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Bhanu Athaiya

Bhanu Athaiya (née Rajopadhye; 28 April 192915 October 2020) was an Indian costume designer and painter. She was the first Indian to win an Academy Award. Alongside being Bollywood's most iconic costume designer, she had a historically important early career as an artist with contemporaries like M. F. Husain, F. N. Souza and Vasudeo S. Gaitonde. She was the only woman member of the Bombay Progressive Artists' Group. Two of Bhanu Rajopadhye's artworks were included in the 1953 Progressive Artists' Group show in Bombay.

After her switch from art to cinema, Bhanu went on to become one of the leading creators of the aesthetic of a young India through her work on costumes for Bollywood films. She worked on over 100 films, with Indian filmmakers such as Guru Dutt, Yash Chopra, B.R. Chopra, Raj Kapoor, Vijay Anand, Raj Khosla, and Ashutosh Gowariker, notably in films like ''C.I.D.'' (1956), ''Pyaasa'' (1957), ''Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam'' (1962), ''Guide'' (1965), ''Amrapali'' (1966), ''Teesri Manzil'' (1966), ''Satyam Shivam Sundaram'' (1979), ''Razia Sultan'' (1983), ''Chandni'' (1989), ''Lekin...'' (1990), ''1942: A Love Story'' (1993), ''Lagaan'' (2001), and Swades (2004). She also worked on international projects with directors such Conrad Rooks in ''Siddhartha'' (1972) and Richard Attenborough in ''Gandhi'' (1982).

For ''Gandhi'', Bhanu won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design and was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design.

She was honored in the 'In memmoriam' segment of the 93rd Academy Awards. Provided by Wikipedia