Abu Jani | Career, Age, Biography, Net Worth, Fashion Designer

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Abu Jani’s Biography

Abu Jani's birthdate is on 1 January 1970. Abu Jani's birthplace is in Mumbai. Abu Jani religion is a Bohra Muslim family that was enamored with the glitzy world of fashion. Indian costume designer Abu Jani was raised and born in Mumbai. He created the costumes for the Hindi movies Umrao Jaan Devdas Lajja and Khoon Bhari Maang. Together he and Sandeep Khosla run retail flagship locations in Mumbai Bangalore and Delhi. For the 2003 Hindi film Devdas he received a National Film Award for Best Costume Design. 

Abu Jani is an interior and costume designer. The tag is called Abu J. He was born and raised in Mumbai India and holds Indian citizenship. His upbringing exposed him to the opulent lifestyle associated with Mumbai's high-class fashion designers. In a time when fashion designing was not at all a career it was the cause that broadened his perspective to include women designers. Abu Jani's zodiac sign is Pisces. Abu Jani's hobbies are Traveling and Reading.

Abu Jani’s Family and Abu Jani’s Education

Abu Jani was compelled to be interested in this field by his upbringing. When he was just 17 years old he was employed by a nearby gas business as a distributor of anti-corrosion pamphlets before entering the world of fashion design. Abu Jani was not at all an academic student. Instead he filled his books and notebooks with doodles and sketches which were indications of a natural artist. After graduating he applied for a course at an art school. 

But the school turned down his application. Fortunately he was introduced to the world of fashion design by a blessing in disguise. He created the costumes for the Hindi movies Umrao Jaan Devdas Lajja and Khoon Bhari Maang. Sandeep Khosla and Abu Jani two of India's finest fashion designers have made ripples in the industry. Together these two designers have built a chain and showcased their works. They have garnered a lot of attention from the fashion glitterati and gained popularity together.

Abu Jani’s Career

Sandeep Khosla and Abu Jani two of India's finest fashion designers have made ripples in the industry. Together these two designers have built a chain and showcased their works. They have garnered a lot of attention from the fashion glitterati and gained popularity together.

When they attracted the public's attention Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla were among the first designers to display their works at Harrods. They went on to earn international fame and establish their position in the world market. Under the Shakira Caine brand a variety of uniquely created shawls have been sold at Harvey Nichols Neiman Marcus Harrods in London and Bergdorf Goodman in New York.

Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla launched the internationally recognized designer brand Jashan in 1989. In reality costume designer Lindy Hemming picked the fashionable clothing made by this duo Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla for Sophie Marceau the French actress in the movie The World is not Enough.

Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla showed their works in Houston and New York in 1999 after receiving invitations from the prestigious Asia Society. They have opened boutiques in Mumbai and New Delhi. The inventive styling of Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla is a defining feature of their works.

Their first famous client was the famed actress Dimple Kapadia. They didn't turn back after that. Personally Abu Jani still gets his designer gowns from the Epic Bachchan Family during every Award Night. 

Abu designs and sketches every single piece of clothing whether it's the fabric the embroidery or the color scheme. As a fashion designer Abu Jani has stirred up controversy in the industry. All of his designs whether they be sarees or long gowns with embellishments are classical in style and come in a wide range of colors.

Anyone can appear radiant after donning his creations. For his work in films like Devdas Raju Ban Gaya Gentle Man and Khoon Bhari Maang Abu received praise from the general audience and the media. Abu says of working with Sandeep that they both value having large goals and working hard. They have a faith in tears blood and sweat. 

None of them has let their circumstances get in the way of their goals. To achieve their aim they have labored without any planning or path-making. They have only diligently worked and are fortunate to have so many famous people as their customers. According to him their clients fell in love with their products and purchased them both in India and overseas.

Dame Judi Dench Raveena Tandon Sonali Bendre Amitabh Abhishek and Jaya Bachchan are a few of Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla's well-known clients. We first met on August 15 1982 which was 32 years ago! I had previously spent two years working with an export firm in Delhi and Abu used to work as a ghost designer for many bored housewives.

 In addition I owned and operated a store named Limelight. That is how we got our start in this field. Abu draws like a pro. Because he drew each embroidery pattern by hand that is how embroideries also happened to us. Even today Abu still draws the initial draught of the master samples—or the first khaka as you would say—while Abu and I are both seated on something. She came to us because Abu had previously worked with her and created some clothing for her. Then Jaya and Parmeshwar Godrej made their way through. It just went off in the following two to three years. We were like a breath of fresh air possibly because our design was unique.

Mr. Amitabh Bachchan is the most experimental dresser in the lot. He enjoys donning colors. He can be both very very bright and very very subtle. He enjoys wearing the reds and oranges we've given him in the past during festivals. He is a clotheshorse as well. We once experimented with 48 Kalis on Jaya; we shortened the length to the ankle and she adored it.

We watched as Abhishek and Shweta grew up. We made the dresses for Shweta's wedding and when Abhishek got married we repeated the process. Abhishek is also a risk-taker. We have known Aishwarya for a very long time. Just after winning Miss World she wore one of our clothes in one of her first photo shoots. We clothed her a few times for her wedding and we continue to do so today.

Dimple Kapadia and her kids were the other families we had in our lives. We used Dimple as inspiration. She truly is the most stunning woman in the entire world. She has always worn a lot of white and off-white clothing.

Together the two of us and another person introduced the Matahari brand. We then launched our own company Jashn. Whether it was Jaya Bachchan or Dimple Kapadia we met everyone in our life through clothing. Dimple Kapadia was the first person to enter the room when we launched Matahari.

Abu Jani’s Net Worth

Indian fashion and interior designer Abu Jani are well-known. He rose to fame in the fashion industry in 2015 when he exhibited their vintage designs during Lakme Fashion Week. Abu Jani was born in Mumbai to a Bohra Muslim family who loved the glitzy fashion industry. His upbringing exposed him to the opulent lifestyle associated with Mumbai's high-class fashion designers.

In a time when fashion designing was not at all a career it was the cause that broadened his perspective to include women designers. Abu Jani has a net worth of 50 million dollars. The tag is called Abu J. He was born and raised in Mumbai India and holds Indian citizenship. Sandeep Khosla and Abu Jani two of India's finest fashion designers have made ripples in the industry.

Abu Jani’s Awards and Achievements

• National Film Award for Best Costume Design for Devdas (2003)
• IIFA Award for Best Costume Design for Devdas (2003)
• Zee Cine Award for Best Costume Design for Devdas (2003)
• Honored for Outstanding Achievement in Arts and Design at the Asian Awards in London (2010)
• Hello Hall of Fame Award for his Contribution to the Fashion Industry (2011)
• Lifetime Achievement Award at the Marie Claire Fashion Awards in December (2011)

Abu Jani’s Interesting Facts

• Abu is one of the well-known names in the fashion industry who works as a duo with Sandeep Khosla.
• He has had a great interest in art since his childhood; his school books were full of sketches and doodles.
• In an interview he said I started tracing for my neighbor who used to embroider when I was in the eighth grade.
• He started working with famous designer Xerxes Bhartena and assisted HIM IN designing outfits for various movies he worked with him for almost five years.
• He began freelancing and designed costumes for ad whiz Alyque Padamsee's musical Evita and also for the musical grease lightning.
• In 1991the duo created their signature collection named Architecture this collection was inspired by the Purana Quila.
• Apart from fashion designing they also love interior designing the future line of the duo was launched at Bombay's Bajaj Gallery in 1993.
• In 2007 they launched a diffusion label ABU SANDEEP the first store of this label was opened in New Delhi.
• The duo designed the costume for the characters including Sonam Kapoor Kareena Kapoor Shikha Talsania and Swara Bhaskar in the film Veere di Wedding (2018).
• The duo has also designed the costumes for the great engagement of Akash Ambani and Shloka Mehta. 

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