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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1945}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Delhi]]<br />
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| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
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| occupation = [[Actor|Theater artist]], [[costume designer]]<br />
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'''Amba Sanyal''' (born 1945) is an Indian [[actor|theater artist]] and [[costume designer]]. She is a recipient of the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in 2008 for Costume design.<ref name=sna/><br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
She was born in [[Delhi]] as the daughter of [[B. C. Sanyal]], noted painter, sculptor and Art teacher and [[Snehalata Sanyal]], danseuse and actress. She studied at the [[Delhi College of Art]] (University of Delhi), [[Shantiniketan]] ([[Visva-Bharati University]]), [[Ecole des Beaux Arts]] at [[Paris]].<ref name=sna/><br />
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==Career==<br />
She has acted in dramas by [[Habib Tanvir]], [[Ebrahim Alkazi]], [[Amal Allana]] and [[Sheila Bhatia]]. She has designed costumes for many [[National School of Drama]] productions including ''Romeo and Juliet in Technicolour'' directed by [[Roysten Abel]].<ref name=sna>{{cite web|title=Amba Sanyal Akademi Award: Allied Theatre Arts (Costume Designing) |url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/sna-awards2008/amba-sanyal.htm |publisher=[[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] |accessdate=2014-04-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013233230/http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/sna-awards2008/amba-sanyal.htm |archivedate=2013-10-13 }}</ref> In 2013, she appeared in National Film Award-winning ''[[Ship of Theseus (film)|Ship of Theseus]]'' directed by Anand Gandhi. In 2016, she appeared in ''[[Kahaani 2: Durga Rani Singh|Kahaani 2]]'' directed by Sujoy Ghosh.<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Her husband K.T. Ravindran, is a noted architect and dean of [[School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi|School of Planning and Architecture]], Delhi.<ref name=ins>{{cite news|url=http://www.indiaexpress.com/news/entertainment/20030109-1.html |title=Doyen of Indian art B C Sanyal is no more |date=9 Jan 2003 |publisher=Indian Express |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605104543/http://www.indiaexpress.com/news/entertainment/20030109-1.html |archivedate=2011-06-05 }}</ref><br />
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==Works==<br />
*A series on Saris of India (Three books about Saris of Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, and Bihar)<br />
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==Awards==<br />
*2008 [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]], given by the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]], India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama.<ref name=sna/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm |title=SNA: List of Akademi Awardees |publisher=[[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] Official website |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331060603/http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm |archivedate=2016-03-31 }}</ref><br />
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==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:1945 births]]<br />
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[[Category:Indian stage actresses]]<br />
[[Category:Women artists from Delhi]]<br />
[[Category:Hindi theatre]]<br />
[[Category:Indian costume designers]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]<br />
[[Category:Delhi University alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Visva-Bharati University alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Alumni of the École des Beaux-Arts]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian designers]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian actresses]]<br />
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