Costume designer Ajay Kumar revealed the time taken to create armours for Ranbir Kapoor and Ravie Dubey in the movie Ramayana, released on November 5. Ajay said, "I think one or two months before you already start with sampling." His team now delivers new designs in 10 to 12 days.
In an exclusive interview with Zoom, costume designer Ajay Kumar revealed how much time was invested in creating Ranbir Kapoor and Ravie Dubey's armours for Ramayana. The movie was released on November 5.
Ranbir Kapoor and Yash's Ramayana: Part 1 is being praised for more reasons than one. From larger-than-life visuals and performances to costumes and music, people have lauded different aspects of the Ranbir Kapoor and Yash-starrer. Recently, costume designer Ajay Kumar shared how he designed cane armours for Ranbir and Ravie Dubey's characters. While Ranbir portrays Lord Rama, Ravie is seen as Lord Lakshman. And now, in an exclusive interview with Zoom, Ajay shared how much time was invested in creating the armours for their respective roles.
Ajay Kumar on creating Ranbir Kapoor-Ravie Dubey's armours
Speaking exclusively with us, Ajay revealed, "I think one or two months before you already start with sampling, you have shoot two months ahead. You start (with) everything in the terms of material and what colour it will be, because the colour is important, right? How we are going to do the padding inside, which will give comfort to actors, right? And which will give comfort to the action designer who is ALSO perfoming. Because there are so many action (scenes) where you are jumping here and there."
The Ramayana costumer designer admitted that two months is the first prototype when it comes to developing the first sample of any design. What happens next? After Ajay and his team have the sample and dyes of it, one week is more than sufficient for them. After creating armours for Ramayana, the costume designer feels he and his team are now experts in that space.
Revealing how long it took to create armours, Ajay told Zoom, "We definitely started with Bhagwan Shri Rama. And it was like two months of back-and-forth happening. Your brain is stuck; it's like, 'Okay, I don't know what to go ahead with. And again, after two days, you feel like okay let's try this material also'. And that happened. But now my expert is enough to handle and deliver it in 10 days from the beginning."
Ajay believes if he and his team have new characters and design now, they can easily deliver the armours in 10 to 12 days. The costume designer further expressed gratitude to Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari (part of Ramayana's creative team) and Juhi Pandey. He thanked them for helping him get in touch with Assamese people who are into craftmanship.
Ramayana worldwide box office collection
Meanwhile, Ramayana surpassed Rs 1000 crore at the worldwide box office in just eight days of its theatrical release. As of day nine, the movie's total worldwide gross stands at Rs 1,110.70 crore.