Advisory Board

Chandrakant Sonawane (BOLLYWOOD COSTUME DESIGNER)

Chandrakant Sonawane is the chief mentor for fashion designing students at Times & Trends Academy. Chandrakant is one of the leading names in the Bollywood industry when it comes to costume designing. He has proved his mettle in Bollywood after designing costumes for hit flicks such as Padmaavat, Bajirao Mastani, Ramleela, Bhoomi, etc.

Chandrakant mentors TTAians at regular occasions and he is the primary force of inspiration for students at Times & Trends Academy. He has also offered various Bollywood projects to fashion students from TTA. He interacts regularly with fashion students, offers technical advice, and has loads of Bollywood experience to share. Thanks to him, TTA breeds a talent pool of fashion aspirants.

Manasi Attarde (BOLLYWOOD COSTUME DESIGNER)

Manasi Attarde is a name that is gaining popularity as a costume designer in the Bollywood circles. Manasi pursued her design management and went to conquer the industry with her fabulous designing skills. She was Amit Agrawal’s student back then. She worked as a costume designer for a national-award-winning movie ‘Yellow.’  She was also the designer for another national-award-winning Marathi movie ‘Court.’ This movie apparently was also an official entry to Oscar.

She has worked for major movies like ‘Bhoothnath Returns’ where superstar Amitabh Bachchan plays the lead. She has worked for many commercials as well, Manasi has just begun the journey and has loads to achieve. TTA is proud to be associated with Manasi and it’s a privilege to have you as a fashion mentor & visiting faculty at TTA.

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