Samantha’s costume designer Neeta Lulla wins the Best Costume Designer award at Cannes for ‘Shaakuntalam’
etimes.in / May 29, 2023, 16:30 (IST)
At the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, Indian costume designer and fashion stylist Neeta Lulla won the Best Costume Award for her work on the mythological romantic drama film 'Shaakuntalam'. Lulla, who has worked on over 300 Indian films, is famous for designing costumes for movies such as 'Jagadekha Veerudu Athiloka Sundari', 'Devdas', and 'Khuda Gawah', among others, and has received multiple national awards. 'Shaakuntalam', directed by Gunasekhar, was released in April 2023 and featured Samantha as Shakuntala and Dev Mohan as King Dushyanta, but was a commercial failure.