Bhanu Athaiya

Bhanu Athaiya
Bhanu Athaiya
	Athaiya at the Academy Awards, 1983
Born	Bhanumati Annasaheb Rajopadhye; 28 April 1929; Kolhapur, Kolhapur State, British India
Died	15 October 2020 (aged 91); Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Education	Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art
Occupation(s)	Costume designer and Painter
Years active	1947–2015
Movement	Bombay Progressive Artists' Group
Spouse	Satyendra Athaiya
Awards	Usha Deshmukh Gold Medal - JJ School of Art (1951) for Lady In Repose; Academy Award for Costume Design (1983) for Gandhi; Nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design (1983) for Gandhi; National Film Award for Best Costume Design (1991) for ; 1991: Lekin...; National Film Award for Best Costume Design (2002) for Lagaan;

Bhanu Athaiya (née Rajopadhye; 28 April 1929 – 15 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.

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