Bhanu Athaiya, Hindi cinema's costume designer for more than 50 years, condenses her work into one volume
After Bhanu Athaiya won the Oscar for Best Costume Design for Richard Attenborough's
Gandhi in 1983, Phyllis Dalton, the costume designer for
Dr. Zhivago, met her and said, “Out there in L.A. the producers think that India comes all readymade. All you need to do is come here with a camera and go out and shoot. All thanks to you.” A compliment pointing to the fact that sometimes blending into a story is more difficult than standing out.
A five-decade-long career in costume designing is a no mean feat. To stay on top of the game throughout and create clothes that became the defining sample of each era of Hindi cinema — from the days of Nadira in
Shri 420, Vyjayanthimala in
Sangam and
Amrapali and Waheeda Rehman in
Chaudhvin ka Chand to those of Helen in
Teesri Manzil, Meena Kumari in
Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam, Sadhna in
Waqt, Rekha in
Mr. Natwarlal or Aamir Khan in
Lagaan — sounds even more Herculean.
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