India's First Academy Award Winner Costume Designer Bhanu Athaiya Dies

India's first-ever Oscar winner Bhanu Athaiya passed away at 91 on October 15. The costume designer had won Oscar for her work in Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi'. However, she had later returned the award to the Academy in 2012. The designer made her debut in Guru Dutt's 'C.I.D.' in 1956. Besides Oscar, the designer had won two National Awards as well. Athaiya suffered from brain tumour, and was paralysed since 2012.