In film, costume design plays a vital role in storytelling, they virtually help in representing character's mood and personality, Costumes serve as silent storytellers, establishing the tone for both individual roles and the overarching plot. Bollywood has been know to influence fashion trends for a long time. Each decade has experienced a new fashion trend and trendsetter in Bollywood, in 1940s and 1950s the saris were fashionable elegant and covered most of the body. While in next decades we saw tight short dress with bold makeup. Now let's look at some of the iconic costumes of Bollywood. 1. Madhubala's Anarkali dress - Mughal-e-azam (1960) Madhubala wore a silhouette that was popular with Kathak dancers. It became so popular that the dress was named after her character in movie "Anarkali". The trends continued throughout 70s and 80s and is still going on. 2. Sharmila Tagore's blue bikini - An evening in Paris (1967)