When Subarna left the project, Sheena had only a week to work on Vidya's look for the film. In that time, she got Vidya's hair cut and coloured, got her a new contemporary wardrobe and gave her a fresh, young look.
"We wanted to give Vidya a young look," Sheena says. "She's a young girl of today who dresses like you and me. We're not here to make a style statement. We're here to dress the character, not the stars. Preity Zinta's look in Salaam Namaste as a radio jockey was very different. We had to dress Vidya according to the context of the story. If Vidya started wearing minis or strappy tops, it would not fit into the look of the film."
So Sheena went along with what the film demanded. For a song sequence in Goa, she made the entire cast wear colourful Hawaiian outfits. For the title track where Munna is going to meet Jhanvi for the first time, he decides to dress up. And dressing up for this local goon means wearing a colourful shirt with a bright red jacket!
"Vidya's earlier look was more ethnic. It had more salwaar kameezes," Sheena says. "But we wanted to give her a younger, fresh look."
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