Actress Disha Patani has rekindled Bollywood's romance with the yellow saree through the Slow Motion song from Salman Khan's Bharat. But it has left many asking, "Where's the saree?"
In the video of the peppy number by Vishal and Shekhar featuring Nakash Aziz and Shreya Ghoshal, Disha is seen matching her dance moves with Salman Khan. The song garnered millions of views on YouTube in just 24 hours.
Her sensual yellow saree with a 'pallu' twisted like a rope and thrown over her shoulder has caught attention, with many criticising this twist to the traditional saree. Award-winning textile designer Gaurang Shah feels the essence of the saree has got completely diluted.
"Well, everyone one has a choice to reinvent, but that doesn't mean you do away with fundamental essence that made sari a beautiful attire for generations. It is a celebration of our cultural legacy and heritage. A saree is a saree. You must drape it in a manner that retains its magnificent character," Shah told IANS.
Designer Varija Bajaj called it a poor rendition in the name of reinventing ways to drape the six-yard wonder. "Designers all across are working on reinventing the classic sarees into saree gowns, lehenga sarees, sarees with jeans and some of them are extremely beautiful inventions," Bajaj told IANS.
"There is a very thin line between a beautiful innovation and a tragic disaster when it comes to designers reinventing a saree. A poor rendition not only looks distasteful, but also kills the very essence of feminism in a sari, and I guess that forms the majority chunk of such reinventions," she added.
However, ace designer Ritu Kumar feels the stylist hasn't broken "any norm" with the look.
"A saree is an unstitched garment and it is worn in different ways in different parts of the country. A saree can come in nine yards to three yards. There is no standardisation of the saree and there never has been," said Kumar, adding that there is no "traditional way or a hard and fast rule to wear a saree".