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{{Short description|Indian costume fashion designer and entrepreneur}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Komal Shahani
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| birth_date = 9 December 1981
| birth_place = [[Mumbai|Bombay]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| nationality = [[India]]n
| occupation = fashion costume designer, celebrity stylist
| known_for = fashion designing
| spouse = [[Ashish R Mohan|Ashish R. Mohan]]
| website =
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'''Komal Shahani''' is an Indian fashion costume designer, who has worked in the Hindi, Tamil and Telugu film industries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-16/costume-designer-komal-shahani-talks-about-her-first-work-experience-with-vijay.html|title=Costume Designer Komal Shahani talks about her first work experience with Vijay|date=January 29, 2018|website=Behindwoods}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-16/exclusive-interview-with-komal-shahani-the-stylist-for-vijay-in-mersal.html|title=Exclusive interview with Komal Shahani the stylist for Vijay in Mersal|date=October 16, 2017|website=Behindwoods}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://movies.ndtv.com/tamil/kollywood/vijay-joins-hands-with-the-same-stylist-again-for-vijay-61-1684378|title=விஜய்யுடன் 4-வது முறையாக கைகோர்த்த ஸ்டைலிஸ்ட்|website=NDTV Tamil Cinema}}</ref>

== Career ==
Soon after completing her studies, Komal Shahani began working as an assistant in a boutique showroom, aspiring to break into the fashion industry. Soon Shahani began to get opportunities to design costumes in films, including in her husband [[Ashish R Mohan|Ashish R. Mohan]]'s ''[[Khiladi 786]]'' (2013) and ''[[Welcome 2 Karachi]]'' (2015).<ref name="tamil">{{Cite web|last=சென்|first=சுஜிதா|date=|title=''விஜய் வேறலெவல், அக்‌ஷய்குமார் ஸ்பெஷல், ரகுல் ப்ரீத் சிங்குக்கு கஷ்டம்!" - 'மெர்சல்' காஸ்டியூம் டிசைனர்ஸ்|url=https://cinema.vikatan.com/celebrity/115896-costume-designers-interview|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=cinema.vikatan.com}}</ref> For the film ''Welcome 2 Karachi'', Shahani notably researched fashion trends in Pakistan as seen in their newspapers and magazines. She also sourced embroidered leather Baloch jutis, mirror work Muslim caps, headscarves and turbans, as well military uniform of US, Indian and Pakistani personnel.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/150530/entertainment-bollywood/article/keep-it-real-was-brief-komal-shahani|title=Keep it real, was the brief: Komal Shahani|first=natasha|last=coutinho|date=May 31, 2015|website=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref> She has also worked on commitments for [[Filmfare]] magazine, notably on cover issues featuring [[Preity Zinta]] and [[Neha Dhupia]].<ref name="tamil"/>

Shahani has also worked on South Indian films, making her debut through the bilingual film ''[[180 (2011 Indian film)|180]]'' (2011), set in Chennai and San Francisco. In the 2010s, she worked extensively with [[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]] on his costumes for films. Notably, she designed the actor's outfits for ''[[Thuppakki]]'' (2012), as well as for the multiple roles that he played in his three films with [[Atlee (director)|Atlee]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/regional/in-theri-vijay-pulls-off-his-looks-with-panache-stylist/|title=In 'Theri', Vijay pulls off his looks with panache: Stylist|date=April 4, 2016}}</ref><ref name="vijvik">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/thalapathy-vijay-and-chiyaan-vikram-can-pull-off-any-look-with-ease-cobra-costume-designer-komal-shahani/articleshow/76829558.cms|title=Thalapathy Vijay and Chiyaan Vikram can pull off any look with ease: Cobra costume designer Komal Shahani - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.zoomtventertainment.com/tamil-cinema/article/celebrity-stylist-komal-shahani-reveals-thalapathy-vijays-favourite-costume/622336|title=Celebrity stylist Komal Shahani reveals Thalapathy Vijay's favourite costume!|website=www.zoomtventertainment.com}}</ref> For ''[[Cobra (upcoming film)|Cobra]]'' (2021), Shahani worked on the design of [[Vikram (actor)|Vikram]]'s seven distinct looks in the film.<ref name="vijvik"/>

==Personal life==
Komal Shahani is married to Hindi film director [[Ashish R Mohan|Ashish R. Mohan]]. The pair were married in a ceremony in February 2012 attended by several Hindi film personalities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/mumbai/Celebs-at-Komal-Shahanis-wedding-party/articleshow/11726829.cms|title=Celebs at Komal Shahani's wedding party - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/ameesha-patel-at-her-friends-wedding-reception/153066|title=Ameesha Patel at her friend's wedding reception|date=February 3, 2012|website=mid-day}}</ref>

== Notable filmography ==
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*''[[Paathshaala]]'' (2010)
*''[[Toonpur Ka Superrhero]]'' (2010)
*''[[180 (2011 Indian film)|180]]'' (2011)
*''[[Khiladi 786]]'' (2013)
*''[[Thuppakki]]'' (2012)
*''[[Bittoo Boss]]'' (2012)
*''[[Boss (2013 Hindi film)|Boss]]'' (2013)
*''[[Jilla]]'' (2014)
*''[[Irumbu Kuthirai]]'' (2014)
*''[[Arima Nambi]]'' (2014)
*''[[Welcome 2 Karachi]]'' (2015)
*''[[Theri (film)|Theri]]'' (2016)
*''[[Mersal (film)|Mersal]]'' (2017)
*''[[Bigil]]'' (2019)
*''[[Cobra (upcoming film)|Cobra]]'' (2021)
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== References ==
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==External links==
*{{imdb name|2136401}}

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