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Bhanu Athaiya was the first person from
India to win Oscar Award
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First Indian to Get an Oscar
Bhanu Athaiya was the First Indian to Get an Oscar.
She won the award for the Best Costume Designer for Richard
Attenborough's film Gandhi in 1982. Bhanu Athaiya has been associated
with the Hindi Film Industry for more than 50 years. She was born as
Bhanumati Annasaheb Rajopadhye in Kolhapur in Maharashtra. She married
Satyendra Athaiya, a poet and lyricist for Hindi. The marriage ended in
separation and Bhanu never remarried. Some of the other notable films
for which Bhanu has worked are:
- Swades (2004)
- Lagaan (2001)
- Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar (2001)
- 1942 A Love Story (1994)
- Karz (1980)
- Meera (1979)
- Mr. Natwarlal (1979)
- Satyam Shivam Sundaram (1978)
- Dastan (1972)
- Himmat (1970)
- Ankhen (1968)
- Teesri Manzil (1966)
- Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai (1961)
- Dil Deke Dekho (1959)
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