Big B wears old watch from Chor Bazaar in Teen Patti

Cheap cloth illfitted trousers checked cotton shirts and an old watch from Mumbais Chor Bazaar these are what designer Ameira Punvani used to create Amitabh Bachchans look in Teen Patti where he plays a reclusive mathematicianu00a0She says the megastar gave her enough freedom to experiment with his lookI was given the liberty to go to the biggest shops but I instead decided to go to small markets to buy stuff For MrBachchan I created a look that had trousers which were a mix of polyester cheap material around Rs200 per metre along with checked cotton shirts Punvani told IANS in an interviewThat was something a college professor would wear so we zeroed in on that Also I didnt make the fit of the trousers very contemporary I gave it a double pleated Americancut style it makes the trousers look a little baggy she addedDirected by Leena Yadav Teen Patti features Amitabh as a mathematician trying to evolve a thesis on probability by relating it to the Indian card game of teen patti Also starring Hollywood veteran Ben Kingsley the film is set to release Feb 26Punvani says there was no compromise on the detailingWe paid a lot of attention on detailing So much so that I had to get a watch for MrBachchan to complete his look He wears the best of watches but I went to Mumbais Chor Bazaar and got a very old watch from there that was not even automaticAfter getting it I was sceptical about MrBachchans reaction I didnt know whether he would wear that watch or not But he was completely fine with the idea said PunvaniThe designer is all praise for Bachchan MrBachchan is such a marvellous person He is such a huge personality and has an aura around him that you get scared when you first meet him But he makes you so comfortableHe gave me a free hand and had no problems trying the costumes He always used to give me time despite being so busy and patiently tried out everything He is extremely professional she saidPunvani says she event visited colleges for ideas to design his looku00a0MrBachchan is playing a reclusive genius maths professor in the film For his look I first remembered how my teachers used to look I visited various colleges to see how professors are dressed thereThe first thing that I noticed was that all of them were very simple and they were not really bothered about their outward appearance So for MrBachchans look I decided to go for authentic materials to make the character look close to reality she saidPunvani who has in the past designed costumes for films like Guru Shortkut The Con Is On and Zinda among others was responsible for crafting the look of the entire Indian cast of the film including R Madhavan Dhruv Ganesh Shraddha Kapoor Siddharth Kher and Vaibhav Talwar among othersHer next project is Shahid Kapoorstarrer Badmaash Company for Yash Raj Films