DOLLY AHLUWALIA

DOLLY AHLUWALIA – Film Actress/Costume Designer

Dolly Ahluwalia is an Indian costume designer and film and television actress, who was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2001 for Costume design.

As a costume designer, Ahluwalia she started her career with designing costumes of 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) and Kaminey (2009), Deepa Mehta, Water (2005) and Midnight's Children (2012) and Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013). 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).

She has also acted in Bollywood movies Yahaan (2005) and Vicky Donor (2012) and Punjabi movie Ek Noor (2011),Aloo chat(2009), Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani (2013).

She has also been nominated for the Genie Award for Best Achievement in Costume Design three times, and won the National Film Award for Best Costume Design in 1996 and 2012, followed by Filmfare Best Costumes Award in 2007.

As Costume Design

• 1993: Bandit Queen
• 2006: Omkara
• 2005: Water
• 2005 The Blue Umbrella
• 2007: Aaja Nachle
• 2007: Blood Brothers
• 2009: Love Aaj Kal
• 2009: Kaminey
• 2012: Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana
• 2012: Midnight's Children
• 2013: Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

As Actor

• 1995: Amma and Family (TV series)
• 2003: Mudda: The Issue
• 2005:Yahaan
• 2005: Water
• 2005: The Blue Umbrella
• 2009: Aloo Chaat
• 2011: Ek Noor
• 2012: Vicky Donor
• 2012: Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana
• 2013: Saadi Love Story (Punjabi)
• 2013: Bhajathe Raho
• 2013: Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani