Vidhu Vinod Chopra

Vidhu Vinod Chopra

Born: September 5, 1952
Age: 71
Birthplace: Jammu and Kashmir
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Biography

Vidhu Vinod Chopra (born September 5, 1952) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer. Parinda, 1942: A Love Story, Eklavya: The Royal Guard, Munna Bhai film series (Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. and Lage Raho Munna Bhai), 3 Idiots are some of his highly popular films. He is the founder of Vinod Chopra Films.

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Early life

Chopra grew up in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. His father was D. N. Chopra and veteran filmmaker Ramanand Sagar was his half-brother. He is of Punjabi descent and his parents are originally from Peshawar. His love of Hindi cinema and support of his family encouraged him to study film direction. For this purpose, he went to Pune and studied film direction at the Film and Television Institute of India.

Career

Chopra's first student short, 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.

Films

His first feature film, shot in black-and-white, was Sazaa-E-Maut (Death Penalty) - a thriller made on a shoestring budget with then-unknown actor Naseeruddin Shah and editor Renu Saluja, who were his fellow students at FTII, Pune. His critically acclaimed films include Parinda, 1942: A Love Story, Mission Kashmir, the Munna Bhai series, Parineeta, Eklavya: The Royal Guard, and 3 Idiots.

Filmography

Year Film Role(s)
2016 Wazir Producer, writer, editor
2015 Broken Horses Producer, director, writer
2014 PK Producer
2012 Ferrari Ki Sawaari Producer, writer
2009 3 Idiots Producer, Screenplay Associate
2007 Eklavya: The Royal Guard Producer, director, writer
2006 Lage Raho Munna Bhai Producer, Screenplay Associate, lyricist
2005 Parineeta Producer, Story and Dialogue Writer, Supervising Editor
2003 Munna Bhai MBBS Producer, writer
2000 Mission Kashmir Producer, director, writer
1998 Kareeb Producer, director, writer
1994 1942: A Love Story Producer, director, writer
1989 Parinda Producer, director, writer
1985 Khamosh Producer, director, writer
1983 Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro Actor, Production Controller
1981 Sazaye Maut Director, writer
1978 An Encounter with Faces Director (Documentary)
1976 Murder At Monkey Hill Director (Diploma film), writer, Actor (Akhtar)

Awards and nominations

Filmfare Awards

  • 2009: Winner, Filmfare Best Film Award for 3 Idiots
  • 2009: Winner, Filmfare Best Screenplay Award for 3 Idiots
  • 2006: Winner, Filmfare Best Story Award for 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
  • 1995: Nominated, Filmfare Best Director Award for 1942: A Love Story
  • 1990: Winner, Filmfare Best Director Award for Parinda

National Awards

  • 1977: Best Short Experimental Film for Murder at Monkey Hill
  • 2004: Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment for Munnabhai M.B.B.S.
  • 2006: Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director for Parineeta (as producer)
  • 2007: Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment for Lage Raho Munnabhai
  • 2007: Best Screenplay for Lage Raho Munnabhai
  • 2010: Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment for 3 Idiots

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

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