Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Vidhu Vinod Chopra (born 5 September 1952) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer.[1] His better known films include Parinda, 1942: A Love Story , Munna Bhai film series (Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. and Lage Raho Munna Bhai), 3 Idiots, PK, Sanju, Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga and Shikara (2020 film) . He is the founder of Vinod Chopra Films and Vinod Chopra Productions.
Vidhu Vinod Chopra | |
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 Chopra at the DVD Launch of PK in 2015 | |
| Born | 5 September 1952 Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
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Notable work | Parinda, 1942: A Love Story, Eklavya: The Royal Guard,Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.,Lage Raho Munna Bhai, 3 Idiots, PK,Sanju, Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga |
| Spouse(s) | Renu Saluja (m. 1971), Anupama Chopra (m. 1996) |
| Website | vinodchoprafilms |
Early life
Chopra was born and grew up in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.[2] His father was D. N. Chopra and veteran filmmaker Ramanand Sagar was his half-brother.[3] His father's family originally came from Peshawar, British India.[4] His mother was Shanti Devi MahalAkshmi who left Kashmir with him and family after the migration of Kashmiri Pandits due to Kashmir conflict in 1990]]. He has dedicated his new movie Shikara to his mother which is based on the same theme.[5] He studied film direction at the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune.[6]
Career
Chopra's first student short film, Murder at Monkey Hill, won the National Film Award for Best Short Experimental Film and the Guru Dutt Memorial Award for Best Student Film.[7]
This was followed by a short documentary highlighting the plight of India's destitute children, called An Encounter with Faces, which was nominated for an Academy Award in the Documentary Short Subject category in 1979. It also won the Grand Prix at the Tampere Film Festival in 1980.[8]
He founded his own production company, Vinod Chopra Films, in 1985. Since then, the company has gone on to produce major Bollywood films, and is currently one of the biggest and most successful film production houses in India.
Films
His critically acclaimed films include Parinda, 1942: A Love Story, Mission Kashmir, the Munna Bhai series, Parineeta, and 3 Idiots. 3 Idiots went on to become one of the most successful films in India, and became the first film in the country to cross Rs. 200 crore at the boxoffice.[9] It also found popular appeal in markets like Taiwan and Korea.[9] He also made his Hollywood directorial debut with the film Broken Horses in 2015. However, it received a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 22%,[10] and was a commercial disaster, only making Rs. 60 lakh in its opening weekend.[11]
His latest film, Shikara is a Hindi language historical romance film released on 7 February 2020 marking his return to direction in India after 13 years. His last directorial feature film, Eklavya: The Royal Guard released in 2007.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Shikara | Producer, Director, Writer (co-writer with Rahul Pandita and Abhijat Joshi) | [12] |
| 2019 | Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga | Producer | |
| 2018 | Sanju | Producer | |
| 2016 | Wazir | Producer, writer, editor | |
| 2015 | Broken Horses | Producer, director, writer | |
| 2014 | PK | Producer | Nominated - Filmfare Award for Best Film |
| 2012 | Ferrari Ki Sawaari | Producer, writer | |
| 2009 | 3 Idiots | Producer, Screenplay Associate | National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment
Filmfare Award for Best Film |
| 2007 | Eklavya: The Royal Guard | Producer, director, writer | |
| 2006 | Lage Raho Munna Bhai | Producer, Screenplay Associate, lyricist | National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment
Nominated - Filmfare Award for Best Film Nominated - Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay |
| 2005 | Parineeta | Producer, Story and Dialogue Writer, Supervising Editor | Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director
Nominated - Filmfare Award for Best Film |
| 2003 | Munna Bhai MBBS | Producer, writer | National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment
Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay Nominated - Filmfare Award for Best Film |
| 2000 | Mission Kashmir | Producer, director, writer | Nominated - Filmfare Award for Best Film
Nominated - Filmfare Award for Best Director |
| 1998 | Kareeb | Producer, director, writer | |
| 1994 | 1942: A Love Story | Producer, director, writer | Nominated - Filmfare Award for Best Film
Nominated - Filmfare Award for Best Director |
| 1989 | Parinda | Producer, director, writer | Filmfare Award for Best Director
Nominated - Filmfare Award for Best Film |
| 1985 | Khamosh | Producer, director, writer | |
| 1983 | Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro | Actor(Dushasana), Production Controller | |
| 1981 | Sazaye Maut | Director, writer | |
| 1978 | An Encounter with Faces | Director (Documentary) | Nominated - Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) |
| 1976 | Murder at Monkey Hill | Director (Diploma film), writer, Actor (Akhtar) | National Film Award for Best Experimental Film |
Awards and nominations
Vidhu Vinod Chopra has received one nomination at the Academy Awards, six National Film Awards, and five awards from fourteen nominations at the Filmfare Awards.
IIFA Awards
- 2007: Winner, IIFA Best Screenplay Award for Lage Raho Munna Bhai
- 2001: Nominated, IIFA Best Director Award for Mission Kashmir
- 2010: Winner, IIFA Best Screenplay Award for 3 idiots
Stardust Awards
- 2009: Winner, Readers' Choice Award for 3 Idiots
FICCI Awards
- 2009: Winner, Most Successful Film of the Year for 3 Idiots
Zee Cine Awards
- 2007: Winner, Best Screenplay Award for Lage Raho Munna Bhai
- 2005: Winner, Best Dialogue Award for Parineeta
- 2005: Winner, Best Director Award for Mission Kashmir
Tampere International Short Film Festival
- 1980: Winner, Grand Prix for An Encounter with Faces
Star Screen Awards
- 2006: Winner, Best Film for Lage Raho Munnabhai
- 2006: Nominated, Best Screenplay for Lage Raho Munna Bhai
- 2009: Winner, Star Screen Award for Best Film, 3 Idiots
- 2009: Winner, Star Screen Award for Best Screenplay, 3 Idiots
Personal life
He is married to Indian film critic, Anupama Chopra.[13] He has two children with her, a son, Agni and a daughter, Zuni Chopra.[14]
References
- "Vidhu Vinod Chopra". IMDb. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
- "Vidhu Vinod Chopra recalls troubled time in Kashmir - NDTV Movies". ndtv.com. 6 February 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
- "In Bollywood, everyone's related!". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- "Vidhu Vinod Chopra: I was arrogant, volatile and violent, living with Anu has changed me - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- MumbaiJanuary 7, Indo-Asian News Service; January 7, 2020UPDATED:; Ist, 2020 19:41. "Vidhu Vinod Chopra on Shikara: It is about those who have been refugees in India for over three decades". India Today.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- Sharma, Sampada (6 April 2017). "The Batch Of 1975-78: The FTII Students Who Set New Benchmarks & Changed The Course Of Cinema". ScoopWhoop. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
- "Murder at Monkey Hill". Rudraa. Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
- "Tampere International Short Film Festival (1980)". IMDb. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
- "3 Idiots - Lifetime Box Office Collection, Budget, Reviews, Cast, etc". BOTY. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- "Broken Horses". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
- "Broken Horses Is An Epic Disaster - Box Office India". boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- "Vidhu Vinod Chopra's upcoming film Shikara, described as a 'love letter from Kashmir', to release on 8 November". Firstpost. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- "Sleeping with the Enemy". OPEN Magazine. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
- "Zuni Chopra, the quirky millennial author, at her candid best". in.com. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
