Vidhu Vinod Chopra

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Vidhu Vinod Chopra is an academy award- nominated Indian producer and filmmaker. He is also the head of Vinod Chopra Productions.

Contents 1 Background 2 Career 3 People 4 Selected filmography 5 Awards & nominations 5.1 Filmfare Awards 5.2 National Awards 5.3 Guru Dutt Memorial Award 5.4 Academy Awards 5.5 Global Indian Film Awards 5.6 Misc. 6 Footnotes 7 External links

[edit] Background

Chopra was raised in Srinagar, Kashmir, India and studied direction at the Film and Television Institute of India.

[edit] Career

His film An Encounter with Faces was nominated for an Oscar in the short, non-fiction film category in 1979.

He has also been involved with a number of critically acclaimed films including Parinda, 1942: A Love Story, Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. and its sequel, Lage Raho Munna Bhai, Parineeta and the recently released film, Eklavya.

[edit] People

• He frequently works with the screenwriter Abhijat Joshi and filmmakers Rajkumar Hirani and Pradeep Sarkar.

• He frequently casts the actors Sanjay Dutt, Saif Ali Khan, Vidya Balan, Raima Sen, Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor, Boman Irani, Jimmy Shergill, Arshad Warsi, Dia Mirza and Amitabh Bachchan in his films.

[edit] Selected filmography

Year	Film	Role(s)
2008	64 Squares / The 5th Move	Director, Producer, Writer
2007	Eklavya: The Royal Guard	Director, Producer, Writer
2006	Lage Raho Munna Bhai	Producer, Screenplay Associate
2005	Parineeta	Producer, Writer
2003	Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.	Producer, Writer
2000	Mission Kashmir	Director, Producer, Writer
1998	Kareeb	Director, Producer
1993	1942: A Love Story	Director, Producer, Writer
1989	Parinda	Director
1985	Khamosh	Director, Producer, Writer
1983	Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro	Actor, Production Controller
1981	Sazaye Maut	Director, Producer, Writer
1978	An Encounter with Faces	Director
1977	Murder At Monkey Hill	Director

[edit] Awards & nominations

[edit] Filmfare Awards

• 2006: Winner, Filmfare Best Story Award - Lage Raho Munna Bhai
• 2005: Nominated, Filmfare Best Movie Award for Parineeta
• 2004: Winner, Filmfare Best Screenplay Award for Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.
• 2001: Nominated, Filmfare Best Director Award for Mission Kashmir
• 2001: Nominated, Filmfare Best Movie Award for Mission Kashmir
• 1990: Winner, Filmfare Best Director Award for Parinda

[edit] National Awards

• 1977: Best Short Experimental Film for Murder At Monkey Hill

[edit] Guru Dutt Memorial Award

• Best Student Film for Murder At Monkey Hill

• Screening/Certificate Of Merit at Montreal and Leipzig Film Festivals for Murder At Monkey Hill

[edit] Academy Awards

• 1979: Nominated, Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject for An Encounter with Faces

[edit] Global Indian Film Awards

• 2006: Best Story for Lage Raho Munna Bhai ^{[1] [2]}

[edit] Misc.

• 2006: Sunil Dutt Punjab Rattan Award [1]

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] External links

• Vinod Chopra Films present... at MovieWalah.com
• Official Website
• Vidhu Vinod Chopra at the Internet Movie Database
• Interview

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