Oscar-winning Bhanu Athaiya designs the look for TV show Mahabharat

The 85-year-old Athaiya, who won the Oscar for her costumes in Gandhi, is a
 consulting faculty 

for Star Plus' mythological saga Mahabharat and joining her on this show will be
 Nidhi Yasha.

Oscar-winning
costume designer
 Bhanu Athaiya
 has been roped in
 to design the costumes
 for TV showMahabharat.
The 85-year-old Athaiya
, who won the Oscar
 for her costumes in 
Gandhi, is a consulting
 faculty for Star Plus'
 mythological saga
 Mahabharat and joining
 her on this show will be
 Nidhi Yasha.
Athaiya said the designs
 on the mythological show
 will be loyal to
 Indian traditions and
 weaves.
"I'm really delighted to be
 a part of
 such a huge TV venture.
 The entire
 look of Star Plus' Mahabharat will
revive Indian handicrafts and
traditional weaves. Different
ancient techniques have been
 used to achieve the various looks.
 A lot of bright coloured silks,
hand-looms, gold and jewellery
structured embroidery
 patterns have been used.
"My team and I were very meticulous about every detail to remain true to the character.
 We have
 worked hard on designing this show and I'm sure our effort will translate beautifully,"
 Athaiya said.
Yasha said they studied over 450 books related to period textiles, costume and jewellery
to arrive at the present look for the show.
Mahabharat will see Samir Dharmadhikari play Shantanu, Shayantani Ghosh as Satyavati,
 Aarav Chaudhary as Bheeshma, Arpit Ranka as Duryodhan, Puneet Issar as Parshuram,
Saurabh Jain as Krishna, Ratan Rajput as Amba and Pooja Sharma in the role of Draupadi.