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TO GO WITH India-business-fashion-lifestyle-sari,FEATURE by Ammu Kannampilly In a picture taken on August 12, 2012, Sridevi (C), a popular Bollywood actress, is surrounded by her security detail at the end of a fashion show by Indian fashion designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee in New Delhi. Mukherjee's efforts to modernise the sari by using unusual fabrics like velvet while maintaining its iconic silhouette is fuelling a revival of the traditional drape. Arguably India's most successful fashion designer -- with an annual turnover of USD 11 million -- 38-year-old Mukherjee is passionate about the garment. AFP PHOTO / Roberto SCHMIDT (Photo credit should read ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/GettyImages)