Pia Benegal

Pia Benegal has been a Costume Designer for over two decades. She has been designing for film, television and theatre. She has a flare for the authentic in the realistic genre and period drama. Her latest project is a biopic based on Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, titled "MUJIB : The Making of a Nation". Some of the other notable films for which she has designed costumes are prize winning films such as 'Aligarh', 'Bose the Forgotten Hero', 'Mammo', 'Zubeidaa', 'Suraj Ka Satwan Ghoda', 'Hari Bhari', 'Welcome to Sajjanpur', 'Sardari Begum', 'Dil Se', 'Well Done Abba', ' English August', ' Drohkaal', 'Bombay Boys', '5 Rupiya' etc. Her television work consists of designing costumes for the 10 part television series on the making of the Indian Constitution 'Samvidhaan', 'Siyaasat' and other serials. She worked on a docu-drama 'Jang-E-Azadi' which is showing at the Jang-E-Azadi museum in Kartarpur, Punjab. She worked on the play 'Gauhar' which has been seen across India and abroad. Pia won the Lux Cine Zee Awards 1998 for Best Costume Design for 'Sardari Begum'. 'Last Days of the Raj' a BBC-2 Docu-drama was one of the three finalists nominated for Best Costume Design at the BAFTA Awards in 2008. She is a keen traveller and loves discovering new places, loves nature and animals, likes good food, enjoys eclectic tastes in music and has a free spirit. Pia is a keen photographer and has also done the still photographs for two short films, 'Re-Bell' and 'R.I.P. (Rastor Image Processor)'. Pia was a jury member of the Kashish Film Festival in 2013 and has joined the Laadli family as a jury member for both the Film Awards as well as the Book Awards in 2018. She has been part of the LIFFT India Filmotsav-World Cine Fest selection committee in both 2017 & 2018.