Konkona Sen Sharma has morphed from a gauche Bollywood outsider to a chic girl about town

Konkona Sen Sharma has morphed from a gauche Bollywood outsider to a chic girl about town

Koko Chanel

By Mumbai Mirror Bureau

There can be no non-conformists in Bollywood; and even Aparna Sen’s daughter must fix herself on the correct template. It’s a world where Dior polished faces air kiss togged up in Manish Malhota/ Neeta Lulla ensembles.

So it was only a matter of time that the St Stephen-ite and the girl next-door from Alipore (an upper crust Kolkata neighbourhood) would shed her casually understated clothes and go the whole hog.

While at that, there have been a few hiccups: consider her baby steps in mainstream cinema when she decided to make a sharp turn from the stunning Mr and Mrs Iyer and 15 Park Avenue to the lackluster Traffic Signal and Laga Chunri Mein Daag. But Bollywood colours are for keeps.

So a gauche Konkona tries on the flavour of the season in gold Kolhapuris and a shapeless bag, a visit to the hairdresser long overdue; and then tries a Sushmita Sen number in a gown.

Both are disastrous attempts at morphing into a fashionista, until someone evidently tells her that the make-up needed to be right. She manages that, but what’s with that peacock outfit? She hits bull’s eye finally in a pink tunic and a pair of straight denims, the hair and make-up pronouncing casual chic.

Unwittingly, she has come into herself: a well-groomed and educated girl about town.

via:mumbaimirror