Firangi wears things that he has robbed from people: Aamir

THUGS OF HINDOSTAN, the visually grand action adventure from Yash Raj Films, is a fictional story that is set during British East Indian Company’s rule over India. Given its setting and its larger than life scale, designing the looks and costumes of the film’s characters were of great importance as it required audiences to go back in time.

“Firangi is a potpourri of different elements and identities stolen from the myriad people he meets. He loves his name and lives up to it with his top hat and his choice of foreign booze, which also are incidentally stolen from people. He wears an English leather tail coat in a jade colour, the colour of a chameleon,” say designers Rushi and Manoshi.

“Like a magpie, he loves collecting things that shine to his eyes. He has a chatelaine belt from which he hangs his favorite glinting belongings. A rose-tinted sun-glass, an ornate leather canteen of water, a mismatched pair of boots and a ‘potli’ full of tricks, beware of the charmer, Firangi Mallah!” they add.

In creating the look for Aamir Khan’s character Firangi, a flamboyant, wily, deceptive smooth-talking thug, the actor was minutely involved in the research and design. “For Firangi, what we figured is that other than the dhoti that he wears, everything else is robbed from someone! Whether it’s his hat, sunglasses, shoes, jacket, everything has been flicked.” he adds.

Thugs of Hindostan, starring Amitabh Bachchan and Aamir Khan hits theatres on November 8. Advance tickets are available across cinemas in the UAE.