Uthara Menon is an Indian costume designer, who has worked in the

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film industries.

Career

Uthara began her career as a fashion stylist for a soft drink commercial directed by her brother

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featuring

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. Gautham subsequently offered her the opportunity to work on his films, beginning with ''

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'' (2015). She has since worked with him on films including '' Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada'' (2016), '' Enai Noki Paayum Thota'' (2019) and ''

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'' (2025). In their collaborations, she notably worked on dressing

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as a police officer, Trisha as a bohemian dancer, and

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across several different looks through time. For Trisha's character of Hemanika, Uthara made dresses out of Kanchi cottons and used retro brocade for her dance costumes, while basing her look on actress

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. For both projects, she won awards from film portal Behindwoods and magazine Ananda Vikatan. Uthara has also worked with Gautham on his music videos for Ondraga Originals. Uthara has also worked as a stylist on Telugu language films, with ''

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'' (2019) being her largest project to date. The film is set in the 1800s and features characters representing the British regiments, native villagers, tribals and zamindars of

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. She worked for over two years on the film, and styled actors including

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and

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. She has also worked on other Telugu films such as ''

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'' (2016) and ''

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'' (2019), while she assisted on '' Manam'' (2014) as a set designer with Rajeevan.

Early life

Uthara is the sister of film director

Notable filmography

*'' Manam'' (2014) *''

'' (2015) *'' Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada'' (2016) *''

'' (2016) *''

Shailaja Reddy Alludu ''Shailaja Reddy Alludu'' () is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Maruthi, produced by S. Radha Krishna, S. Naga Vamsi, PDV Prasad under the banner of Sithara Entertainments. It stars Naga Chaitanya, Anu ...

'' (2018) *'' Ayogya'' (2019) *''

'' (2019) *''

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'' (2019) *'' Enai Noki Paayum Thota'' (2019) *'' Varane Avashyamund'' (2020) *''

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'' (2021) *'' Joshua Imai Pol Kaakha'' (2021) *'' Navarasa (web series) - segment;Guitar Kambi Mele Nindru'' (2021) *''

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'' (2022) *''

'' (2025)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Menon, Uthara Living people Indian costume designers 21st-century Indian designers Year of birth missing (living people) Fashion stylists