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Uthara Menon

{{Short description|Indian costume fashion designer and entrepreneur}}

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celebrity stylist

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Uthara Menon is an Indian costume designer, who has worked in the Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam film industries.{{Cite web|url=https://www.voxspace.in/2019/09/27/voxtalks-with-uthara-menon/|title=VoxTalks With Uthara Menon : The Gorgeous Woman Behind The Exquisite Costumes Of 'Sye Raa...' & 'Gang Leader'|date=September 27, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://cinema.dinamalar.com/tamil-news/54684/cinema/Kollywood/Gautam-menons-sister-Uthara-menon-becoming-famoust-Stylist-of-Tamil-Cinema.htm|title=தமிழ் சினிமாவின் ஸ்டைலிஸ்டாக வளர்கிறார் கவுதம் மேனன் தங்கை | Gautam menons sister Uthara menon becoming famoust Stylist of Tamil Cinema|date=January 3, 2017|website=தினமலர் - சினிமா}}

Career

Uthara began her career as a fashion stylist for a soft drink commercial directed by her brother Gautham Vasudev Menon featuring Asin. Gautham subsequently offered her the opportunity to work on his films, beginning with Yennai Arindhaal (2015). She has since worked with him on films including Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada (2016), Enai Noki Paayum Thota (2019) and Dhruva Natchathiram (2025). In their collaborations, she notably worked on dressing Ajith Kumar as a police officer, Trisha as a bohemian dancer, and Dhanush across several different looks through time.{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/viral-and-trending/120220/costumes-are-as-important-as-directors-job-uthara.html|title=Costumes are as important as director's job: Uthara|first=Anupama|last=Subramanian|date=February 12, 2020|website=Deccan Chronicle}} For Trisha's character of Hemanika, Uthara made dresses out of Kanchi cottons and used retro brocade for her dance costumes, while basing her look on actress Shobana.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/handloom-at-the-movies/article26676934.ece|title=Handloom at the movies|first=Subha|last=Rao|newspaper=The Hindu |date=March 29, 2019|via=www.thehindu.com}} For both projects, she won awards from film portal Behindwoods and magazine Ananda Vikatan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-16/list-of-winners-of-behindwoods-gold-medal-2015.html|title=List of winners of Behindwoods Gold Medals 2015|date=July 26, 2016|website=Behindwoods}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmibeat.com/tamil/news/2020/ananda-vikatan-cinema-awards-2020-asuran-super-deluxe-peranbu-bag-top-honours-complete-winners-list-293758.html|title=Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards 2020: Asuran, Super Deluxe, Peranbu Bag The Top Honours!|date=January 9, 2020|website=www.filmibeat.com}} Uthara has also worked with Gautham on his music videos for Ondraga Originals.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/watch-gautham-menons-ondraga-originals-back-oru-chance-kudu-126105|title=Watch: Gautham Menon's Ondraga Originals is back with 'Oru Chance Kudu'|date=June 8, 2020|website=The News Minute}}

Uthara has also worked as a stylist on Telugu language films, with Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy (2019) being her largest project to date. The film is set in the 1800s and features characters representing the British regiments, native villagers, tribals and zamindars of British India. She worked for over two years on the film, and styled actors including Amitabh Bachchan, Chiranjeevi and Nayanthara.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/uthara-menon-discusses-the-styling-and-aesthetics-of-chiranjeevi-starrer-sye-raa-narasimha-reddy/article29541608.ece|title=The 'Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy' lookbook|first=Sangeetha Devi|last=Dundoo|newspaper=The Hindu |date=September 28, 2019|via=www.thehindu.com}} She has also worked on other Telugu films such as Sarrainodu (2016) and Nani's Gang Leader (2019), while she assisted on Manam (2014) as a set designer with Rajeevan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/cinema/tollywood/syeraas-stylist-explains-the-hardships-of-designing-costumes-567973|title=Sye Raa's stylist explains the hardships of designing costumes|date=September 28, 2019|website=www.thehansindia.com}}

Early life

Uthara is the sister of film director Gautham Vasudev Menon.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sify.com/movies/gautham-menons-childhood-family-pic-goes-viral-news-tamil-uibgvzejhjbea.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801090151/https://www.sify.com/movies/gautham-menons-childhood-family-pic-goes-viral-news-tamil-uibgvzejhjbea.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 August 2020|title=Gautham Menon's childhood family pic goes viral!|website=Sify}}

Notable filmography

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External links

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Category:Living people

Category:Indian costume designers

Category:21st-century Indian designers

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

Category:Fashion stylists