Pernia Qureshi
Pernia Qureshi is an Indian stylist, fashion entrepreneur and classical dancer. She is married to Sahil Gilani[2][3]
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Born | Pernia Moin Qureshi |
Occupation | Entrepreneur, actress, stylist |
Life and career
Qureshi was born in Lahore, Pakistan[1] to an Indian father from Rampur, Moin Akhtar Qureshi,[4] and a Pakistani mother. She trained as a Kuchipudi dancer, under the dance couple Raja-Radha Reddy.[5] She has performed across India, with performances of Sufi music by Abida Parveen, and dance transliteration of the Urdu poems of Minu Bakshi.[6]
Pernia has worked as a stylist for Harper's Bazaar, Elle and Conde Nast; and designed costumes for the Bollywood film Aisha.[7]
Pernia played a courtesan in Muzaffar Ali's drama film set in pre-independence India, Jaanisaar, opposite Imran Abbas Naqvi.[8][9][10] The movie was released on 7 August 2015.[9]
Personal life
In 2011, Qureshi married Arjun Prasad, a London-based accountant. The couple divorced in 2012. In 2018 she married Sahil Gilani.[11]
Website
She launched an e-commerce website, Pernia's Pop-Up Shop, in 2012.[12] The site offers India's premier designers to a global clientele. Her e-commerce venture was created by Digital Impressions based in Delhi perception NCR, India.[13] Pernia's Pop-Up Shop was acquired by Purple Style Labs in 2019
Filmography
- Jaanisaar (2015)
References
- "Fashionista Extraordinaire: Pernia Qureshi". Sunday Magazine. 23 January 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
My trips to Pakistan have always been very good. Pakistan is like home to me. I have family there, I was born in Pakistan and my mother is from Pakistan
- "I'd swipe Randeep Hooda right, says stylist/actor Pernia Qureshi". www.hindustantimes.com.
- "Fashionista". sunday.com.pk. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- Reddy, Sujata (12 February 2015). "We get a good night's sleep, says Pernia Qureshi". The Economic Times. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- "Bright Young Thing". India Today. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- "Pernia Qureshi and Imran Abbas Khan in Jaanisaar". Times Of India. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- "Bright young thing". indiatoday.intoday.in.
- "Imran Abbas is the life of 'Jaanisaar'". Indian Express. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- "First look of Pernia Qureshi and Imran Abbas Naqvi starrer Jaanisaar revealed!". Bollywood Life. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- "'Jaanisaar': Check Pernia Qureshi's royal avatar". India Glitz. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- Iyer, Sanyukta (7 August 2015). "Pernia Qureshi: I will marry when the time is right". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- "Pernia Qureshi on building your own brand in the fashion industry". Lifestyle Asia India. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- "Pernia Pop-Up Shop website designed". Digital Impressions. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
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