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'''Dolly Ahluwalia''' is an Indian actress and costume designer who was awarded the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in 2001 for costume design.<ref name=SNAA>[http://www.sangeetnatak.com/programmes_recognition&honours_drama_OAT.html Drama - Costume Design] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071124135817/http://www.sangeetnatak.com/programmes_recognition&honours_drama_OAT.html |date=24 November 2007 }} || [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] Official listings.</ref> She has won 3 [[Filmfare Awards]] and three [[National Film Award (India)|National Film Awards]] , for [[National Film Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]] for ''[[Bandit Queen]]'' (1993) and ''[[Haider (film)|Haider]]'' (2014), and then as [[National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] for ''[[Vicky Donor]]'' (2012), which is also her best known role as an actress.<ref name=toi/>

==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]].<ref name="ex">{{Cite web | title = Dolly Ahluwalia gets nostalgic about Bandit Queen | url = http://www.indianexpress.com/news/dolly-ahluwalia-gets-nostalgic-about-bandit-queen/1136667/ | publisher = Indian Express | date = 2 July 2013 | access-date = 26 July 2013 }}</ref> Thereafter she designed for notable directors like [[Vishal Bhardwaj]] in ''[[The Blue Umbrella (2005 film)|The Blue Umbrella]]'' (2005), ''[[Omkara (2006 film)|Omkara]]'' (2006), ''[[Blood Brothers (short film)|Blood Brothers]]'' (2007), ''[[Kaminey]]'' (2009) and ''[[Haider (film)|Haider]]'' (2014),<ref name=toi>{{cite web | title = Dolly Ahluwalia dresses up Shahid Kapoor in 'Haider' | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news-interviews/Dolly-Ahluwalia-dresses-up-Shahid-Kapoor-in-Haider/articleshow/29953446.cms |date= Feb 7, 2014| access-date = 2014-08-24 | work = The Times of India}}</ref> with [[Deepa Mehta]] in ''[[Water (2005 film)|Water]]'' (2005) and ''[[Midnight's Children (film)|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).<ref>{{Cite web | title = I'm a costume designer first: Dolly Ahluwalia | url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/I-m-a-costume-designer-first-Dolly-Ahluwalia/Article1-1098661.aspx | publisher = Hindustan Times | date = 26 July 2013 | access-date = 26 July 2013 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131225101830/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/I-m-a-costume-designer-first-Dolly-Ahluwalia/Article1-1098661.aspx | archive-date = 25 December 2013 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>

==Filmography==

{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by Dolly Ahluwalia}}

===Costume designer===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Film
|-
| 1993 || ''[[Bandit Queen]]''
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| 2006 || ''[[Omkara (2006 film)|Omkara]]''
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Water (2005 film)|Water]]''
|-
| 2005 || ''[[The Blue Umbrella (2005 film)|The Blue Umbrella]]''
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Aaja Nachle]]''
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Blood Brothers (short film)|Blood Brothers]]''
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Love Aaj Kal]]''
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Kaminey]]''
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Rockstar (2011 film)|Rockstar]]''
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana]]''
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Midnight's Children (film)|Midnight's Children]]''
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Bhaag Milkha Bhaag]]''
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Haider (film)|Haider]]''
|}

===Actress===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Film / Television
! Role
|-
| 1995 || ''Amma and Family'' (TV series) ||
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Mudda – The Issue]]'' ||
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| 2005 || ''[[Yahaan]]'' ||
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| 2005 || ''[[Water (2005 film)|Water]]'' ||
|-
| 2005 || ''[[The Blue Umbrella (2005 film)|The Blue Umbrella]]'' ||
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Aloo Chaat (film)|Aloo Chaat]]'' || Beeji
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Ek Noor]]'' ||
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Vicky Donor]]'' || Dolly Arora
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana]]'' || Buaji
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Saadi Love Story]]'' (Punjabi) ||
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Bajatey Raho]]'' || Jasbeer Baweja
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani]]'' || Simran Talwar
|-
| 2019 || ''[[Badnaam Gali]]'' || Buaji
|-
| 2019 || ''[[Axone (2019 film)|Axone]]'' || Naani
|-
| 2020 || ''[[Doordarshan (film)|Doordarshan]]'' || Darshan Kaur
|-
|}

== See also ==
[[List of awards and nominations received by Dolly Ahluwalia]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb person}}
* {{Bollywood Hungama person}}

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