Dolly Ahluwalia is an Indian actress and costume designer who was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2001 for costume design.Drama - Costume Design || Sangeet Natak Akademi Official listings. She has won 3 Filmfare Awards and three National Film Awards, two Best Costume Design awards 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.
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. Thereafter she designed for notable directors like Vishal Bhardwaj in The Blue Umbrella (2005), Omkara (2006), Blood Brothers (2007), Kaminey (2009) and Haider (2014), 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).
Filmography Costume designer
YearFilm 1993 Bandit Queen 2006 Omkara 2005 Water 2005 The Blue Umbrella 2007 Aaja Nachle Blood Brothers 2009 Love Aaj Kal Kaminey 2011 Rockstar 2012 Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana Midnight's Children 2013 Bhaag Milkha Bhaag 2014 Haider2017Rangoon
Actress
YearTitle Role 1995 Amma and Family (TV series) 2003 Mudda – The Issue 2005 Yahaan 2005 Water 2005 The Blue Umbrella 2009 Aloo Chaat Beeji 2011 Ek Noor 2012 Vicky Donor Dolly Arora 2012 Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana Buaji 2013 Saadi Love Story (Punjabi) Mrs. Brar 2013 Bajatey Raho Jasbeer Baweja 2013 Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani Simran Talwar 2019 Badnaam Gali Buaji 2019 Axone Naani 2020 Doordarshan Darshan Kaur 2021 Bell Bottom Raavie Malhotra2023ChhatriwaliDhingra Aunty2023Thank You for Coming Kishori Kapoor2024-2025Lovely Lolla Shakuntala Chawla2025Sitaare Zameen ParPreeto 2025Son of Sardaar 2BebeCalorieGurdeepThe Great Shamsuddin FamilyAsiya2026Main Vaapas AaungaKeenu's Grandmother
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