Overlooked No More: Bhanu Athaiya, Who Won India Its First Oscar
Athaiya, a costume designer on more than 100 films, won the award in 1983 for her work on “Gandhi.”
Bhanu Athaiya in 1983 with her Oscar statuette. She won for best costume design for her work on “Gandhi.”Credit.Bettmann, via Getty Images
April 22, 2021, 2:50 p.m. ET
This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times.
In 1983, when Bhanu Athaiya won an Oscar for costume design for her work on “Gandhi,” not everyone in Hollywood was thrilled.
“For what? Wrinkled sheets, burlap sacks and loincloths?” the film critic and author Rex Reed wrote.
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The makers of Krishna Talkies, starring Ajay Rao and Apurva, which hit screens on April 16, have decided to pull out the film from theatres within four days of its release. “This decision was taken by producer Govindraju AH Aluru, and the entire team, owing to the current Covid issues, which is at its peak,” says director Vijay Anand.
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“Despite the film getting positive response from audience and critics, people have no interest in coming to theatres now. Secondly, the decision taken by the Government regarding malls, theatres or restaurants, will further restrict people. We can’t expect theatre owners to run the show with empty seats. Moreover, we felt that we should not public under health risk, which is most important. So, we decided to take off our film from theatres,” the director explains.
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