Maxima Basu is an Indian

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, actress and director. She was the assistant director of Oscar-winning film ''

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'' (2009). She has designed for popular Bollywood films like ''

Ram Leela ''Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela'' () or simply known as ''Ram-Leela'', is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language tragic romantic action film written and directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, who also composed its original soundtrack. The film was jointly ...

'' (2013), ''

Bajirao Mastani ''Bajirao Mastani'' is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language epic historical romance film directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, who co-produced it with Eros International and composed its soundtrack. The film stars Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone and Priy ...

'' (2015) and '' Dangal'' (2017), which became the highest grossing Indian film of all time, replacing senior designers Rushi Sharma and

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. She won the Filmfare Award for Best Costume Design in 2016 for

. She worked in Bajirao Mastani and Ram Leela as a team with designer

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, both shared 4 wins and 2 nominations jointly. Later, Maxima worked alone for ''Dangal''.

Personal life and education

Maxima is named after Russian novelist

Maxim Gorky Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (russian: link=no, Алексе́й Макси́мович Пешко́в; – 18 June 1936), popularly known as Maxim Gorky (russian: Макси́м Го́рький, link=no), was a Russian writer and social ...

. She belongs to a Bengali-speaking

Basu Basu (variants: ''Bose, Boshu, Bosu, Bosh'') is an Indian surname, primarily found among Bengali Hindus. It stems from Sanskrit वासु vāsu (a name of Vishṇu meaning 'dwelling in all beings'). History Basus belong to the Kayastha ca ...

family residing in

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. She is an Alumna of Kalindi College, Delhi University. After her first marriage ended in a divorce, she married her second husband Prashant in an intimate Hindu wedding ceremony held in

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. The couple met on a film set, where Prashant worked as an Art Assistant.

Career

She made her debut with

(2009), in which she designed costumes and assisted

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, who earned the

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for the film.Telegraph India : The bong girl's Bajirao connect
/ref> Later, she switched to designing costumes with 2013 blockbuster

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. Director

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gave her the chance. He later repeated her for his next venture

. She was applauded nationally. Sanjay,

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and

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was all in praise for her dresses on their characters. She earned the Filmfare Award for Best Costume Design in 2016 for the film. In 2017, she worked in two films :

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and Dangal, the latter being the highest grossing Indian film of all time. In 2017, popular designers

and Rushi Sharma were scheduled to design dresses for Dangal, the highest grossing Indian film of all time. But co-producer

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replaced them with her, giving the reason that they charged too much money for the film's budget. The film earned her second Filmfare Nomination.Maxima Basu replaces Manoshi-Rushi for 'Dangal'
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Filmography

Costume Designer

* ''Eclipse'' (TV series) (2021) *

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(2019) * The Elder One (2019) *

Kalank ''Kalank'' (; ) is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language period romantic drama film directed by Abhishek Varman and produced by Karan Johar, Hiroo Yash Johar and Apoorva Mehta under Dharma Productions and Sajid Nadiadwala under Nadiadwala Grandson Ent ...

(2019) *

Raazi ''Raazi'' (''Agree'') is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language spy action thriller film directed by Meghna Gulzar and produced by Vineet Jain, Karan Johar, Hiroo Yash Johar and Apoorva Mehta under the banners of Junglee Pictures and Dharma Productions. ...

(2018) *

Padmaavat ''Padmaavat'' is a 2018 Indian period romantic action drama film directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Based on the epic poem of the same name by Malik Muhammad Jayasi, it stars Deepika Padukone as Rani Padmavati, a Rajput queen known for her ...

(2018) *

(2017) * Raabta (2017) * Dangal (2016) *

(2015) *

(2013) * Peepli (Live) (2010)

Actress

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(Nurse) -- 2012 * Peepli (Live) (TV reporter) -- 2010

1st Unit Director/Assistant Director

* Ship of Theseus (Segment - Aida's Story)

Miscellaneous

(Assistant : Director)

Awards

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Basu, Maxima Living people Fashion stylists People from West Bengal Indian women fashion designers Filmfare Awards winners Year of birth missing (living people)