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2020-10-17 Obituary

320.

Bhanu Athaiya passed away, she was the winner of which award?

Oscar

Padma Shree

Arjun award

None of these

Answer: Option

Explanation:

The first Indian to win the Oscar award, Bhanu Athaiya passed away. She won the Best Costume Design Oscar for her work in the 1982 film Gandhi, directed by Richard Attenborough. In 2012, Athaiya returned her Oscar to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for safekeeping.