At the turn of the century the saree acquired a new kind of super power. For the urban tomboy -- someone who loved sports, wore jeans and trainers -- unless she stepped into a saree she was doomed to be friendzoned by the love of her life. That’s what happened to Kajol in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998). Rani Mukherjee needed a silver mini to be seen as a siren, but for Rahul to marry Anjali she needed sleek, straight hair, a soft smokey eye and a chiffon saree that was whipped into a tool of seduction by the many wind machines on set.