Sadhana - The Fashion Icon of the 60s
Sadhana (2 September 1941 – 25 December 2015) belonged to an era when Hindi cinema was transitioning from the slow ’50s to the more playful, romantic ’60s. Her first film as a heroine was Love In Shimla, released in 1960 which was a hit. She became a rage and her hairstyle became instantly popular with the girls. Her fringe haircut named "Sadhana Cut" Sadhana is also credited for bringing into fashion tight churidar-kurta . She went with this concept of gracefully changing the traditional loose salwar kameez to her director Yash Chopra for 1965's film Waqt . Initially, Yash Chopra was not agreed for this change but Sadhana with the help of her fashion designer Bhanu Athaiya showed him a sample, which he liked. The trend lasted well in the 1970s and can be seen to be adopted by many actresses. After Love In Shimla, her 2nd film Parakh was released. in this film she ...