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| Industry | Costume design |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1926 |
| Founder | Maganlal and Harilal |
| Headquarters | , |
Maganlal Dresswala or Maganlal Dresswala & Co. is a noted costumer and costume designer for Bollywood productions. Established in 1926 as a small shop in Kalbadevi, Mumbai, it is most known for its period costumes, in Ram Rajya (1943) Mughal-e-Azam (1960) and Anarkali (1953), and mythological TV series Ramanand Sagar's Ramayan (1987-1988) and B.R. Chopra's Mahabharat (1988-1990).
Today, the company is the oldest costume supplier in Indian cinema[1] and is mentioned as such in the Limca Book of Records 2012 as it was the costumer for first Indian talkie, Alam Ara (1931).[2]
- ^ Subhash K. Jha (16 February 2009). "No Khit-Pit for Gulzar". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
..Maganlal Dresswala (the oldest provider of costumes for film units)..
- ^ "Oldest costume suppliers". Limca Book of Records. Retrieved 11 June 2013.