Nidhi Yasha (born 26 April 1983) is an Indian costume designer. Nidhi designs costumes for ''Zee TV'''s ''Buddha and Star Plus TV'' series

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(2013) with

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as her consulting faculty for the show. Yasha said they studied over 450 books related to period textiles, costume and jewellery to arrive at the look for the show.

Early life and education

Nidhi Yasha was born in

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in 1983. She studied at St.Joseph's Convent High School, Patna. She graduated from NIFT, Delhi in the year 2005.

Career

Nidhi Yasha came to Mumbai in 2008, and handled the menswear division for a retail brand, Wadhawan lifestyle- India from November 2008 to March 2009. She started designing costumes in 2009. Nidhi created the costumes and styled the look for shows like ''

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'', ''Devon Ka Dev Mahadev'', ''Chandragupta Maurya'', ''

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'', ''Navya'', ''Anhoniyon Ka Andhera'', ''Durga'', ''Buddha'', ''Savitri'', ''Jodha-Akbar'', ''Mahabharat'' and films like ''Haunted'', ''Jal'', ''1920 Evil Returns'', ''Dangerous Ishhq'', ''Maximum'' and '' Zilla Ghaziabad'', ''Policegiri''

Recognition

She won an Indian Television Academy Award and Indian Telly award for her work in ''Shobha Somnath Ki'', on Zee TV. Nidhi had worked as a costume designer for

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from 2009 to 2011. She was invited by the East West Center Gallery to exhibit her works and to give guest lectures on Indian costume design at the

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in September–October 2013.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yasha, Nidhi 1983 births Living people Indian costume designers Indian women fashion designers Artists from Patna Women artists from Bihar