Designer Manav Gangwani considers his best friend Karan Johar as his inspiration. Besides being a designer of repute in the fashion circle, Manav is also quite adept at painting.

And since he is close to Karan Johar, he has painted a caricature of Karan as a puppeteer, sitting in a coffee mug and pulling the strings of stars like Shahrukh Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Saif Ali Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Kareena Kapoor, Preity Zinta etc. It is appropriately titled 'Koffee with Karan', which he has gifted to him.

Karan very sportingly has hung the portrait in his office. He has also done a painting called K-Mantra for the New Season of his T.V Show.

Says Manav, "Karan is a multi-faceted personality loved by all and my painting shows his universe of people close to him in a much caricatured manner. And Karan very sportingly has hung the painting in his office. He is my inspiration."

Incidentally, after creating his brand name in the fashion industry, and his trademark 'Fashion', Manav is being very selective in choosing the right director, and the right production house for his foray into designing for films.

About Manav Gangwani

Manav Gangwani is one of the most promising designers in Delhi who at a young age has taken the fashion world by storm.

Manav Gangwani's evolution has laid the foundation of a unique youthful opulence, attracting high profile celebrities such as Soha Ali Khan Pataudi, Sharmila Tagore, Ameesha Patel, Riddhima Kapoor, Neetu Kapoor, Raveena Tandon, Pooja Batra, Zeenat Aman, Suzanne Roshan, Amar Singh, Sameera Reddy, Sridevi, Priyanka Chopra, Saif Ali Khan, Zayed Khan, Amrita Singh, Vivek Oberoi, Smita Thackeray and many more.

Manav Gangwani has diversified his interests of design from Women's Couture into Men's Pret/Ready to Wear and is opening his very first retail store for the label " MANAV GANGWANI for MEN" at the Square1 Mall, New Delhi in Feburary'2007.

Manav Gangwani has designed for the celebrity weddings. He dressed actress Pooja Batra for her wedding function. Also, he designed actress Raveena Tandon's and her husband-to-be ensembles for their nuptials including the sangeet, mehendi, wedding & reception and also took over the entire look of the wedding that included the decor of the functions to designing her jewellery etc.