Anaita Shroff Adajania (born 25 February 1972) is an Indian fashion stylist, costume designer and actress. She is the Fashion Director for Vogue India's fashion magazine.
Early life Adajania was born on 25 February 1972 in Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra to a Parsi family. She attended The Bombay International School and St. Xavier's College, Mumbai.
Career She started her career as assistant fashion editor with Elle magazine, upon its Indian launch in 1996. Subsequently, she worked with L'Officiel India, before becoming the fashion director at Vogue India.
The owner of the Style Cell company, Adajania has been noted for her design work on several Bollywood films including Dhoom 2, Being Cyrus, Everybody Says I'm Fine!, Love Aaj Kal and Cocktail. She has notably styled all three films in the Dhoom series, starting with Dhoom (2004) where she worked with John Abraham and Esha Deol's look, followed by Dhoom 2 (2006) where in she worked with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan and Bipasha Basu, and also in the sequel Dhoom 3, she styled Katrina Kaif.
Her designs have also been featured in magazines including Vogue, L'Officiel, Elle and Rolling Stone. Shroff also currently styles actress Deepika Padukone exclusively for all of her events.
Apart from this, she has acted in walk-on roles in films, like Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995), where she played Sheena, Simran's (Kajol) friend in London whom Raj (Shah Rukh Khan) flirts with at the start of the European trip. In Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003), she played Gita, Rohit's (Saif Ali Khan) friend.
Filmography
Acting credits + Year Film Role Notes and 1995 Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge Sheena 2003 Kal Ho Na Ho Geeta Parekh 2015 My Choice English short film
Costume designer Year Film Notes 2001Everybody Says I'm Fine!2004Dhoom2005Being Cyrus2006Hope and a Little SugarDhoom 22008Krazzy 4Bhoothnath2009 Love Aaj Kal2011Ra.One2012PlayersCocktail2013Race 2Dhoom 32014Lekar Hum Deewana DilFinding FannyBang Bang2015Hero Tamasha 2016Dear ZindagiAe Dil Hai MushkilFitoor2017RaabtaHalf Girlfriend2018Race 3AndhadhunZero2019War2021Sooryavanshi2022GehraiyaanBrahmāstra2023The Night ManagerTiger 32024 Merry ChristmasMr. & Mrs. MahiCall Me BaeTelevision series2025NadaaniyanWar 2Tu Meri Main Tera Main Tera Tu Meri 2026Cocktail 2
Personal life She married Indian film director and screenwriter Homi Adajania in 2002. The couple have two sons.
Her sister, Scherezade Shroff is a YouTube vlogger. She married actor Vaibhav Talwar in 2016.
Awards Year Award Category Work Result Ref 2007 8th IIFA Awards Best Costume Design Dhoom 2 2010 11th IIFA Awards Best Costume Design(shared with Dolly Ahluwalia) Love Aaj Kal
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