Bhanu Athaiya

Bhanu Athaiya (Marathi भानु अथैय्या) is Indian cinema's most well-regarded costume designer, having worked in the industry for over 50 years and received numerous awards, including the Oscar for her work in Gandhi. She currently resides in Mumbai. India is a major regional center for cinema. ... Costume designer is a cinema term which refers to a person whose responsibilty is to design costumes for a movie or stage production. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent film awards in the United States and most watched awards ceremony in the world. ... Gandhi (1982) is an Anglo-Indian film, directed by Richard Attenborough, about the life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (also known as Mahatma Gandhi, Great Soul), leader of the nonviolent resistance movement against British colonial rule in India during the first half of the 20th century. ... Mumbai(IPA: ,Marathi: मुंबई), formerly known as Bombay, is the capital of the state of Maharashtra, and the most populous city of India and the world, with an estimated population of about 13 million (as of 2006)[1]. Mumbai is located on Salsette Island, off the west coast of Maharashtra. ...

Personal Information

Bhanu Athaiya was born Bhanumati Annasaheb Rajopadhye in Kolhapur in Maharashtra, India on the 28th of April. She was the third of seven children born to Annasaheb and Shantabai Rajopadhye. Annasaheb passed away when Bhanumati was still a child. Kolhapur is a city situated in the south west corner of Maharashtra, India. ... Maharashtra (Devanagari: महाराष्ट्र mahārāṣṭra, literally: Great Nation; IPA: / /)( ) is Indias third largest state in terms of area and second largest in terms of population after Uttar Pradesh. ... For other uses, see April (disambiguation). ...

Bhanu was married to Satyendra Athaiya, a poet and occasional lyricist for Hindi films. The marriage ended in separation, and she never remarried. The couple had one daughter, who currently resides with her family in Kolkata. (IPA: [] Bengali: কলকাতা) (formerly ) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. ...

Awards

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Award for Costume Design: This Academy Award was first given for movies made in 1948 when separate awards were given for black-and-white and color movies. ...

• 1982, Gandhi (with John Mollo)

The National Film Award for Best Costume Design: Gandhi (1982) is an Anglo-Indian film, directed by Richard Attenborough, about the life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (also known as Mahatma Gandhi, Great Soul), leader of the nonviolent resistance movement against British colonial rule in India during the first half of the 20th century. ... The National Film Award (Silver Lotus Award) for Best Costume Design winners: See also Categories: ...

• 1991, Lekin
• 2002, Lagaan

Lagaan, (Hindi: लगान, Urdu: لگان - meaning land tax), subtitled Once upon a time in India, is an award-winning movie made in India, released on June 1, 2001 and nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (the award actually went to No Mans Land that year). ...

Filmography