Designers in India often wonder about the awards they can win in India – as a validation to their excellence in work. Its quite daunting that scientists in India get a Nobel prize, armymen pride for the Paramveer Chakra, film makers wish to bag an Oscar and the citizen of India wishes to get a Bharat Ratna award – but not many awards are announced for the fashion designers in our country. So, this article is all about various awards fashion design students can target. While the list is small, we feel the need to mention a great personality who won an International award for India.
The first ever Oscar award winner from India was for the best Costume Design in 1982 was won by Bhanu Athaiya for the movie Gandhi. Her genius work was visible till her latest work in the movie Lagaan in 2002 for which she was honored with the National Film Award.
She made her debut as a film costume designer with the film CID in 1956. In her career spanning 50 years she has received numerous awards. She won the Academy Award for costume designing shared with John Mollo for the movie Gandhi in 1982. She also won two National Film Awards for her work in the Lekin... in 1991 & the oscar nominated movie Lagaan in 2002.
The National Film Award for Best Costume Design is one of the National Film Awrds presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals - the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).
The award was instituted in 1984 and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages.
Latest National Award for Costume Design was received by Mahesh Sherla & Nachiket Barve in 2020 for the movie Tanhaji.
Filmfare Award for Best Costume Designing is the most talked about award for apparel designers. This award ceremony started in 1954 and hence commands great respect among the film fraternity in India. Award for costume design was introduced in the year 1996 with its first ever recipient Manish Malhotra for the movie 'Rangeela'.
Till date, 17 awards have been won for the Costume Design category. Its amazing to note that the most celebrated designer among the film industry Manish Malhotra has won the Filmare award only once – while he never won a national award for costume design. Also its surprising that Sabyasachi never won a Filmfare award but won a National award for the movie 'Black' in 2005.
The latest Filmfare award for costume designing was won by Veera Kapur for the movie 'Sardar Udham Singh' released in 2022.
There are more awards announced till date for the costume designers.
The Producers Guild Film Awards, previously known as the Apsara Awards, is an award event hosted by the Producers Guild of India to recognize excellence in Indian film and television. Originated by filmmaker and scholar Amit Khanna in 2004, the Guild Awards were one of the major award events from 2004 till 2016, when the last awards ceremony happened.
The Screen Awards was an annual awards ceremony held in India honouring professional excellence in Indian film industry. The nomination and award selection is done by a panel of distinguished professionals from the industry. The awards were introduced by the SCREEN film magazine of The Indin Express Group in 1995. The magazine was acquired by STAR INDIA group in 2015 and subsequently closed down. Though Star India continues to sponsor the awards under the Star Screen Awards title.
The International Indian Film Academy Awards, popularly known as IIFA, is an annual awards ceremony for Bollywood. Produced by Wizcraft International Entertainment Pvt. Ltd, the winners of the awards are decided by fans, who vote online for their favourite actors from the Hindi film industry. Instituted in 2000, the ceremony is held in different countries around the world every year.
The IIFA Utsavam is also part of the annual IIFA Awards celebrating the work in South India. The awards were introduced in 2016, around the films released in 2015.
India Fashion Awards is a platform founded in 2020 that honors fashion designers, models, photographers and every other tier of individual who contributes to the Indian fashion industry. The India Fashion Awards was conceptualized by founders Sanjay Nigam and Raj Sarthak Nigam to provide a platform for the fashion society, to support and honor the earnest professionals for the efforts and hard work, that they contributed in making the Indian fashion industry successful.
Forever Star India Award (or FSIA) is the biggest online platform that organizes National Level Tournaments and Award shows. This platform is especially for people who stand out in the crowd but can't find the perfect opportunity to flaunt their abilities. With the help of FSIA, the citizens of India can showcase their strengths and skills to the whole country on a digital platform.
So, this is for the fashion design students working hard in over hundreds of fashion institues in India – the world is ready to celebrate your work, all you have to do is give them your best work.
Great Indian Fashion Town is waiting for you to arrive.
In this article,it is made aware about the various awards given to fashion designers at different time.As such it will help the industry to be aware about the awards.It is also true that this segment be notified for Padma awards.
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