Kamal Haasan’s earliest memories are of his father D Srinivasan wearing a crisp white shirt and lawyer’s robe made of handspun khadi. “He [my father] was involved in India’s freedom struggle with [Mahatma] Gandhiji, and I remember him selling all the foreign goods we owned at the time. That memory of him advocating Swadeshi has stayed with me,” the veteran actor remembers. The 67-year-old decided to take the legacy forward by launching KH House of Khaddar, a clothing line in collaboration with designer Amritha Ram. The collection puts the spotlight on a weave with a deep socio-cultural context, but in a modern avatar. The website, which goes live this month, is also an effort to uplift and better the lives of the handloom weavers that his outfit is collaborating with.

The collection is inspired by period costumes but with a modern take