Actor dons 'Gaja Gamini' robes at Bengal Fashion Week

After blazing the ramp in Gaja Gamini show as a celluloid supermodel Mala M, cult Bengali movie 'Bhooter Bhabisyot' actor Mumtaj Sorcar says she would principally be an actor but would love to do ramp shows yet again occasionally.

Mumtaj, who breezed the ramp at ace designer Jaya Mishra's Gaja Gamini show on the inaugural day of Bengal fashion Week, said, "I will never swap my acting career with anything. But wearing costumes and walking the aisle is fun." 'Gangs of Wasseypur' and 'Fukrey' famed Richa Chadda was the show-stopper walking along with Kingfisher Super Model Ketholeno Kens (Leno).

"My reel-supermodel in Aschorjo Prodip, frequenting male fantasy, now turns real at fashion week and acting real time as a model before a live, receptive audience, it looks like I have pulled it off," she said.
 

Referring to her costumes, Mumtaj said "The gown-shaped saree complimented with fairy-type crown, the signature Jaya Miishra style, made my look very ethnically Indian."

The 'Gaja Gamini;, inspired by Leonardo da Vinci's 'Mona Lisa', Kalidas' 'Shakuntala' and a lensman's photograph "A Journey Through the Eyes of a Painter' imparts the Gothic look to the whose show oscillating between illusion and reality, Jaya, who had participated in London Fashion Week and got the 17th Lions Gold Award, said. Said.

"I have fused long anarkalis, double layered salwars, fit-and-flare suits, pattern sarees styled with pallu and combination of puff sleeves, frills and pleats on the neck lines," Jaya said.

Richa said, "It is an awesome platform and I can feel the buzz.Of Kolkata, the fashion scene.