Dhurandhar, the prequel to Dhurandhar 2 which is currently creating havoc at the box office, dominated the recently held Chetak Screen Awards 2026, taking home 14 trophies. Among them was the award for Best Costume Design, won by Smriti Chauhan for Dhurandhar. Following her win, Chauhan spoke about designing one of the film’s most memorable moments, when Akshaye Khanna’s character is honoured with the title of Sher-e-Baloch. Smriti Chauhan told SCREEN, “The look had to be very specific, because in that scene he is being crowned with the title of Sher-e-Baloch. The brief that we got from the director was that he had to stand out from the rest of the crowd. So we didn’t have to think too hard, we gave him a colour that we didn’t use for others in that scene, which was all black. And if you notice, that’s the only scene in the film where Akshaye Khanna wears sunglasses, which we decided right there.” Chauhan also opened up about her early conversations with director Aditya Dhar, who made it clear …