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{{short description|Indian fashion stylist, costume designer and actress}}
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|name= Anaita Shroff Adajania
|nationality= Indian
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|birth_place= [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]]
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|years_active=1995- present
|occupation = Fashion stylist, costume designer<br>Fashion Director [[Vogue India]]
|spouse= {{marriage|[[Homi Adajania]]|2002}}
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'''Anaita Shroff Adajania''' is an [[India]]n [[fashion stylist]], [[costume designer]] and actress. She is the Fashion Director for ''[[Vogue India]]'' magazine.<ref>{{Cite web|date=29 March 2020|title=HT Brunch Cover Story: Some good-natured bawi banter!|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/ht-brunch-cover-story-some-good-natured-bawi-banter/story-uKT2RqLDFJs10Wp7Z196rI.html|access-date=9 June 2020|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>

==Early life==
Adajania was born in Mumbai in a [[Parsis|Parsi]] family.<ref name="Rediff" /><ref name="HT2017"/> She attended The Bombay International School and [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai]].<ref name="HT2017">{{Cite web|date=29 July 2017|title=“It’s a myth that fashionable clothes work only on skinny people,” celebrity stylist Anaita Shroff Adajania shoots straight|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/it-s-a-myth-that-fashionable-clothes-work-only-on-skinny-people-celebrity-stylist-anaita-shroff-adajania-shoots-straight/story-55Vp94WZnyYP8UvWdSJ7RI.html|access-date=9 June 2020|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>

==Career==
She started her career as assistant fashion editor with ''[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]'' magazine, upon its Indian launch in 1996.<ref>
{{cite web| title = 5 steps to being a stylist: Anaita Shroff |publisher=Hindustan Times| url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/news-feed/fashionguru/5-steps-to-being-a-stylist-anaita-shroff/article1-573612.aspx |date=17 July 2010| accessdate = 23 December 2013 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100718094605/http://www.hindustantimes.com/news-feed/fashionguru/5-steps-to-being-a-stylist-anaita-shroff/article1-573612.aspx | archive-date=18 July 2010 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Subsequently, she worked with ''[[L'Officiel]] India'', before becoming the fashion director at ''Vogue India''.<ref name=mum>{{cite web|title=Q&A With Vogue Fashion Director Anaita Shroff Adajania |publisher=Mumbai Boss |url=http://mumbaiboss.com/2013/01/06/in-conversation-with-vogue-fashion-director-anaita-shroff-adajania/ |date=6 January 2013 |accessdate=23 December 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224101451/http://mumbaiboss.com/2013/01/06/in-conversation-with-vogue-fashion-director-anaita-shroff-adajania/ |archivedate=24 December 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title = Fashion Director Anaita Shroff Adajania |publisher= www.vogue.in | url = http://www.vogue.in/content/fashion-guide-muted-colours|date=12 August 2010| accessdate = 23 December 2013}}</ref>

The owner of the Style Cell company, Adajania has been noted for her design work on several [[Bollywood]] films including ''[[Dhoom 2]]'', ''[[Being Cyrus]]'', ''[[Everybody Says I'm Fine!]]'', ''[[Love Aaj Kal]]'' and ''[[Cocktail (2012 film)|Cocktail]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Anaita Shroff - The stylist for Dhoom 2 |url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/features/dhoom2-010107.html |archive-url=https://archive.is/20120715071354/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/features/dhoom2-010107.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 July 2012 }}</ref> She has notably styled all three films in the ''[[Dhoom (film series)|Dhoom series]]'', starting with ''[[Dhoom]]'' (2004) where she worked with [[John Abraham (actor)|John Abraham]] and [[Esha Deol]]'s look, followed by ''[[Dhoom 2]]'' (2006) where in she worked with [[Aishwarya Rai Bachchan]], [[Hrithik Roshan]] and [[Bipasha Basu]], then in 2013 edition of the franchise ''[[Dhoom 3]]'', she styled [[Katrina Kaif]].<ref>{{cite web| title = Dhoom 3: Body of work|publisher=Livemint| url = http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/TgqxUdKWBm8re0DuX1BqOM/Dhoom-3-Body-of-work.html|date=20 December 2013| accessdate = 23 December 2013}}</ref>

Her designs have also been featured in magazines including [[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]], [[L'Officiel]], [[Elle (magazine)|Elle]] and [[Rolling Stone]].<ref name="Rediff">{{cite web|title=Making Hrithik, Ash look super hot |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/nov/28asa.htm|publisher=Rediff.com, movies|date=28 November 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Anaita Shroff Adajania|url=http://chatinterviews.indiatimes.com/articleshow/883404.cms|date=12 October 2004|publisher=Indiatimes}}</ref> Shroff also currently styles actress [[Deepika Padukone]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Blaggan|first1=Ishita|title=NDTV Exclusive: Finding Fanny Designer Anaita Shroff on Dressing Dimple and the Sixth Oddball|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/ndtv-exclusive-finding-fanny-designer-anaita-shroff-on-dressing-dimple-and-the-sixth-oddball-662997|accessdate=9 January 2016|publisher=NDTV|date=12 September 2014}}</ref> exclusively for all of her events.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hrithik and Deepika have Anaita to thank|url=http://www.emirates247.com/entertainment/hrithik-and-deepika-have-anaita-to-thank-2013-02-18-1.495334|publisher=Emirates247.com|date=18 February 2013}}</ref>

Apart from this, she has acted in walk-on roles in films, like ''[[Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge]]'' (1995), wherein she played Sheena, Simran's ([[Kajol]]) friend in London whom Raj ([[Shah Rukh Khan]]) flirts with at the start of the European trip. In ''[[Kal Ho Naa Ho]]'' (2003), she played Gita, Rohit's ([[Saif Ali Khan]]) friend. <ref>[https://trendykendy.com/10-most-fashionable-men-in-bollywood/ She also started her new talk show called 'Feet up with stars' on Voot.</ref>]

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
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! Year !! Film !! Role !! Notes
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| 1995||''[[Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge]]''||Sheena (Simran's friend)|| walk on role
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| 2001||''[[Everybody Says I'm Fine!]]''|| Stylist ||
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|2003||[[Kal Ho Na Ho]]|| Gita (Rohit's friend)|| walk on role
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|2004||''[[Dhoom]]''||stylist ||
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|2006||''[[Being Cyrus]]''||stylist ||
|-
| 2006||''[[Hope and a Little Sugar]]''|| ||
|-
|2006|| ''[[Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna]]''||stylist ||
|-
|2006||''[[Dhoom 2]]''||stylist ||
|-
|2008||''[[Krazzy 4]]''|| ||
|-
| 2008 ||''[[Bhoothnath]]''|| ||
|-
|2009 ||''[[Love Aaj Kal]]''|| stylist ||
|-
|2011||''[[Ra.One]]''|| ||
|-
|2011||''[[Players (2012 film)|Players]]''|| ||
|-
|2012||''[[Cocktail (2012 film)|Cocktail]]''||stylist ||
|-
|2013||''[[Race 2]]''||stylist ||
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| 2013 ||''[[Dhoom 3]]''|| stylist ||
|-
|2014||''[[Lekar Hum Deewana Dil]]''|| ||
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|2014||''[[Finding Fanny Fernandes]]''||stylist ||
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|2014||''[[Bang Bang (2014 film)|Bang Bang]]''|| ||
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|2016||''[[Dear Zindagi]]''|| ||
|}

==Personal life==
[[File:Anaita Shroff Adajania, Homi Adajania at India's 50 Best Dressed Men, 2012 (18).jpg|thumb|150px| With husband [[Homi Adajania]], 2012.]]
She married Indian film director and screenwriter [[Homi Adajania]] in 2002 who directed ''[[Being Cyrus]]'' (2006) and ''[[Cocktail (2012 film)|Cocktail]]'' (2012). The couple has two sons and she is the sister of Scherezade Shroff.<ref>{{cite web | title = Ten things you should know about Cocktail's director, Homi Adajania |publisher= Firstpost| url = http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/ten-things-you-should-know-about-cocktails-director-homi-adajania-374770.html|date=11 July 2012|accessdate = 23 December 2013}}</ref>

==Awards==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Year || Award Giving Body || Category || Work || Result || Ref
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| 2007 || [[8th IIFA Awards]] || [[IIFA Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]] || ''[[Dhoom 2]]'' || {{won}} || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.altfg.com/film/indian-film-academy-awards-2007/|title=Indian Academy Film Awards: Aamir Khan Bollywood Political Musical + Hrithik Roshan & Rani Mukherji Among Winners|publisher=}}</ref>
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| 2010 || [[11th IIFA Awards]] || Best Costume Design<br>(shared with [[Dolly Ahluwalia]]) || ''[[Love Aaj Kal]]'' || {{won}} || <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.iifa.com/iifa-years/iifa-years-2010/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=20 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315135944/http://www.iifa.com/iifa-years/iifa-years-2010/ |archive-date=15 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0025588}}

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