Manish Malhotra bags best designer award

Stylist Manish Malhota won the best costume designer award for the movie Robot at the 58th Filmfare Awards South, held at Hyderabad. Read on for more.

Stylist Manish Malhota won the best costume designer award for the movie Robot at the Filmfare Awards South. The 58th Filmfare Awards South was held at Hyderabad International Convention Centre Saturday and felicitated talent in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada films.

"For me, it's winning the Filmfare Award South for my work in 'Robot' here in Hyderabad tonight," Manish posted on micro-blogging site Twitter.

Director Punit Malhotra wished the designer on his success through his tweet. "I like the 2nd of July for various reasons now. Super night... @ManishMalhotra1 wins the Filmfare Award for Best Costume Design for Robot!!!," he wrote.

One of the most expensive Indian movies, Robot starring southern superstar Rajinikanth alongside Bollywood diva Aishwarya Rai was a huge hit.