Maxima Basu

Movies

Bawaal
Costume Designer
Ajju bhaiya, a history teacher from a small town with a fake public image embarks on a World War II trail along with his wife Nisha, only to discover war within him. Differences grow between them as they continue to fight their inner demons.
Laal Singh Chaddha
Costume Designer
Events in India's history — from the Emergency and the famous Cricket World Cup win to the Punjab riots — unfold from the perspective of an innocent Sikh man Laal Singh Chaddha, a person with a low IQ but high optimism. Laal is able to achieve everything under the sun but his childhood love continues to elude him.
Moothon
Costume Design
A transgender child from Lakshadweep sets off to Mumbai in pursuit of Akbar, an elder brother who left the island due to his sexual orientation.
Laal Kaptaan
Costume Design
In an 18th century setting, a Naga sadhu in India sets out on a journey across Bundelkhand to seek revenge for an injustice committed in the past.
Raazi
Costume Design
An Indian spy is married to a Pakistani military officer during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
Padmaavat
Costume Designer
Rajputana, India, 13th century. The tyrannical usurper Alauddin Khilji, sultan of Delhi, becomes obsessed with Queen Padmavati, wife of King Ratan Singh of Mewar, and goes to great lengths to satisfy his greed for her.
Bank Chor
Costume Design
A comic-caper, that tells the story of 3 morons trying to rob a bank who pick the worst day possible when everything that can go wrong, goes wrong and how they're inadvertently caught in the crossfire.
Dangal
Costume Design
Dangal is an extraordinary true story based on the life of Mahavir Singh and his two daughters, Geeta and Babita Phogat. The film traces the inspirational journey of a father who trains his daughters to become world class wrestlers.
Bajirao Mastani
Costume Design
Peshwa Bajirao married to Kashibai, falls in love with Mastani, a warrior princess in distress. They struggle to make their love triumph amid opposition from his conservative family.
Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela
Costume Design
Ran and Leela are passionately in love with each other. The only problem is that their respective clans have been enemies for 500 years.
Ship of Theseus
First Assistant Director
Three stories about persons forced to think about the ethics and moral issues raised by medical advances.