About Dolly Ahluwalia
Dolly Ahluwalia was an Indian actor and television actor.
Dolly Ahluwalia is an Indian actress and costume designer who was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2001 for costume design. She has won 3 Filmfare Awards and three National Film Awards, two Best Costume Design awards for Bandit Queen and Haider (2014), and then as Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Donor (2012), which is also her best known role as an actress. Thereafter she designed for notable directors like Vishal Bhardwaj in The Blue Umbrella (2005), Omkara (2006), Blood Brothers (2007), Kaminey (2009) and Haider (2014), 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).
Filmography Costume designer
Actress
Awards and nominations
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Who was Dolly Ahluwalia?
Indian actress
When was Dolly Ahluwalia born?
Dolly Ahluwalia was born in Mumbai.
What was Dolly Ahluwalia's occupation?
Dolly Ahluwalia was an actor and television actor.
What nationality was Dolly Ahluwalia?
Dolly Ahluwalia was Indian.
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