entertainment and promotional features LETTY MARIAM ABRAHAM letty. abraham@ mid- day. com Having worked with Kabir Khan in Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Tubelight, Sanah Kewal knew she was likely to be called on for his Amazon Prime series, The Forgotten Army. The stylist tells mid- day, u201c We worked on this project for over 120 days.u201d Kewal adds that arriving at Sharvariu2019s look was particularly difficult.
u201c Sharvari [ who plays an officer] had to look messy in the first scene itself. She was in tears and covered in mud. I had to make her look dirty and unwell. After that scene, we had to shoot her introductory shot, for which she had to look fresh,u201d says Kewal, who binged on actual footage of the Indian National Army to arrive at the look.
u201c We had pictures and videos.
Using those reference made the job easier. Apart from the footage, I also saw movies, like [ the American war film] Fury.u201d Given that Khan had no ambiguity in how he wanted his characters to look, Kewal says she simply had to follow his vision. Khan, on his part, says that even though the task at hand was tough, Kewal managed to pull it off. u201c The show is about soldiers, and I wanted them to look authentic when they were training, and in [ the] battle [ scenes]. Sanah did a great job.u201d u2018 Binged on INAu2019s footageu2019 The Forgotten Army stylist Sanah Kewal on arriving at the charactersu2019 looks for Kabiru2019s show Sharvari in The Forgotten Army; ( insets) Kabir Khan and Sanah Kewal
