Dolly Ahluwalia
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Dolly Ahluwalia | |
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| Occupations | Costume designer, actress |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Awards | Full list |
Dolly Ahluwalia is an Indian actress and costume designer who was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2001 for costume design.[1] 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.[2]
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.[3] Thereafter she designed for notable directors like Vishal Bhardwaj in The Blue Umbrella (2005), Omkara (2006), Blood Brothers (2007), Kaminey (2009) and Haider (2014),[2] 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).[4]
Filmography
Costume designer
| Year | Film |
|---|---|
| 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 | Haider |
| 2017 | Rangoon |
Actress
| Year | Title | 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 Malhotra |
| 2023 | Chhatriwali | Dhingra Aunty |
| 2023 | Thank You for Coming | Kishori Kapoor |
| 2024-2025 | Lovely Lolla | Shakuntala Chawla |
| 2025 | Sitaare Zameen Par | Preeto [5] |
| 2025 | Son of Sardaar 2 | Bebe |
| Calorie | Gurdeep | |
| The Great Shamsuddin Family | Asiya |
