MUMBAI ISSUE 311 Nov 2011

Elton Fernandez works with magazines including Vogue, GQ, Traveller, Elle, M, Marie Claire and Grazia. His entry into Bollywood was marked by being credited as director of make-up and hair artistry for the feature film ‘I Am’ by critically acclaimed director Onir. Also to his credit is south India’s first ever Disney film 'Anaganaga O Dheerudu.'

Elton's body of work includes several celebrated actors such as Senthil Ramamurthy, Sonakshi Sinha, Sonam Kapoor, Amrita Puri, Juhi Chawla, Manisha Koirala, Sanjay Suri, Rahul Bose, Purab Kohli, Abhay Deol, Lakshmi Manchu, Nandita Das and Shernaz Patel. He has also worked with some of the finest models and most talented photographers, including Daniella Federici, Slava Filippoy, Jonathan Lennard, Darren Centofanti, Atul Kasbekar, Prasad Naik, Farooq Chothia, Tarun Vishwa, R. Burman, Ram Shergill and Jatin Kampani.

Elton has carved a niche for himself as one of contemporary India’s finest make-up artists and hairstylists.