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Malini Karthikeyan

  • Costume and Wardrobe Department
  • Costume Designer
  • Make-Up Department
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Malini Karthikeyan is a costume designer based out of Chennai and Mumbai. She studied at NIFT Chennai, batch of 2018, and went on to join Team-E and work alongside renowned costume designer Eka Lakhani.

She started off her career with Chekka Chivantha Vaanam, directed by legendary film maker Mani Ratnam. This film served as the basis for her award winning graduation project titled 'Chekka Chivantha Vaanam, Costumes by Eka Lakhani', available at the library of NIFT Chennai. Following which, she gained substantial experience helming teams and handling sets while working on Adithya Varma, Jestination Unknown, Fanney Khan, Radhe Shyam, and the web series Queen.

Her first independent work as a Costume Designer started with Vaanam Kottattum, several TV commercials as well as independent music videos. Presently, she is working on Ponniyin Selvan, slated to release in 2022.

Hard working and multi-talented with a keen eye for detail and all things quirky, reach out to Malini for all your personal and professional styling needs.
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    Jayaram, Lal, Nassar, Prabhu, Prakash Raj, Rahman, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Nizhalgal Ravi, R. Sarathkumar, Parthiban Radhakrishnan, Babu Antony, Trisha Krishnan, Vikram, Ravi Mohan, Karthi, Ashwin Kakumanu, Vikram Prabhu, Sobhita Dhulipala, and Aishwarya Lekshmi in Ponniyin Selvan: Part I (2022)
    Ponniyin Selvan: Part I
    7.5
    • Costume Department
    • 2022
    Jayaram, Lal, Prabhu, Prakash Raj, Rahman, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Nizhalgal Ravi, R. Sarathkumar, Parthiban Radhakrishnan, Trisha Krishnan, Vikram, Ravi Mohan, Karthi, Kishore Kumar G., Vikram Prabhu, Sobhita Dhulipala, and Aishwarya Lekshmi in Ponniyin Selvan: Part Two (2023)
    Ponniyin Selvan: Part Two
    7.2
    • Costume Department
    • 2023
    Jyotika, Prakash Raj, Arvind Swamy, B. Thyagarajan, Silambarasan TR, Aditi Rao Hydari, Vijay Sethupathi, Arun Vijay, Aishwarya Rajesh, and Dayana Erappa in Chekka Chivantha Vaanam (2018)
    Chekka Chivantha Vaanam
    7.2
    • Costume Department
    • 2018
    99 Songs (2019)
    99 Songs
    6.5
    • Costume Department
    • 2019

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    Costume Department



    • Jayaram, Lal, Prabhu, Prakash Raj, Rahman, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Nizhalgal Ravi, R. Sarathkumar, Parthiban Radhakrishnan, Trisha Krishnan, Vikram, Ravi Mohan, Karthi, Kishore Kumar G., Vikram Prabhu, Sobhita Dhulipala, and Aishwarya Lekshmi in Ponniyin Selvan: Part Two (2023)
      Ponniyin Selvan: Part Two
      7.2
      • wardrobe supervisor
      • 2023
    • Jayaram, Lal, Nassar, Prabhu, Prakash Raj, Rahman, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Nizhalgal Ravi, R. Sarathkumar, Parthiban Radhakrishnan, Babu Antony, Trisha Krishnan, Vikram, Ravi Mohan, Karthi, Ashwin Kakumanu, Vikram Prabhu, Sobhita Dhulipala, and Aishwarya Lekshmi in Ponniyin Selvan: Part I (2022)
      Ponniyin Selvan: Part I
      7.5
      • costume supervisor
      • 2022
    • Ramya Krishnan in Queen (2019)
      Queen
      7.7
      TV Series
      • wardrobe supervisor
      • wardrobe
      • 2019
    • Adithya Varma (2019)
      Adithya Varma
      6.1
      • wardrobe supervisor (as Malani Karthikeyan)
      • 2019
    • Jestination Unknown (2019)
      Jestination Unknown
      5.9
      TV Series
      • costume assistant (as Malani Karthikeyan)
      • 2019
    • 99 Songs (2019)
      99 Songs
      6.5
      • costume assistant
      • 2019
    • Jyotika, Prakash Raj, Arvind Swamy, B. Thyagarajan, Silambarasan TR, Aditi Rao Hydari, Vijay Sethupathi, Arun Vijay, Aishwarya Rajesh, and Dayana Erappa in Chekka Chivantha Vaanam (2018)
      Chekka Chivantha Vaanam
      7.2
      • costume assistant
      • 2018
    • Anil Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Rajkummar Rao, and Pihu Sand in Fanney Khan (2018)
      Fanney Khan
      4.5
      • costume intern
      • 2018

    Costume Designer



    • VJ Archana and Arulnithi in Demonte Colony 2 (2024)
      Demonte Colony 2
      6.6
      • Costume Designer
      • 2024
    • Radhika Sarathkumar, R. Sarathkumar, Shanthnu Bhagyaraj, Nandaa Dorairaj, Vikram Prabhu, Aishwarya Rajesh, and Madonna Sebastian in Vaanam Kottattum (2020)
      Vaanam Kottattum
      6.3
      • Costume Designer
      • 2020

    Makeup Department



    • Putham Pudhu Kaalai (2020)
      Putham Pudhu Kaalai
      6.8
      • senior assistant stylist (segment "Avarum Naanum/Avalum Naanum")
      • 2020

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      • Malani Karthikeyan

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