29. Costume: Amrapali (1966)

Who better than Bollywood to launch a month on costume and fashion in film?  Lekh Tandon’s colorful Amrapali exhibits the best of sixties style meets period Hindi cinema, but also generates questions about patriotism, religion, and pacifism.

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