blouse.
She needs to lose that Bindi. Pairing it with anything and everything just doesn’t work!
I liked the saree look more but the draping is so frumpy
What’s with the bindi ?? She keeps wearing it everywhere !!!!!
I like the second look
Not hating on the bindi but it does not go with everything. Not with the first white dress. She looks nice in the sari.
Yes! My thoughts exactly. I feel there are some people who don’t look nice with a bindi. Before ppl start hating on me – I think we get used to everyone with a bindi, but not everyone can carry it off regardless of outfit.
Why is Bindi seen as an accessory? As an Indian, bindi has always been an integral part of a woman’s every day dressing. Just like a saree or a bangle or mangalsutra or even a toe-ring.
Some of us might have moved away from it because of global influence, but if someone wants to wear it and flaunt it, I think I would appreciate it.
I totally agree. It’s not like we would say, man this tattoo doesn’t go with this outfit, so unnecessary. The Bindi is not an accessory, it’s definitely a choice but I see it as something beyond the outfit, I think commenting and saying the bindi looks wrong here is akin to commenting on a facial feature or a tattoo.
But now that we are here – wearing bindi is definitely an option for the younger lot, why not see if it really matches up or not? Wearing a bindi with a western outfit would not gel, some bindis don’t suit faces and it is definitely an accessory to complete the ‘Indian look’ nowadays.
Well, I would have definitely consider this fair, but would you say similar things when you see sikhs wearing turban with pant suit, muslims wearing hijab with a western dress. In my view, certain things define identity and should be left untouched to retain their purpose and beauty over ages. In fact I think, it is our duty to ensure that non-indians don’t see it as an accessory or as a part of “indian costume”.
Your justification doesn’t make sense at all and neither did her stylist’s. Wearing a bindi is definitely her choice. She does it with some outfits and she doesn’t with some. And how can you say that it has always been an integral part of our culture. There are many parts in india where wearing a bindi was never a custom. Yes, it does have cultural significance but that doesn’t mean that everyone should accept it. The blog writers and many people just feel that the bindi doesn’t go with certain outfits. They are not saying that wearing a bindi is not right or not fashionable. In fact women even wear different types of bindis to express their sense of style and complement different looks. They may treat it as an accessory! And there is nothing wrong in that.
Totally agree! A bindi is not an accessory, even if some use it as such. It represents a culture as well as a religious belief. As do Turbans, Yarmulkes and Skull caps. The whole point of her wearing it here was to remind us of the same, I believe her new movie is about the right to believe and freely practice one’ faith.
Ppl wearing turban n hijabs do it everytime with each outfit and not just selectively. Tapsee is wearing it as promotional tool for her movie and not as habit like you mentioned. She is not upholding any cultural significance here. Simple
Well said! For those hating on the actor and the stylist for choosing to “accessorize” the wrong outfit with a bindi, I’d like to remind them that there is a deeper cultural/ spiritual significance to it. I say why not! Its not just the prerogative of Gwen Stefani and other rappers out West, us Indian women have every right to own what’s ours to flaunt, really.