Dolly Ahluwalia is an Indian actress and costume designer who was awarded the
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2001 for costume design.
[Drama - Costume Design]
, , Sangeet Natak Akademi
Sangeet Natak Akademi (The National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama in English) is the national level academy for performing arts set up by the Government of India.
History
It was set up by the Indian education ministry on 31 May 1952 and ...
Official listings. She has won 3
Filmfare Awards
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and three
National Film Awards, two
Best Costume Design awards for ''
Bandit Queen'' (1993) and ''
Haider
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Given name
*Haider Al-Abadi, Iraqi politician
*Haider Ackermann (born 1971), French fashion designer
*Haid ...
'' (2014), and then as
Best Supporting Actress for ''
Vicky Donor
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'' (2012), which is also her best known role as an actress.
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Career
She is alumni of National School of Drama
National School of Drama (NSD) is a theatre training institute situated at New Delhi, India. It is an autonomous organization under Ministry of Culture, Government of India. It was set up in 1959 by the Sangeet Natak Akademi and became an indepe ...
graduating in 1979. Ahluwalia started her career by designing costumes for theatre. Thereafter she started film career with Shekhar Kapur
Shekhar Kulbhushan Kapur (born 6 December 1945) is an Indian filmmaker and actor. Born into the Anand-Sahni family, Kapur is the recipient of several accolades, including a BAFTA Award, a National Film Award, a National Board of Review Award a ...
's '' Bandit Queen'' in 1993, which got her first National Film Award for Best Costume Design
The National Film Award for Best Costume Design is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several awards p ...
. Thereafter she designed for notable directors like Vishal Bhardwaj
Vishal Bhardwaj (born 4 August 1965) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, music composer and playback singer. He is known for his work in Hindi cinema, and is the recipient of seven National Film Awards and a Filmfare Award.
Bha ...
in ''The Blue Umbrella
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The National Film Awar ...
'' (2005), '' Omkara'' (2006), '' Blood Brothers'' (2007), ''Kaminey
''Kaminey'' ( en, Scoundrels, italic=yes) is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language action film written and directed by Vishal Bhardwaj and produced by Ronnie Screwvala under UTV Motion Pictures, featuring Shahid Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Amole Gupte ...
'' (2009) and ''Haider
Haider is a predominantly Arabic name, with alternative spellings such as Haidar, Haydar and Heydar. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
*Haider Al-Abadi, Iraqi politician
*Haider Ackermann (born 1971), French fashion designer
*Haid ...
'' (2014), with Deepa Mehta in ''Water
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'' (2005) and ''Midnight's Children
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'' (2012). Besides working with mainstream Bollywood films like '' Love Aaj Kal'' (2009), ''Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana
''Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana'' is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language comedy film produced by Ronnie Screwvala, Siddharth Roy Kapur and Anurag Kashyap and directed by debutante Sameer Sharma.
Plot
Omi Khurana's London dream has just ended. On the r ...
'' (2012) and with Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (born 7 July 1963) is an Indian film director, occasional actor and screenwriter. He is best known for writing and directing ''Rang De Basanti'' (2006) and ''Bhaag Milkha Bhaag'' (2013). He is the writer and director of ...
in ''Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
''Bhaag Milkha Bhaag'' () is a 2013 Hindi-language biographical sports drama film directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra from a script written by Prasoon Joshi. The story is based on the life of Milkha Singh, an Indian athlete and Olympian who w ...
'' (2013).
Filmography
Costume designer
Actress
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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Indian costume designers
Indian film actresses
Indian television actresses
Year of birth missing (living people)
Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
Living people
Filmfare Awards winners
Screen Awards winners
Place of birth missing (living people)
Actresses in Hindi cinema
Actresses in Punjabi cinema
National School of Drama alumni
21st-century Indian actresses
Indian Sikhs
20th-century Indian designers
21st-century Indian designers
20th-century Indian actresses
Best Supporting Actress National Film Award winners
Best Costume Design National Film Award winners
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