Amba Sanyal (born 1945) is an Indian theater artist and

costume designer A costume designer is a person who designs costumes for a film, stage production or television show. The role of the costume designer is to create the characters' outfits or costumes and balance the scenes with texture and colour, etc. The costum ...

. She is a recipient of the

Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (IAST: Saṅgīta Nāṭaka Akādamī Puraskāra), also known as the Akademi Puraskar, is an award given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama. It is the highest Indian recogni ...

in 2008 for Costume design.

Early life and education

She was born in

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as the daughter of B. C. Sanyal, noted painter, sculptor and Art teacher and Snehalata Sanyal, danseuse and actress. She studied at the Delhi College of Art (University of Delhi),

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(

Visva-Bharati University Visva-Bharati (IAST: ''Viśva-Bhāratī''), () is a public central university and an Institute of National Importance located in Shantiniketan, West Bengal, India. It was founded by Rabindranath Tagore who called it ''Visva-Bharati'', which ...

), Ecole des Beaux Arts at

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Career

She has acted in dramas by

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, Amal Allana and Sheila Bhatia. She has designed costumes for many

National School of Drama National School of Drama (NSD) is a drama school situated at New Delhi, India. It is an autonomous organization under Ministry of Culture, Government of India. It was set up in 1959 by the Sangeet Natak Akademi and became an independent school ...

productions including ''Romeo and Juliet in Technicolour'' directed by

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. In 2013, she appeared in National Film Award-winning ''

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'' directed by Anand Gandhi. In 2016, she appeared in '' Kahaani 2'' directed by Sujoy Ghosh.

Personal life

Her husband K.T. Ravindran, is a noted architect and dean of

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, Delhi.

Works

*A series on Saris of India (Three books about Saris of Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, and Bihar)

Awards

*2008

, given by the

Sangeet Natak Akademi Sangeet Natak Akademi (The National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama in English language, English) is the national level academy for performing arts set up by the Government of India. It is an autonomous body of the Ministry of Culture (India) ...

, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanyal, Amba 1945 births Living people Indian stage actresses Women artists from Delhi Hindi theatre Indian costume designers Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Delhi University alumni Visva-Bharati University alumni École des Beaux-Arts alumni 20th-century Indian designers 20th-century Indian actresses Actresses from Delhi Actors in Hindi theatre