Manish Malhotra, Indian fashion designer
Manish Malhotra (born December 5, 1966) is an Indian fashion designer, couturier, costume stylist, entrepreneur, filmmaker, revivalist based in Mumbai, India.

The founder of the eponymous label, Manish Malhotra, has been deeply entrenched in the twin worlds of fashion and film for the past three decades. He has styled and designed for more than thousands of movies and won numerous awards. He is known for redefining and modernizing how actors look in Indian movies and reviving some of the country's forgotten crafts.

The recipient of several awards rose to prominence for his elaborate work in cinema with Bollywood, Telugu, Tamil, Hollywood, Television, and the Fashion industry.

Manish Malhotra became famous for his outlook on the importance of costumes in films, often becoming a part of the narration and script reading process to develop costumes for films.

He has also been felicitated with Priyadarshini Memorial Award for his contribution to the fashion industry. Filmfare introduced the 'best costume design' award in 1996 to acknowledge Manish Malhotra for his styling and designing work in the film 'Rangeela' released in 1995.

Since 2018 Manish has launched four other new verticals - Manish Malhotra Beauty, Manish Malhotra Jewellery, a Film Production company, and Home decor.

He is set to make his directorial debut with a musical love story, set in the backdrop of the partition, produced by Dharma Productions.

Accoladed as a pioneer in the Indian design space, Manish Malhotra's areas of creativity span the broad spheres of cinema, design, styling, diffusion, timeless bridal couture, jewelry, beauty, film direction, Virtual Store, and now Tech with his recent launch of NFT's in the blockchain business.