Amba Sanyal

Amba Sanyal
Amba Sanyal
Born	1945 (age 78–79); Delhi
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Theater artist, costume designer

Amba Sanyal (born 1945) is an Indian theater artist and costume designer. She is a recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2008 for Costume design.^[1]

Early life and education[edit]

She was born in Delhi 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), Shantiniketan (Visva-Bharati University), Ecole des Beaux Arts at Paris.^[1]

Career[edit]

She has acted in dramas by Habib Tanvir, Ebrahim Alkazi, Amal Allana and Sheila Bhatia. She has designed costumes for many National School of Drama productions including Romeo and Juliet in Technicolour directed by Roysten Abel.^[1] In 2013, she appeared in National Film Award-winning Ship of Theseus directed by Anand Gandhi. In 2016, she appeared in Kahaani 2 directed by Sujoy Ghosh.

Personal life[edit]

Her husband K.T. Ravindran, is a noted architect and dean of School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi.^[2]

Works[edit]

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

Awards[edit]

2008 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama.^[1]^[3]

Notes[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 "Amba Sanyal Akademi Award: Allied Theatre Arts (Costume Designing)". Sangeet Natak Akademi. Archived from the original on 13 October 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
↑ "Doyen of Indian art B C Sanyal is no more". Indian Express. 9 January 2003. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011.
↑ "SNA: List of Akademi Awardees". Sangeet Natak Akademi Official website. Archived from the original on 31 March 2016.

External links[edit]

Amba Sanyal on IMDb

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[sna-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 "Amba Sanyal Akademi Award: Allied Theatre Arts (Costume Designing)". Sangeet Natak Akademi. Archived from the original on 13 October 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2014.

[ins-2] "Doyen of Indian art B C Sanyal is no more". Indian Express. 9 January 2003. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011.

[3] "SNA: List of Akademi Awardees". Sangeet Natak Akademi Official website. Archived from the original on 31 March 2016.

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