Updated On: 01 June, 2025 08:42 AM IST | Mumbai | Debjani Paul
He’s best known for his snarky hot takes on celebrity fashion, but who is Sufi Motiwala when the cameras are off? The Instagram star gets real and vulnerable in a candid chat with Sunday mid-day

Sufi Motiwala, took Instagram by storm last month, dissecting the fashion triumphs and faux pas of celebrities at Cannes and the Met Gala, to the delight of his 3.6 lakh followers. Pic/Ashish Raje
In the last fortnight, it’s been raining Cannes couture on social media. As the initial excitement over the film festival’s red carpet photos wears off, we turn to our friendly-but-judgy neighbourhood fashion commentator, Sufi Motiwala (@sufimotiwala) for some real entertainment.
Right off the bat, he goes for the jugular, and even his self-confessed muse, Janhvi Kapoor, is not spared. The pink Tarun Tahiliani look she wears to the premiere of Homebound is compared to the colour of his couch, and her jewellery to “sau-rupaiya Sarojini Nagar” fare. Businesswoman and fashion queen Natasha Poonawalla’s archival John Galliano ensemble is pronounced “burnable”. There just isn’t enough popcorn in the world for this.
Motiwala compared the colour of Janhvi Kapoor’s Tarun Tahiliani ensemble at the Cannes premiere of Homebound to the colour of his couch, and her jewellery to “sau-rupaiya Sarojini Nagar” fare; Asked who the best dressed at the Cannes was, Motiwala says, “Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in this Manish Malhotra moment, with the sindoor and the drama. I’m going to give her 10s across the board” (Pics/Getty Images)