Sabrina Dhawan
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| Born | Sabrina Dhawan |
| Subjects | Indian family life |
| Literary movement | Postmodern |
| Spouse(s) | Steve Cohen (2002–present)
Unknown (June 3, 1998– June 5, 1998) |
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Sabrina Dhawan is an England-born Indian screenwriter, most well known for her postmodern depiction of India in Monsoon Wedding, a 2001 film directed by Mira Nair and of 9.11.01, a series of short films for Canal Plus (also directed by Mira Nair) as well as Cosmopolitan for PBS.
Her short film Saanjh - As Night Falls was awarded the Best of the Festival at the Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films, the Audience Award at Angelus Awards and Most Original Film by New Line Cinema at the Polo Ralph Lauren New Works Festival in 2000. She has a brief cameo in Monsoon Wedding as wedding guest.
She currently lives in New York with her husband, Steve Cohen, who wrote Chris O'Donnell's The Bachelor (film), and their son, Kabir. She is also a professor at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, in the Department of Dramatic Writing.
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