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- She started her career as a freelance fashion illustrator with various women's magazines in Bombay, including the 'Eve's Weekly'; later when its editor opened a boutique, she asked Bhanu to try designing dresses, here upon she discovered her flair for designing clothes, her success as a designer soon led to her switching career paths.
- Bhanu Athaiyas Indian cinema's most well-regarded costume designer, having worked in over 100 films, since 1950s, with noted filmmakers like Yash Chopra,Raj Kapoor. In her career spanning 50 year she has received numerous awards, including the Academy Award for Costume Design (The Oscar), for her work in 1982 film, Gandhi, which made her the first Indian to win an Oscar ,and also two National Film Awards, in 1991 and 2002.
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