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Sadhna Cut
The Sadhna cut came From a popular movie known from the film “Sadhna” in 1958. The movie was starring Rajini, (Vyjayanthimala), who played a prostitute, and it focused on her love affair that occurred with a professor known as “Sunil Dutt”. The film’s theme was around the idea of rehabilitation of prostitutes but what stood out the most from the movie was a hairstyle trend that grabbed everyone’s attention and arose soon after the movie was released, known as the “Sadhana Cut”. It was a cut that had a fringe bang which covered about half your forehead, not fully like the traditional front bangs. It occurred when the director of the film, R.K. Nayyar, suggested something different to cover Sadhna’s wide forehead and would essentially be creating something interesting to her look. The Sadhana cut became a phenomenon overnight and also stood out in Yash Chopra’s film Waqt (1965 film), featuring the same actress, Vyjanthimala, captivating all female fans attention in India. A Hair expert, Bina Punjani mentions that fringes added to your hairstyle has become a “timeless look” since they enhance our other features like transforming our eyes to look bigger and to make our face look smaller, which allow people to use this style in a different way to help alter and modernize all hair types (Ians, 2018). This hairstyle was a trend for a while in the ’60s and ’70s and we can now see this hairstyle coming back and becoming a trend again in the modern age with different styles that have been played around with but have derived from this cut in particular. Priyanka Chopra, Naomi Campbell, and Penélope Cruz for example have played around with this cut before and have gotten it suited to their preference. This hair trend also arose at the time where there was more freedom and where women were granted more empowerment specifically in the West end to have similar hairstyles that eventually adapted with India’s style theme. This trend was also inspired by Audrey Hepburn’s look who started the trend in the early 1960s and allowed it to become a phenomenal hairstyle suited for any age, ranging from girls in grade school, teenagers and working women. (Evolution of Hairstyles in Bollywood, 2015).

Fashion
There is indeed no doubt that fashion is one of the most popular forms of culture, that has brought out the latest trends which society picks up on as well as makeup, hairstyles, and our personalities which in a way shapes who we are by allowing to use these forms of beauty as self- expression to represent our lifestyle. (Natasha, 2018) One of the earliest trendsetters came from traditional styles which were found and taken from Hindi Cinema, also known as Bollywood. A lot of trends that society adapts to are often derived from what we see in the media and from people who are known as trendsetters as seen on social media as well as advertisements and commercials we view online, TV shows and movies, and radio stations. A lot of fashion icons have embraced this culture and turned it into something modern and of their preference while still valuing and recognizing the traditions behind it. Some examples of fashion icons that we see are Priyanka Chopra, Jessica Alba, Oprah Winfrey, Selena Gomez and Julia Roberts who turn traditional fashion styles into their own unique versions of modernized and classic looks.

India's Fashion
The kind of style and trend that India carries, is enhanced with old forms of styles and looks and it remains to be a continuous evolving fashion industry. Certain traditional styles including sari's and colourful gagra choli's that we see throughout the public come from popular movies and TV shows from famous actors and actresses such as Priyanka Chopra, Lady Gaga, and Jennifer Lopez. Not just clothing but more inspiration of certain trends have developed and continue to stay alive over the years with our forms of moderation added on to it, such as certain makeup looks, statement pieces in our attire (denim jackets, block sandals, neon clothing), and so many chic hairstyles that are still seen today all over social media and incorporated in Hollywood and Bollywood films. Another hair expert, Dhruv Abichandani had said that from the Sadhna look, people have taken inspiration from that look and added their own modern twist to it, Sadhna had a light fringe but what we see today is a stronger and heavier fringe look that can be cut asymmetrically or in a round shape. (Ians, 2015). Before the 1980s there was still a good portion of designers, but it wasn’t until the late ’80s and early ’90s that experienced a growth of designers and resulted in an increase of exposure to global fashion which contributed to the economic boom after the economic liberalization of the Indian Economy. The post-independence of India concentrated mainly on the textile design that was directed towards the growth of an “ethnic- chic” style. It was seen that the traditional and popular styles of Indian clothing such as colorful sari’s, ghagra’s, and dhoti’s, stayed in trend in the early period of post-independence. (Singh D. & Gupta, 2014).