Ace fashion designer who has designed several iconic costumes of Hindi has ventured into new territories of cinema as he completes thirty years as costume designer. Earlier, this year, he announced his directorial debut as he will be making a biopic on Meena Kumari with National Award-winning actress Kriti Sanon in the lead. Now, the designer has officially announced his production house, Stage 5 Production. 

On Friday, Manish Malhotra took to Instagram and penned a note announcing his production house. "Ever since my childhood there’s a certain calling I’ve had for Clothes , Colours and Films . I was fascinated by fabrics , textures and music and watched every film wide eyed longing to be a part of Indian Cinema one day.
The fascination with clothes grew me to becoming a costume designer and then to starting my Label after many years. Today after gratifying 3 decades of being in the movies I Present to you STAGE5 Production .. A company that will nurture different artistic voices from all over and take pride in the diversity of stories, collaborating with directors , writers , artist who are not only talented but also have a unique new vision".