First Indian who has won Oscar Award Bhanu Athaiya passes away.
Costume designer Bhanu Athaiya, the first Indian to win an Oscar, passed away in Mumbai at aged 91.
Bhanu Athaiya, who won an Academy Award for her work in Richard Attenborough's 1982 epic Gandhi, had a prolific career in India, working on some 200 films, including Bollywood classics such as 1965's Guide and 1980's Karz (Debt).
A trained fashion illustrator, she began designing costumes for films in the 1950s, later had a career of more than five decades and also 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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