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Deepak Perwani

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Deepak Perwani
Born1963
Mirpurkhas, Sindh, Pakistan
NationalityPakistani
Occupation(s)Model, Actor, Fashion Designer[1]
Years active1994 – present

Deepak Perwani (born 1963) (Sindhi: ديپڪ پرواني) is a Pakistani fashion designer and actor.[2] He is a member of the Hindu Sindhi community in Pakistan.[3][4]

Life and career

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Perwani belongs to the Sindhi Hindu community of Pakistan, and was raised up in Mirpurkhas.[5][6] His cousin, Naveen Perwani, is a snooker player who has represented the country globally in several tournaments.[7] Deepak pursued a year-long course in Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, before returning to Pakistan in 1994. He started his clothing line in 1996 and also opened a flagship store in Zamzama.[8]

In his career, he has collaborated with international brands such as Mercedes Benz, Benson & Hedges and Hugo Boss.[9] Perwani holds a Guinness World Record for designing the largest kurta in the world—that took a team of fifty professional tailors and thirty days to make it, weighing 800 kg, 101 feet tall and 59 feet 3 inches wide, with each sleeve being 57 feet long.[10]

Perwani is also the only Pakistani designer to be featured in the Atlas of Fashion Designers by Laura Eceiza.[10] He has been Pakistan's cultural ambassador to China and Malaysia, the brand ambassador for the World Gold Council, and is also a member of South Asia Free Media Association (SAFMA).[3][11] He has won seven Lux Style Awards,[6] five BFA awards,[12] and one Indus Style Guru Award.[11]

Besides fashion designing, Perwani has also acted in a few films and TV shows. He had a successful debut in dramas with Kadoorat in 2013 (alongside Sanam Saeed), which was followed by Soteli (2014) opposite Sabreen Hisbani.[6]

Media image

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Perwani regularly represents the fashion scene of Pakistan at various local and international events, and has designed for several high-profile figures such as the Indian writer Javed Akhtar and actresses Shabana Azmi and Frieha Altaf.[13][8] His unconventional designs have earned him the image of "bad boy" of men's fashion.[11] Actress and model Vaneeza Ahmad calls Perwani the most innovative designer she has worked with.[2]

Journalist Sameer Arshad of The Times of India refers to Perwani as the global face of Pakistani fashion and one of the "enduring symbols of the country's soft power".[7] In 2014, the Bulgarian Fashion Awards (BFA) named Perwani the sixth-best fashion designer in the world, ranking him number one in the Middle East region.[12]

Deepak is active on the social media applications Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Suktara Ghosh of The Quint included him in her listing of "Five Pakistani fashion designers you must follow on Instagram".[14] Perwani has been vocal on his Twitter handle against the forced conversions of young Hindu girls in Sindhi region of Pakistan.[15][16]

Filmography

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References

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  1. ^ Zeenat Style. "Deepak Parwani - Zeenat Style". zeenatstyle.com. Archived from the original on 16 November 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Marriage is on the cards, says Deepak Perwani".
  3. ^ a b "Pride of Pakistan: Deepak Perwani". Daily Times. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  4. ^ NewsBytes. "Deepak Perwani hosts a crackling Diwali party at this new home". The News International. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  5. ^ "How Diwali is celebrated across the world". Gulf News. 15 October 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  6. ^ a b c Ullah, Muhammad Asad (19 March 2017). ""Fashion is a very fickle business"". Gulf Times. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  7. ^ a b Arshad, Sameer. "Pakistani Hindus are a resilient minority too". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  8. ^ a b OK!Pakistan (17 February 2018). "DEEPAK PERWANI". OK! Pakistan. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  9. ^ "Pakistan's Deepak Perwani wants to design for Deepika". Business Standard. 29 September 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  10. ^ a b "Pakistani fashion designer Deepak Perwani who holds a Guinness World Records". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  11. ^ a b c Ahmed, Sabrina F. (2008). "Deepak Perwani". The Daily Star. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  12. ^ a b Tapal, Nida (13 August 2014). "BFA: Deepak Perwani crowned 6th best fashion designer in the world". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  13. ^ Sheikh, Irfan (6 September 2010). "Deepak Perwani: Inspired by art". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  14. ^ Ghosh, Suktara (17 August 2016). "Five Pakistani Fashion Designers You Must Follow On Instagram". TheQuint. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  15. ^ sheikh, sajeer (21 December 2023). "Stop forced conversions: Deepak Perwani addresses 'dark reality that Pakistan needs to change'". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  16. ^ "Stop Forced Conversions: Deepak Perwani". The Pakistan Daily. 21 December 2023. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
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