Vidhu Vinod Chopra (born on September 5, 1956) is an Indian director and producer. He is considered to be one of the most talented and pathbreaking Indian filmmakers. He is also the head of Vinod Chopra Productions. He is particularly known for producing the Munna Bhai films.
Vidhu Vinod Chopra was born and brought up in Srinagar, Kashmir, India. He studied direction at the Film and Television Institute of India.
Chopra's first student short Murd...
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Vidhu Vinod Chopra (born on September 5, 1956) is an Indian director and producer. He is considered to be one of the most talented and pathbreaking Indian filmmakers. He is also the head of Vinod Chopra Productions. He is particularly known for producing the Munna Bhai films.
Vidhu Vinod Chopra was born and brought up in Srinagar, Kashmir, India. He studied direction at the Film and Television Institute of India.
Chopra's first student short Murder At Monkey Hill won the National Film Award for the Best Short Experimental Film and also 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 short, non-fiction film category in 1979.
His first feature film, shot in black-&-white, was Sazaa-E-Maut (Death Penalty) - an edge of the seat thriller made on a shoe-string budget with then unknown actor Naseeruddin Shah and...
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