# Manoshi Nath > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Manoshi_Nath > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Manoshi_Nath.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manoshi_Nath > Source revision: 1352053625 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Manoshi Nath** is an Indian [costume designer](/source/Costume_designer). Manoshi and her creative partner, [Rushi Sharma](/source/Rushi_Sharma) co-founded **Fools’ Paradise Designworks Pvt Ltd**. The costume designer duo works extensively in the Indian film industry and are known for their attention to detail while creating authentic characters for their films. They are also known as designers who practice sustainability in Costume Design.[1] Their films have won the [Filmfare Award for Best Costume Design](/source/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Costume_Design) twice: First in 2009 for [Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!](/source/Oye_Lucky!_Lucky_Oye!) and then in 2013 for [Shanghai](/source/Shanghai). ## Early life Manoshi is a Bengali/Sylhety from Assam and was raised in New Delhi, where she completed her graduation. Inclined toward the arts from childhood, Manoshi apprenticed with directors as a Storyboard Artist, while still in college. She also did a brief stint in an export house where she found a perfect amalgamation of art and fabrics. Manoshi owes her technical knowledge of fabrics to her father who is a textile engineer by profession. ## Career Manoshi always wanted to work in advertising and worked with the director, [Pradeep Sarkar](/source/Pradeep_Sarkar) on many TVCs and music videos. In this process, she met her creative partner [Rushi Sharma](/source/Rushi_Sharma) in 2000, where they realized how they complemented each other's design ethos. Manoshi and Rushi designed their first feature film with [Dibakar Banerjee](/source/Dibakar_Banerjee)’s [Khosla Ka Ghosla](/source/Khosla_Ka_Ghosla) in 2006. They set up their company Fools’ Paradise in 2007, following which they went on to design costumes for [Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!](/source/Oye_Lucky!_Lucky_Oye!) in 2008. They have designed character costumes for films like [Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai](/source/Once_Upon_a_Time_in_Mumbaai) (2010), [Shanghai](/source/Shanghai) (2012), [Talaash](/source/Talaash_(2012_film)) (2012), [Queen](/source/Queen_(2013_film))[2](2013), [PK](/source/PK_(film))(2014), [Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!](/source/Detective_Byomkesh_Bakshy!) (2016), [Thugs of Hindostan](/source/Thugs_of_Hindostan)[3] (2018), [Sherni](/source/Sherni_(2021_film)) (2021), [Shamshera](/source/Shamshera)[4] (2022) and many more. Manoshi and Rushi started working 15 days before the shooting schedule on the film *Khosla ka Ghosla*. They designed the production with a limited budget, and the film is often cited as part of a trend in independent Indian cinema during the 2000s. Today, they are hired to begin designing as soon as a script is approved and the actors are chosen. PK became the highest grossing Bollywood film of its time, with earnings of nearly 754 crore INR. The duo's design of [Aamir Khan](/source/Aamir_Khan), [Sanjay Dutt](/source/Sanjay_Dutt) and [Anushka Sharma](/source/Anushka_Sharma) in PK received nationwide applause and recognition as well as the [Screen Awards](/source/Screen_Awards) for 2015. Manoshi and Rushi laid the seeds of recycling in Costume Design from this film onwards. In PK, they bought clothes off of people’s backs in the streets of Rajasthan to get the most authentic look for the parts.[5] Manoshi and Rushi have also taken extensive efforts to increase the sustainability of their creative process from start to finish. To promote ethical design, they source fabrics directly from weavers and artisans, provide employment with higher living wages to cottage industry workers while believing in the philosophy of buying local. They have also made great efforts to recycle pre-loved costumes from old film stocks. For [Jayeshbhai Jordaar](/source/Jayeshbhai_Jordaar) (2022), they travelled along the Kutch, creating supply chains for future projects like [Maja Ma](/source/Maja_Ma) (2022) and more. For their sustainability endeavors and SOP’s in Indian costume design, they were awarded the Elle Sustainability Award for Mindful Design (2023).[6] Manoshi and Rushi have been invited by [SRFTI](/source/SRFTI) and [NIFT](/source/NIFT) to mentor their students on Costume Design. They have hence ventured into creating curriculum around Fashion, Costumes and Sustainability in design. ## Awards Year Award Category Nominated work Result 2009 Filmfare Awards Best Costume Design Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! 2010 Global Indian Film Awards Best Costume Design Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai 2013 Filmfare Awards Best Costume Design Shanghai 2013 Filmfare Awards Best Costume Design Queen 2013 Screen Awards Best Costume Design Queen 2014 Screen Awards Best Costume Design PK 2015 Filmfare Awards Best Costume Design PK 2015 Bollywood Style Awards Best Costume Design Kangana Ranaut's Queen Catwalk [7] ## Filmography Year Title 2003 Natale in India 2006 Khosla Ka Ghosla 2008 Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! 2010 Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2010 Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai 2010 Lafangey Parindey 2010 10ml LOVE 2011 Chalo Dilli 2011 Chillar Party 2012 Satyamev Jayate 2012 Shanghai 2012 Talaash: The Answer Lies Within 2013 Queen 2013 Dhoom 3 2014 Kick 2014 PK 2015 Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! 2016 Sanam Teri Kasam 2016 Azhar 2017 A Gentleman 2017 Simran 2018 Love Per Square Foot 2018 Thugs of Hindostan 2018 Noblemen 2020 Panga 2020 Gulabi Lens (short) 20221 Sherni 2021 Bell Bottom 2022 Jayeshbhai Jordaar 2022 Rashtra Kavach Om 2022 Shamshera 2022 Good Luck Jerry 2022 Cuttputlli 2022 Maja Ma 2022 Ram Setu 2023 Kakuda 2026 Raja Shivaji ## References 1. ["Rushi Sharma And Manoshi Nath Are Making The Wasteful Costume Design Industry Sustainable. Here's How"](https://elle.in/in-conversation-with-indian-costume-designers/). *elle.in*. Retrieved 2025-05-10. 1. ["Queen Look Test | Kangana Ranaut, Rajkummar Rao, Vikas Bahl | 7th Mar, 2014"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXX-hbnN3gY). *[YouTube](/source/YouTube)*. 25 February 2014. 1. Panicker, Anahita (9 November 2018). ["'We knew we weren't making a documentary'"](https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/we-knew-we-werent-making-a-documentary/article25456442.ece). *The Hindu* 1. ["Ranbir Kapoor - Shamshera’s costume designers on the challenge of dressing up Ranbir Kapoor as father and son - Telegraph India"](https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/shamsheras-costume-designers-on-the-challenge-of-dressing-up-ranbir-kapoor-as-father-and-son/cid/1876535). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220726053807/https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/shamsheras-costume-designers-on-the-challenge-of-dressing-up-ranbir-kapoor-as-father-and-son/cid/1876535) 2022-07-26 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2025-05-10. 1. ["Making of 'PK' Aamir Khan's PK Character"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC28cNo6Hhs). *[YouTube](/source/YouTube)*. 29 November 2014. 1. ["Here Are All the Winners at the ELLE Sustainability Awards 2023 - Elle India"](https://elle.in/winners-elle-sustainability-awards-2023/). 27 April 2023. 1. ["Bollywood Style Awards 2015: Queen | Verve Magazine - India's premier luxury lifestyle women's magazine"](https://www.vervemagazine.in/fashion-and-beauty/bollywood-style-awards-2015-queen). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20170405222718/http://www.vervemagazine.in/fashion-and-beauty/bollywood-style-awards-2015-queen) 2017-04-05 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2025-05-10. ## External links - [Manoshi Nath](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2794142/) at IMDb --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Manoshi Nath](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manoshi_Nath) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manoshi_Nath?action=history)). 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