'He was so unique': Remembering Rohit Bal, India's 'bad boy of fashion'

Rohit Bal was a beguiling character with an outsized, outspoken personality and a lavish lifestyle that involved over-the-top parties and a retinue of male models. Photo: Instagram/Rohit Bal

When Mira Nair was making Monsoon Wedding, her 2001 film about generational conflict, an over-the-top wedding and the family it nearly unhinges, one of the experts she turned to for sartorial help was Rohit Bal, an exuberant star of the Indian fashion world.

“I wanted the film to feel like our weddings at home,” Nair said.