# විධූ විනෝද් චොප්රා

| Vidhu Vinod Chopra |
| --- |
| Chopra at the DVD Launch of *PK* in 2015 |
| උපත | 5 සැප්තැම්බර් 1952 (1952-09-05) Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| වෘත්තියs | * Writer
* producer
* director
* editor
* lyricist
* actor
 |
| සංගණ්‍ය කෘතිය | *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 |
| වල්ලභ(s) | Renu Saluja (m. 1976-1983),
Shabnam Sukhdev (m. 1985-1989)
Anupama Chopra (m. 1990-present) |
| වෙබ් අඩවිය | vinodchoprafilms |

**Vidhu Vinod Chopra** (born 5 September 1952) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer. 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.

## Early life

Chopra was born and grew up in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. His father was D. N. Chopra and veteran filmmaker Ramanand Sagar was his half-brother. His father's family originally came from Peshawar, British India. 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. He studied film direction at the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune.

## 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.

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.

*Sazaye Maut*, his first full-length feature film, was an adaptation of his previous short, *Murder at Monkey Hill*. It starred Naseeruddin Shah, Radha Saluja and Dilip Dhawan. Vanraj Bhatia composed the music for the film. For *Khamosh*, his next directorial venture, Chopra assembled a cast featuring some of the finest acting talent in India. Shabana Azmi, Amol Palekar, Naseeruddin Shah and Pankaj Kapoor, among others, appeared in prominent roles. An inventive meta thriller set in Kashmir, Khamosh remains one of the notable Indian films in the genre.

*Parinda* is a landmark film in Hindi cinema. It expanded the orbit of the crime drama and the vocabulary of images used in Hindi films while garnering widespread critical acclaim and numerous awards. Several modern Indian filmmakers have expressed their admiration for and drawn inspiration from Chopra's film.

Chopra's next film, *1942: A Love Story*, was a historical romance set during the decline of the British Raj. With Anil Kapoor and Manisha Koirala in the starring roles, it was also the last film to have its music composed by the legendary R. D. Burman. Burman received a Filmfare Award for Best Music Director and the film won a total of nine awards at the 40th Filmfare Awards.

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. It also found popular appeal in markets like Taiwan and Korea. He also made his Hollywood directorial debut with the film *Broken Horses* in 2015. However, it received a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 22%, and was a commercial disaster, only making Rs. 60 lakh in its opening weekend.

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) |  |
| 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
Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay |
| 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
Filmfare Award for Best Story
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 |

## Book Writing

| Year | Name | Co Writer(s) | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2021 | Unscripted: Conversation on life and cinema | Abhijat Joshi |  |

## 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. He has two children with her, a son, Agni and a daughter, Zuni Chopra.

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