It was extremely arduous and cumbersome to design clothes for a time you’ve never been to, according to the Director Anjum Shahzad, “We haven’t seen how Mir lived so we don’t know [his choice of apparel]. These looks have been defined by our imagination and thought process”
With the time of release of the Mah-e-Mir drawing closer the wait is getting unbearable for the audience, The unique concept is a promise of testing and stretching it viewer’s imagination to its limits. Not only is the story line worth holding your breath for, but also the aesthetics, design and the sartorial elegance of the costumes designed by Karachi based designer, Jazib Qamar.
For Jazib, the costume designing of Mah-e-Mir was an enlightening journey, starting with a research on the way Mir would have dressed in the 18th century, observing and incorporating the cultural variations of the past into the wardrobes of not only the male protagonist playing the role ofMir, but also for Mir’s fellow poets in the film.
The designer, Qamar, believes that the elaborate sets depicting the Nawab’s darbar accentuated the magnificence of outfits and gave the movie an aura of surrealism.
