Dolly Ahluwalia

Dolly Ahluwalia is an Indian actress and costume designer who was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2001 for costume design.[1] She has won 3 Filmfare Awards and three National Film Awards , for Best Costume Design for Bandit Queen (1993) and Haider (2014), and then as Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012), which is also her best known role as an actress.[2]

Dolly Ahluwalia
NationalityIndian
OccupationCostume designer, Actress
Years active1993–present

Career

She is alumni of National School of Drama graduating in 1979. Ahluwalia started her career by designing costumes for theatre. Thereafter she started film career with Shekhar Kapur's Bandit Queen in 1993, which got her first National Film Award for Best Costume Design.[3] Thereafter she designed for notable directors like Vishal Bhardwaj in The Blue Umbrella (2005), Omkara (2006), Blood Brothers (2007), Kaminey (2009) and Haider (2014),[2] with Deepa Mehta in Water (2005) and Midnight's Children (2012). Besides working with mainstream Bollywood films like Love Aaj Kal (2009), Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana (2012) and with Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra in Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013).[4]

Awards
Further information: List of awards and nominations received by Dolly Ahluwalia
AwardCategoryFilm
43rd National Film AwardsBest Costume Design[3] Bandit Queen
Sangeet Natak Akademi AwardCostume Design[1]
60th National Film AwardsBest Supporting ActressVicky Donor (2012) [5]
55th Filmfare Awards

59th Filmfare Awards

 Filmfare Award for Best Costume DesignOmkara

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag[6]

60th Filmfare AwardsHaider[7]
62nd National Film AwardsBest Costume Design[8]

Filmography

Costume Designer
Year Film
1993Bandit Queen
2006Omkara
2005Water
2005The Blue Umbrella
2007Aaja Nachle
2007Blood Brothers
2009Love Aaj Kal
2009Kaminey
2012Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana
2012Midnight's Children
2013Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
2014Haider

Actress
Year Film / Television
1995Amma and Family (TV series)
2003Mudda – The Issue
2005Yahaan
2005Water
2005The Blue Umbrella
2009Aloo Chaat
2011Ek Noor
2012Vicky Donor
2012Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana
2013Saadi Love Story (Punjabi)
2013Bajatey Raho
2013Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
2019Badnaam Gali
2019Axone
2020Doordarshan
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References
  1. Drama - Costume Design Archived 24 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine || Sangeet Natak Akademi Official listings.
  2. "Dolly Ahluwalia dresses up Shahid Kapoor in 'Haider'". The Times of India. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  3. "Dolly Ahluwalia gets nostalgic about Bandit Queen". Indian Express. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  4. "I'm a costume designer first: Dolly Ahluwalia". Hindustan Times. 26 July 2013. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  5. "60th National Film Awards Announced" (PDF) (Press release). Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  6. "Winners of 59th Idea Filmfare Awards". Filmfare. 25 January 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  7. "Winners of 60th Idea Filmfare Awards". Filmfare. 31 January 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  8. "62nd National Film Awards for 2014 (Press Release)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. 24 February 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
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