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Fashion Designer,
body positive activist, social Masaba is known for her
media influencer and now, contemporary, traditional with
an actress with a successful a dash of modernity designs.
debut series, it is difficult to She specializes in ethnic wear
constrain Masaba Gupta’s for women and uses silk,
introduction into a single chiffon and cotton as well as
dimension because, like her rich embroidery work. She is
personality, her career report noted for her unconventional
card has been multi-faceted. prints along with feminine
Born to actress Neena Gupta drapes and silhouettes.
and West Indies cricketer
Vivian Richards, she found The scripted series is based
herself under the limelight on real-life moments from
very early on, but her career her life, which showcases
and individuality helped her the way she lives in such a
carve her own niche. From diverse world and straddles
creating a cosmetics line to across the fashion and family
acting in a show for an OTT with her unique background.
platform about her own Talking about the series she
life, Gupta has done it all. said, “Mom and I are playing
fictionalized characters of
ourselves in Masaba Masaba.
The series is a slice of our lives, Masaba, now streaming on
and reliving key moments, Netflix, is a genre-bender.
even though fictionalized, For Masaba, a contemporary
took me down the memory designer known for her
lane. Sharing space with mom dramatic digital prints, the
was quite an experience.” best part was that it was not
a reality show with a camera
following them around.
Thus,the series depicts the
“At the heart of the show is the duo of mother and daughter
message that one has to clean in an extreme way.
up one’s own mess,” the actor
says. As it turned out Masaba
Masaba Masaba
“Don’t let any person, thing or even a lifestyle have the power to
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control you. Learn to break free and be independent.”
