Maganlal Dresswala

Maganlal Dresswala
IndustryCostume design
Founded1926 (1926)
FounderMaganlal and Harilal
Headquarters
Mumbai
,
India

Maganlal Dresswala or Maganlal Dresswala & Co. is a noted costumer and costume designer for Bollywood productions. Established in 1926 as a small shop in Kalbadevi, Mumbai, it is most known for its period costumes, in Ram Rajya (1943) Mughal-e-Azam (1960) and Anarkali (1953), and mythological TV series Ramanand Sagar's Ramayan (1987-1988) and B.R. Chopra's Mahabharat (1988-1990).

Today, the company is the oldest costume supplier in Indian cinema and is mentioned as such in the Limca Book of Records 2012 as it was the costumer for first Indian talkie, Alam Ara (1931).

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