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India's first Oscar winner Bhanu Athaiya passes away at 91
Published : Oct 15, 2020, 6:25 pm IST
Updated : Oct 15, 2020, 6:25 pm IST
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Costume designer Bhanu Athaiya, India’s first Oscar winner, died at her home on Thursday after prolonged illness, her daughter said.

Mumbai: Costume designer Bhanu Athaiya, India’s first Oscar winner, died at her home on Thursday after prolonged illness, her daughter said. She was 91.

Athaiya, who won an Oscar for her work in the 1983 film “Gandhi”, passed away peacefully in her sleep, her daughter Radhika Gupta said.

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Bhanu AthaiyaBhanu AthaiyaThe last rites took place at the Chandanwadi crematorium in South Mumbai  

"She passed away early this morning. Eight years ago, she was diagnosed with a tumour in her brain. For the last three years, she was bed-ridden because one side (of her body) was paralysed,” her daughter said.

Athaiya, who was born in Kolhapur, began her career as a costume designer in Hindi cinema with Guru Dutt''s 1956 superhit "C.I.D.".

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Bhanu AthaiyaBhanu AthaiyaShe won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design in Richard Attenborough’s “Gandhi” along with John Mollo.

In 2012, Athaiya returned her Oscar to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for safe-keeping.

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