Ever wondered what the
latest fashion Anarkali Shalwar Kameez craze is in this festive season? Well, undoubtedly it has to be the
Anarkali salwar suits , back in fashion after a long time and how!
Anarkali style is nowadays becoming very
fashionable in India and among most of the NRI women as well. But do we know the history of how this stunning dress got its name as the
“Anarkali salwar kameez.Well,
Anarkali (“pomegranate blossom”) was a renowned slave girl from Lahore (Pakistan) during the Mughal era. She was a performer and dancer at the palace of the Emperor Akbar. She was allegedly ordered to be buried alive by the Emperor for having an illegitimate love affair with Prince Salim, who later became the
royal leader Jahangir. The dance called mujra was famed at that time. Legendary dancers at the fortress of the Mughal kings danced for the kings’ amusement.
We have all seen how
Bollywood stars admired this designer salwar kameez, making them so famous in the 1970?s to 1990?s. It was made popular by Madhubala in the song ‘Pyar kiya to darna kya’ from the film ‘Mughal-e-Azam’ and Madhuri in ‘Aaja Nachle’. Heroines like Rekha, Parveen Babi, Jayaprada, Sridevi, Madhuri Dixit, Divya Bharti brought this
Anarkali salwar style into the
fashion in Bollywood and it has been re-discovered time and again.
