5 Bollywood Movies That Got The Retro Vibes Right

Optical illusion causing prints or winged eyeliners is usually how Bollywood has done retro in most cases. But some films actually made it a point to delve into deeper details to re-create the ear that the film was set in. The essence, the swagger or even the city skyline, these 5 movies truly got the retro vibe right.

Daddy

Though the Arun Gawli biopic got a mixed reaction from the audience, one cannot disagree that the attention to details in the movie demands appreciation. Right from the fabric and patterns on the shirt to re-creating the city, the movie totally got different decades of Gawli’s life on point

Bombay Velvet

The movie was the greatest disappointment of everyone related to the movie. Though the movie was a disaster at the box, it perfectly managed to capture the essence of the era it was set in. From make-up to using real vintage cars, they got it to the point.

Once Upon A Time in Mumbai

More than any other minute details, the movie captured the swagger of the 70s perfectly. The movie that closely based on Haji Mastaan and Dawood Ibrahim managed even managed to encapsulate the madness that surrounded Bollywood during the 70s given Kangana’s character was that of a starlet.

Rustom

The movie that earned Akshay Kumar a National Award also deserved an award for recreating the era in which the actual incident took place. Although Illeana’s performance left us somewhat unsatisfied, her era-appropriate looks in the movie is the epitome of retro fashion goals.

A Death in The Gunj

Konkona Sen Sharma’s directorial debut was as cinematically brilliant as it was detail oriented. The costumes were not what Bollywood usually passes off as ‘retro looks’ but subdued and believable versions of the same. Even the backdrop of McCluskiegunj was shot carefully to preserve the era-appropriate feel.