Bhanu Athaiya won an Oscar at the 55th National Awards (courtesy the academy)
Strong points
- She won the Oscar for Best Costume Design in ‘Gandhi’
- In 2012, she returned her Oscar to the Academy for the Safeguard
- Fb desc: Bhanu Athaiya won two national awards and an Oscar
Bombay:
Costume designer Bhanu Athaiya, India’s first Oscar winner, died at her home on Thursday after a long illness, her daughter said. She was 91 years old.
Athaiya, who won an Oscar for her work in the 1983 film Gandhi, died peacefully in her sleep, her daughter Radhika Gupta told PTI.
The last rites took place at the Chandanwadi Crematorium in southern Mumbai.
“She passed away early this morning. Eight years ago she was diagnosed with a brain tumor. For the past three years, she was bedridden because one side (of her body) was paralyzed,” her said. girl.
Athaiya, who was born in Kolhapur, began her career as a costume designer in Hindi cinema with the super success of Guru Dutt in 1956. C.I.D. She won the Oscar for best costume design in Richard Attenborough’s Gandhi with John Mollo.
In 2012, Athaiya returned his Oscar to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to keep it.
In a career spanning five decades and over 100 films, she has won two national awards – for Gulzar’s mystery drama Lekin (1990) and the period film Lagaan directed by Ashutosh Gowariker (2001).
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