Athaiya retired from the industry in 2004. 1983 Nominee BAFTA Film Award: Best Costume Design Gandhi (1982) Shared with: John Mollo. The first Oscars telecast I watched was when I was nine years old. Bhanu Athaiya, the costume designer who became the first Indian to win an Oscar, for Richard Attenboroughâs âGandhiâ (1982), died at her home in Mumbai Thursday after a ⦠However, unknown to many, the first Indian to ever receive an Oscar had been Bhanu Athaiya, a costume designer, way back in 1983 for the movie Gandhi, Lord Richard Attenboroughâs magnum opus. Academy Awards, USA. She was 91 and died at her residence after prolonged illness. Bhanu Athaiya, the only Indian woman to win an Oscar, passes away Academy Award-winning costume designer Bhanu Athaiya passed away on October 15, 2020, at the age of 91. She became the first Indian to receive an Oscar award. Athaiya was a renowned costume designer and won Indiaâs first Oscar for her work in 1983 film Gandhi. When a film repertoire stands at ⦠Richard Attenboroughâs Gandhi won an overwhelming number of awards. She was diagnosed with brain tumour eight years ago and was bedridden after suffering a paralysis three years ago. Athaiya also won two Indian National Film Awards, in 1991 and 2002. Yesterday one of Indian filmâs true stars Bhanu Athaiya passed away at age 91. Athaiya was suffering from a brain tumor for the last eight years, her daughter Radhika Gupta told news agency PTI. I had the great privilege of working with her in the Marathi film " Katha Don Ganpatravanchi" ðð½ðð½ðð½ â Renuka Shahane (@renukash) October 15, 2020 The Oscar-winning costume designer Bhanu Athaiya passed away yesterday at the age of 91. https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/news/india-s-first- The 91-year-old started her career in Guru Dutt's superhit film, ⦠India's first ever Oscar winner, costume designer Bhanu Athaiya, has died at the age of 91. Bhanu Athaiya, the costume designer of the major films and the only Indian designer, who won an Oscar for the costumes, passed away in Mumbai at the age of 91. The first Indian to win an Oscar. The 91-year-old Athaiya, ⦠Athaiya was born in Kolhapur, western India, in 1929. Ms.Bhanu Athaiya, a famous costume designer of Indian Cinema was born in Maharashtra on 28th April 1926. She also won a BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design for the film. Filmfare Awards. She made history by winning the Oscar for Best Costume Design for ⦠She had been unwell for the past eight years and became bedridden for the last three. Costume designer Bhanu Athaiya, the first Indian to win an Oscar, passed away in Mumbai on Thursday aged 91, the Press Trust of India reported, citing her daughter. Winner of an Oscar award, the pride of our country, yet so very humble. Athaiya shared the Oscar award with John Mollo, the British collaborator for Gandhi. Bhanu Athaiya, the first Indian to be awarded an Oscar way back in 1983, took her last breath this October 15 in Mumbai. One of India's most renowned costume designers and Oscar Award winner, Bhanu Athaiya passed away at her Mumbai home on Thursday after a prolonged illness. Bhanu Athaiya of India made history on April 11, 1983, when she won an Oscar for Best Costume Design for Lord Richard Attenborough's Gandhi at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles at the 55 th annual Academy Awards. She won an Oscar in 1983 for Richard Attenborough's Gandhi. Athaiya is also a two-time National Award winner for costume ⦠Bhanu Athaiya, the woman who won Indiaâs first Oscar, passed away in her sleep on Thursday, October 15, 2020. It is known well that Bhanu Athaiya is the first Indian to win an Oscar. The award was given to her at the 55th Academy Awards in 1983. (Photo: Express Archive) Indiaâs very first Oscar winner, costume designer Bhanu Athaiya, passed away in Mumbai on October 15.She was 91. Her daughter Radhika Gupta, was quoted as telling PTI: âEight years ago, she was diagnosed with a tumour in her brain.For the last three years, she was bedridden because one side (of her body) was paralysed.â Her last rites took place at Chandanwadi crematorium in South Mumbai. Bhanu Athaiya became the first Indian-born person to win an Oscar. â Unfortunately, she returned her Oscar to ⦠2002 Winner Silver Lotus Award⦠In this interview first published on Rediff.com in March 2020, the legendary costume designer described what it ⦠Bhanu Athaiya. RIP Bhanu Athaiyaðð½ðð½ðð½ What an amazing, committed Costume designer she was. Filmare gave her its Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009, for her contributions to Indian and world cinema. She was 91 and was suffering from a prolonged illness. That year, 1982, also marked Indiaâs first win at the Oscars: Bhanu Athaiya for Costume Design in Gandhi shared her award with John Mollo. Costume designer Bhanu Athaiya, who became the first Indian to win an Oscar, is no more. Costume designer Bhanu Athaiya who was India's first Oscar winner passed away in Mumbai on October 15 at the age of 91. Bhanu held the prestigious distinction for 26 years before the ⦠Bhanu Athaiya, India's first Oscar winner, is now part of the ages. I t would be next to impossible for anyone to walk the walk of Oscar awardee Bhanu Athaiya, who passed away on October 15, 2020. Bhanu Athaiya, the costume designer who got the country it's first ever Academy Award has passed away at the age of 91. She was 91. Costume designer Bhanu Athaiya, who won the first Academy Award for India, passed away in Mumbai on Thursday. 2009 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award: National Film Awards, India. Celebrated costume designer Bhanu Athaiya, who did India proud by winning an Oscar for the costume design of Gandhi (1982), passed away today ⦠Isher Judge Ahluwalia receiving Padma Bhushan Award from then Indian President Prathiba Singh Patil. The 86-year-oldâs hands tremble thanks to her debilitating brain tumour. â Bhanu Athaiya received the Oscar award in 1983 and remained the only Indian to hold the title for a long 26 years. Ms.Bhanu Athaiya â was awarded Oscar Award for the âBest Costume Designâ for Richard Attenboroughâs film âGandhiâ in the year 1982. Bhanu Athaiya, the costume designer who became the first Indian to win an Oscar, for Richard Attenboroughâs âGandhiâ (1982), died at her home in Mumbai Thursday after a prolonged illness. When she bagged the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for Gandhi (1982), Athaiya, while accepting the statuette at the ceremony in 1983, said âIt is too good to believe.Thank you, Academy and thank you, Sir Richard Attenborough, for focusing world attention on India.â Apart from Oscars, Bhanu Athaiya also won two National Film Awards in 1991 and 2002. Though she was the first to bring the coveted Academy Award home, she remained unsung in the shadow of Slumdog Millionaire that swept away eight Oscars, including for three Indians â AR Rahman, Gulzar and Resul Pookutty â in 2009. India's first Academy Award winner Bhanu Athaiya has passed away at the age of 91. Athaiya won the Academy Award in the Best Costume Design category at the 1983 Oscars for her work in Richard Attenboroughâs âGandhiâ. That moment is why the Oscars have become an annual habit for me. She was Indiaâs very first Oscar winner. 1983 Winner Oscar: Best Costume Design Gandhi (1982) Shared with: John Mollo . 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