User:Maximabasu

Maxima Basu is an upcoming costume designer working in Bollywood. Her latest work includes movies like Peepli Live and Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela. Born in New Delhi, India in a Bengali family, she studied Journalism and Films during her graduation and post graduation. She then moved on to a career in advertising film-making in Bangalore with Nirvana Films. Due to her flair for casting and styling, she did the same for Prakash Varma, in Nirvana Films.

She moved to Mumbai as an assistant to Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire. She remained his important aide in the trust formed for the slum children Rubina and Azhar. Her costume designing break came via Aamir Khan Prodcutions when she worked on Peepli Live. She got nominated for the costume designer category in Filmfare Awards for Peepli Live.

From 2009-2012, she returned to designing for adfilms.

She started out as the costume designer for the principal cast for Goliyon ki Raasleela Ram-Leela, directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. But later when Sabyasachi Mukherjee pulled out from the project, she also became the designer for Ranveer Singh, the main lead along with the principal cast.

She also designed for 'Maro Piyu Gayo Rangoon', a Shakespearean stage adaption for the Globe to Globe Festival, London Olympics 2012. Her design attracted loud appreciation for the theater critiques in London. She also sporadically designs for various theater production in Mumbai.

She was first assistant director in Ship of Theseus (film) - (segment "Aida's Story")

Nominations

Best Costume Design - Filmfare Awards - Peepli Live

Best Costume Design - 20th Annual Life Ok Screen Awards - Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela

Awards

20th Annual Life Ok Screen Awards -- Best Costume Design - Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela