Actor Kangana Ranaut has urged people and the fashion industry to be considerate and encourage celebrities to repeat their outfits and recycle fabrics
Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut has always tried to uphold the Indian culture by wearing sarees too often and blending it with modernity to make it more relevant. She has proudly taken Indian sarees beyond borders, a recent example being Cannes Film Festival at France, where she wore a Kanjeevaram saree paired with an embellished corset blouse.
Recently, she made headlines for wearing a plain cotton saree worth Rs 600, publicly. She said that a generation that is “overconsuming resources” is noticing it. The actress has urged people and the fashion industry to be “considerate” and encourage celebrities to repeat their outfits and recycle fabrics. She said, “I am happy that people have noticed it. I tell the fashion industry that we, as a generation, are overconsuming resources. Also, the shaming (of people) for repeating outfits and recycling fabrics should be stopped.” Remarking that we need to encourage people every time they style differently, she added, “They should appreciate that spirit. Also, we spent so much on organic stuffs when they come from fancy stores. But we don’t really see the farmers and craftsmen. They are so poor that they can’t even afford pesticides and synthetic fabrics and are organic, by default. We don’t realise that.”
Recently, Kangana’s sister Rangoli Chandel took to social media to upload a photograph of the actress in the saree. She tweeted, “On her way to Jaipur, Kangana is wearing Rs 600 saree she picked from Kolkata. She was shocked to know one can get such good organic cotton in this amount and it’s heartbreaking to see how hard people work and how little they earn. Please support domestic brands before the international ones take over.”
Commenting on this, the National Award-winning actor said, “Just because it’s from a roadside shop, it doesn’t mean that it’s not good. When you buy it from a big store, it does make it a different stuff.” Kangana said that her perception towards herself changed after she entered Bollywood and now she doesn’t think of herself as a “small entity” whose contributions are irrelevant.
She believes that every person can contribute to the world and no matter how small, contribution is relevant. “Initially I used to think that the world is very big and I’m very small and I can’t make a difference to it. But I don’t feel the same any more. Believing that we are irrelevant in this scheme of things is the biggest mistake that we make,” said she.
As a woman, I don’t always want to get struck with big producers, actors and directors. I don’t believe in this. I feel as an individual, I have a standing,” Kangana said.