Original movie costumes from The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel on display...

Based on the 2004 novel 'These Foolish Things' by Deborah Moggach, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is a British comedy-drama directed by Shakespeare in Love's John Madden. The movie stars a fantastic veteran ensemble cast, boasting the likes of Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Celia Imrie, Penelope Wilton, Tom Wilkinson and Ronald Pickup, plus Slumdog Millionaire's Dev Patel adds a youthful element.

Original movie costumes worn by Judi Dench and Dev Patel 

in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

The film follows a group of British retirees who have been attracted to the seemingly more exotic and less expensive life of leisure at a retirement hotel in India. They discover the Marigold Hotel is not as luxurious as they'd been promised, but they are all soon transformed by their experiences and their new life.

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel movie poster

Rosie Grant is credited as Assistant Costume Designer on the movie and these outfits featured in the film were worn by Dame Judi Dench and Dev Patel.

Outfit worn by Judi Dench as Evelyn Greenslade 

in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Judi Dench plays 'Evelyn', a recently widowed housewife who has had to sell her home to pay her husband's debts.

Costume worn by Dev Patel as Sonny Kapoor 

in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

In the movie Dev's character 'Sonny' works at the Marigold Hotel.

These original costumes were photographed on display at the ArcLight Hollywood cinema on April 13, 2012.

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel movie poster

Buy the book the movie is adapted from: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel: A Novel (Random House Movie Tie-In Books)