#Bhanu Athaiya

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Remembering #BhanuAthaiya on her birth anniversary (28/04).

She was a renowned costume designer born as Bhanumati Rajopadhye in Kolhapur. Bhanu Athaiya made her film debut with CID and went on to design costumes for over 100 films, including Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam, Guide, Ganga Jumna, Waqt, Teesri Manzil, Chandni, and Lagaan.

In 1983, she became the first Indian to win an #Oscar for Best Costume Design for the film Gandhi. Her exceptional work made her a true pioneer in the field of costume design.

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2022: Vaishali Takkar, attrice indiana. Debuttò nella serie televisiva Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai trasmessa dal 2015. Era fidanzata col dottore keniota Abhinandan Singh. Il loro matrimonio era previsto per giugno 2021, ma hanno annullato un mese dopo il loro fidanzamento. Si è suicidata, impiccandosi nella sua casa. Il suo corpo è stato ritrovato dal padre il giorno seguente. Un biglietto d’addio è…

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Sonam Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, SS Rajamouli: Making India proud at the global stage - Big Story | Hindi Movie News - Times of India

Sonam Kapoor Ahuja is going to attend and perform at King Charles’ coronation ceremony. Alia Bhatt has just made her Met Gala debut paying tribute to fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld in a creation by Prabal Gurung. Earlier in the year, Deepika Padukone graced the Oscars stage when she announced the Naatu Naatu performance from SS Rajamouli‘s RRR. The same night MM Keeravani and Chandrasekhar won the…

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Made-by-India cinema gets first Oscars

Indian cinema first knocked at the door of the Academy Awards in 1958 with director Mehboob Khan’s seminal work, Mother India.

Indian cinema first knocked at the door of the Academy Awards in 1958 with director Mehboob Khan’s seminal work, Mother India. Since then, this quest has been an obsession almost, with films like Salaam Bombay and Lagaan going agonisingly close. Of course, our artists like Bhanu Athaiya (Gandhi), A R Rahman, Gulzar, and Resul Pookutty (Slumdog Millionaire), have all won the Oscars, but those were all films made in India, but not by India. And now, finally, a documentary called The Elephant Whisperers and the song Naatu Naatu from RRR have made the world turn in our direction.

Naatu Naatu started as a Telugu song, became an Indian phenomenon and then a worldwide rage, gaining momentum in the lead-up to the Oscars, where it has won the ‘Best Original Song’ award, defeating the likes of Rihanna, and Lady Gaga. Accepting the award, composer MM Keeravaani said, “There was only one vision in my mind, Rajamouli’s mind, and my family’s mind too. RRR has to be the pride of every Indian and must put me on top of the world.” It was also a lovely touch to see Deepika Padukone introducing the Naatu Naatu performance at the Oscars and to see singers Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava perform it.

While the win of Naatu Naatu was a first for Indian cinema, producer Guneet Monga has cemented India’s place as an important force in the Documentary category by winning her second Academy Award for The Elephant Whisperers. She previously won the same award for Period. End of Sentence (2019). Guneeth shared the award with Kartiki Gonzalves, the director of The Elephant Whisperers, and said, “I stand here to speak about the sacred bond between us and the natural world. For respect of the indigenous community and empathy towards other living beings and finally for co-existence.” What a beautiful coincidence that the triumph should come on National Elephants’ Day! 

Asia, the big winner, at 95th Academy Awards

In a day of success for the Indian contingent, a downer was the loss of Shaunak Sen’s All That Breathes in the Best Documentary Feature. The Russian documentary, Navalny, took home the award, for a film that has much political importance.

Oscars 2023 can be thought of as a year of representation, with Everything Everywhere All At Once winning a whopping seven awards out of its 11 nominations. It won many major awards at the ceremony, including Best Picture, Best Actress (Michelle Yeoh), Best Supporting Actor (Ke Huay Quan), Best Supporting Actress (Jamie Lee Curtis), Best Director (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Schienert), Best Editor (Paul Rogers), and Best Original Screenplay (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Schienert). The emotions ran high as every award recipient spoke warmly about the importance of family, heritage and representation.

Michelle delivered the line of the night, when she said, “Ladies, don’t let anybody tell you you are ever past your prime. Never give up.” After a rather controversial 2022 ceremony, this year was wholesome and without any real blemishes. It was a night when every speech and every award led to heightened emotions and freeflowing tears. If Ke Huay Quan’s ‘Mom, I’ve won an Oscar’ left people in tears, Brendan Fraser’s emotional response to his Best Actor win for The Whale fetched much applause too. The Darren Aronofsky directorial also won the Best Makeup and Hairstyling award for being able to turn the genial, handsome Brendan Fraser into a morbidly obese recluse.

Apart from the overwhelming love for Everything Everywhere All At Once, it was a day when the German film, All Quiet on the Western Front, made history too by taking home the awards for Best International Feature, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, and Best Production Design. Top Gun: Maverick, credited with being the film that brought back Hollywood audiences to the theatres, won a solitary award in the Best Sound category.

Another highlight of the 95th Academy Awards was Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio winning the Best Animated Film, and his passionate plea for cinema to take animation seriously. Sarah Polley won the Best Adapted Screenplay for Women Talking, and Ruth E Carter won a record-making second Oscar for her work in the Black Panther films. She won Best Costume for Wakanda Forever and became the first Black woman to win multiple Oscars in any category.

There were certain snubs too, as always. Angela Basset missed out on a Best Supporting Actress win, and so did Cate Blanchett and John Williams losing in the Best Actor and Best Original Score categories, respectively. Perhaps the biggest disappointment was that much-anticipated nominations like The Banshees of Insherin, Tar, The Fabelmans, and Elvis did not win even a single award at the Academy Awards. Where India will go from here on the global stage is anybody’s guess, but what today’s Indian nominees and winners have done is show dreams do come true sometimes.

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Bhanu Athaiya marked before-after in Indian costume design

What is common between the iconic orange-coloured, glittery ‘Amrapali saree’ worn by Vyjayanthimala for the 1966 movie and the starched, cotton sarees worn by Rohini Hattangadi as Kasturba Gandhi in Gandhi (1982)? It’s Bhanu Athaiya whose nimble hands envisaged, designed and made the sarees iconic. The work of India’s first Oscar winner, in costume design category, is on display at Bikaner House…

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January 6th, 2023: Birthday of Greats

Today is the birthday of some of the greats the world has seen.

Kapil Dev: The term "world cup" was synonym to his name until the first decade of 21st century. Kapil Dev is the first Indian captain to win a cricket world cup. If cricket in India is worshiped, Kapil Dev has had big role and influence in this. India started loving cricket because of him and legacy continued with Sachin, Dhoni and now Virat.

A. R. Rahman: In India, If world cup was synonym to Kapil Dev then "Oscar" is synonym to the great music composer A.R. Rahman. He was not the first one to win Oscar for India but He gave us "Jai ho." Interestingly Bhanu Athaiya was first Indian to win Oscar in the same year as Kapil Dev won world cup but then cricket was more famous than Oscars and hence it faded; true awareness of Oscars came to India only when A.R. Rahman won it in 2009 and till now that is the last Oscar any Indian has won.

Rowan Atkinson: King of silent comedy. Rowan Atkinson also known as Mr. Bean is famous because of his peculiar ways of doing daily life works, I would say more famous because 'THIS IS NOT EASY.' Try making someone laugh without saying a single word and people will think you are mad. And yes, he also graduated in Electrical Engineering.

Sherlock Holmes: One of the most influential fictional character was Sherlock Holmes. There was a time when anyone who has seen the show, tries to think like him and then people would say 'ज्यादा Sherlock Holmes मत बन'

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Bhanu Athaiya, 28 April 1929 - 15 October 2020. RIP.

This illustration is for a 1952 Eve’s Weekly and describes a blouse in which pink wool flowers are worked on a grey net which is then lined with grey satin.  The flower centres are envisoned to be black beads but they also encourage contiuing with wool embroidery . The write up also discusses how the choli/blouse is more defiant than its older counterparts with a low, low V and near off shoulder square and a heart shaped neckline. The blouse is  worn with a shaded pink and grey saree, probably chiffon.

Meher Castelino’s article gives a good sense of the costume designer and also of 50s styles.  Athaiya remained partial to the coat paired with a saree, see for example even a latish film like Abhinetri,.

The young Athaiya. And as painted by Gaitonde. A little bit on her and the Progressive Artists’ Group.

My posts on Bhanu Athaiya.

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Bhanu Athaiya aka Bhanumati, Indian costume designer, 28.4.1929-15.10.2020

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Bhanu Athaiya no more: There would be many others but she was the original, say actors who have collaborated with her

Bhanu Athaiya no more: There would be many others but she was the original, say actors who have collaborated with her

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With Bhanu Athaiya breathing her last, the industry lost yet another stalwart. The costume designer, won the first Academy Award for India. She was honoured with an Oscar, along with John Mollo, for the Best Costume Design for Richard Attenborough’s Gandhi (1983). Over the years, Athaiya had spun her magic in a number of Bollywood films such as Teesri Manzil (1966), Pyaasa (1957), Kagaz…

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Waheeda Rehman as Jamila in “Chaudhvin Ka Chand” (1960) / Costumes by Bhanu Athaiya (aka Bhanumati), make-up by Baburao Pawaskar 

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Remembering #BhanuAthaiya on her birth anniversary (28/04).

She was a renowned costume designer born as Bhanumati Rajopadhye in Kolhapur. Bhanu Athaiya made her film debut with CID and went on to design costumes for over 100 films, including Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam, Guide, Ganga Jumna, Waqt, Teesri Manzil, Chandni, and Lagaan.

In 1983, she became the first Indian to win an #Oscar for Best Costume Design for the film #Gandhi. Her exceptional work in the industry made her a true pioneer in the field of costume design.

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On Sunday, April 25 the 93rd Academy Awards was held and in their In Memorium segment, many Indian artists were paid tribute. Irrfan Khan and Bhanu Athaiya were remembered at the event. Irrfan Khan, the global star has worked in several International movies and left everyone awestruck with his stupendous performance. On April 29, 2020 said us goodbye and took his heavenly abode. His untimely demise not just left the Bollywood in shock but many International artists were astonished. Other than, Irrfan Khan; Bhanu Athaiya was also remembered at the event. She was the first Oscar winner from India to take the Best Costume Design trophy for the film ‘Gandhi’ released in 1982. She passed away after battling with cancer in 2020.  

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Indians at the Academy Awards: From Satyajit Ray to Deepika Padukone

Come Sunday, Indian cinema is launching one of its biggest offensives ever at the Academy Awards. Naatu Naatu from S.S. Rajamouli’s RRR is up for Best Original Song; it won the Golden Globe, to frenzied jubilation everywhere, two months ago. Meanwhile, two documentaries — Shaunak Sen’s feature-length All That Breathes and Kartiki Gonsalves’s 41-minute The Elephant Whisperers— are in with a shout…

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An online auction focusses on celebrated costume designer Bhanu Athaiya’s work as an artist

An online auction focusses on celebrated costume designer Bhanu Athaiya’s work as an artist

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Written by Vandana Kalra | New Delhi | December 1, 2020 4:40:58 pm

Bhanu Athaiya’s work comprising watercolour on paper is going for auction

In 1953, at an exhibition featuring artworks by members of the Progressive Artists’ Group in Kala Ghoda, were works by a lone young woman artist. At 24, Bhanu Athaiya (then Rajopadhye),…

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सामने के कक्ष का द्वार खोले आम्रपाली मुस्कराती वहाँ खडी थी । उस ने मपरी ढंग की साडी पहनी थी सर्वसी कंचुकी से अत्यन्त बारीक चीनी शुक के अधोवस्त्र से उस की आधी देह ढंकी थी । लंका के बड़े बहे समान और तेजस्वी मोतियों की माला इस के ग्रीवा-प्रदेश में भूल रहीं थी : महिम मेखला, हीरे के कुंडल और रत्न जटित नूपुर-इन आभूषणों से आम्रपाली का सौंदर्य ... Bhāratī (1956).

Amrapali stood smiling at the open door of the room opposite. She had worn a mapari* style saree, of the whole apart from the kancuki** half her body is covered by a very thin Chinese silk lower garment. Lanka’s lustrous pearl chains swing around her neck. A fine girdle, earrings of diamond and gem - studded anklets, from these ornaments  Amrapali’s beauty.. .Bhāratī (1956).

Above translation by me, the text was a bit garbled and incomplete so I am  uncertain about certain phrases but you get the gist.

Screencaps are from Amrapali (1966). The costumes of Amrapali were considered daring at the time, though probably modest in view of the actual Amrapali’s times.  Vyjayanthimala mentions in her autobio that the costumes were skin fitted and used thin fabric to give an illusionary effect. The costumes were designed by Bhanu Atahiya but it’s likely dance costumes were by Aiyyelu (India Today, 2002).

The reference to Chinese silk in the 1956 text is based on historical sources, Chinese silk was prized in Ancient India,

A lot of lustrous and pale bindis in the movie, the one in pic 2 is evocative of sandalwood which was extensively used for decoration in Ancient India.

*mapari, I couldn’t find any references to this word. Is it a regional style of saree or a drape, not clear from text or google.

**bodice.

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Mala Sinha as Meena in Guru Dutt’s masterpiece “Pyaasa” (1957). 

She does not wear this costume in the final version of the film but it can be seen in early promo pics and some lobby cards.

Costume design by Bhanu Mati (aka Bhanu Athaiya)