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Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Producer | Director | Writer
Who am I
Producer - Director Vidhu Vinod Chopra made his directorial
debut with Murder At Monkey Hill in 1976 that won him the National Award, which
is the top honour given by the Government of India. Two years later, in 1978,
this young FTII (Film & Television Institute of India) graduate made a
documentary film called An Encounter with Faces, which was nominated for the
Academy Awards in 1979. The poignant documentary highlighting the plight of
India's destitute children, also won the Grand Prix at the Tampere
International Short Film Festival. While critical praise and recognition came
to him with these early works, Chopra then went on to make his first mainstream
Hindi film called Sazaaye Maut (Death Row) in 1981. Chopra is one producer -
director who has perfected the art and his body of work is testimony to this. Movies
like Khamosh, Parinda, 1942: A Love Story, Kareeb and Mission Kashmir, which
were directed by Chopra, were hailed by critics and audiences alike - thus
bridging the gap between critical and popular cinema. The year 2003 was a year
of firsts for Chopra. Moving away from direction, he wrote his first script,
handed over the directorial reigns to a debutant and also made his first solo
production under his banner with Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. The movie, directed by
Rajkumar Hirani, went on to become one of the most popular films Indian cinema
has ever seen. So impressed was the West by this movie that leading Hollywood
studio Twentieth Century Fox acquired the rights of the film's screenplay from
Chopra and will be adapting it into an English film.
Chopra took up the director's baton yet again with the dramatic action-thriller Eklavya: The Royal Guard. Vinod Chopra Films has won national and international recognition for several of its films. 3 idiots, another Vinod Chopra Films production, has become India's biggest worldwide box office performer in history, grossing more than $100 million. Apart from the traditional market for Indian films, 3 idiots has done historic business even in non-traditional secondary markets, such as Taiwan and Korea, where the universality of the film's message has become a rage with the local audiences. After the success of 3 idiots, Vinod Chopra decided to back yet another débutant director, Rajesh Mapuskar and co-wrote Vinod Chopra Films' latest release, Ferrari Ki Sawaari with him. Vidhu Vinod Chopra has completed shooting the banner's first mainstream English language feature, Broken Horses, in December 2012. Vinod Chopra Films is one of the leading film production houses in India. Some of the best talent in the Indian film industry has either been launched or has worked with Vinod Chopra Films.
Who am I
Producer - Director Vidhu Vinod Chopra made his directorial
debut with Murder At Monkey Hill in 1976 that won him the National Award, which
is the top honour given by the Government of India. Two years later, in 1978,
this young FTII (Film & Television Institute of India) graduate made a
documentary film called An Encounter with Faces, which was nominated for the
Academy Awards in 1979. The poignant documentary highlighting the plight of
India's destitute children, also won the Grand Prix at the Tampere
International Short Film Festival. While critical praise and recognition came
to him with these early works, Chopra then went on to make his first mainstream
Hindi film called Sazaaye Maut (Death Row) in 1981. Chopra is one producer -
director who has perfected the art and his body of work is testimony to this. Movies
like Khamosh, Parinda, 1942: A Love Story, Kareeb and Mission Kashmir, which
were directed by Chopra, were hailed by critics and audiences alike - thus
bridging the gap between critical and popular cinema. The year 2003 was a year
of firsts for Chopra. Moving away from direction, he wrote his first script,
handed over the directorial reigns to a debutant and also made his first solo
production under his banner with Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. The movie, directed by
Rajkumar Hirani, went on to become one of the most popular films Indian cinema
has ever seen. So impressed was the West by this movie that leading Hollywood
studio Twentieth Century Fox acquired the rights of the film's screenplay from
Chopra and will be adapting it into an English film.
Chopra took up the director's baton yet again with the dramatic action-thriller Eklavya: The Royal Guard. Vinod Chopra Films has won national and international recognition for several of its films. 3 idiots, another Vinod Chopra Films production, has become India's biggest worldwide box office performer in history, grossing more than $100 million. Apart from the traditional market for Indian films, 3 idiots has done historic business even in non-traditional secondary markets, such as Taiwan and Korea, where the universality of the film's message has become a rage with the local audiences. After the success of 3 idiots, Vinod Chopra decided to back yet another débutant director, Rajesh Mapuskar and co-wrote Vinod Chopra Films' latest release, Ferrari Ki Sawaari with him. Vidhu Vinod Chopra has completed shooting the banner's first mainstream English language feature, Broken Horses, in December 2012. Vinod Chopra Films is one of the leading film production houses in India. Some of the best talent in the Indian film industry has either been launched or has worked with Vinod Chopra Films.
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