Where do the costumes go?

Ever wondered of what happened to the Kareena’s red sari from the song ‘ChammakChallo’ or the traditional Bengali laal-paar sari from ‘Dola Re’?

Still wondering where these dresses go after the director yells “pack up”?

It’s known to all that production houses spend humongous amounts of money on the costumes for the actors in every movie. When the shoot wraps up, these costumes are stored in boxes and often reused for other films. Never noticed anything as such? Well that’s probably because they are re-styled and worn by junior artists.LikeAishwaryaRai’s KajraRe item number outfit from the film BuntyAurBabli was used on a background dancer in Band BaajaBaaraat. It was mixed and matched.

Well mostly, all the costumes are put away in a box labelled with the name of the movie and sent to the studio.Actors even take away the costumes at times as a keepsake. Like DeepikaPadukone had liked her role in YehJaawaniHaiDeewaniso much, that she kept the glasses as a memento from the movie. Rishi Kapoor is known for collecting all the sweaters that he wore in his movies.

At times designers take back their work; like Manish Malhotra had taken back the green gown fromBombay Velvet. These dresses are even auctioned to raise fund for charity.