Pernia Qureshi

Pernia Qureshi is an Indian stylist, fashion entrepreneur and classical dancer. She is married to Sahil Gilani[2][3]

Pernia Qureshi
Quershi at Lakme Fashion Week in 2016
Born
Pernia Moin Qureshi

Lahore, Pakistan[1]
OccupationEntrepreneur, actress, stylist

Life and career

Qureshi was born in Lahore, Pakistan[1] to an Indian father from Rampur, Moin Akhtar Qureshi,[4] and a Pakistani mother. She trained as a Kuchipudi dancer, under the dance couple Raja-Radha Reddy.[5] She has performed across India, with performances of Sufi music by Abida Parveen, and dance transliteration of the Urdu poems of Minu Bakshi.[6]

Pernia has worked as a stylist for Harper's Bazaar, Elle and Conde Nast; and designed costumes for the Bollywood film Aisha.[7]

Pernia played a courtesan in Muzaffar Ali's drama film set in pre-independence India, Jaanisaar, opposite Imran Abbas Naqvi.[8][9][10] The movie was released on 7 August 2015.[9]

Personal life

In 2011, Qureshi married Arjun Prasad, a London-based, ethnic-Indian accountant. The couple divorced in 2012.she got married to sahil gilani in 2019.[11]

Website

She launched an e-commerce website, Pernia's Pop-Up Shop, in 2012.[12] The site offers India's premier designers to a global clientele. Her e-commerce venture was created by Digital Impressions based in Delhi NCR, India.[13] Pernia's Pop-Up Shop was acquired by Purple Style Labs in 2019

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References
  1. "Fashionista Extraordinaire: Pernia Qureshi". Sunday Magazine. 23 January 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2015. My trips to Pakistan have always been very good. Pakistan is like home to me. I have family there, I was born in Pakistan and my mother is from Pakistan
  2. "I'd swipe Randeep Hooda right, says stylist/actor Pernia Qureshi". www.hindustantimes.com.
  3. "Fashionista". sunday.com.pk. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  4. Reddy, Sujata (12 February 2015). "We get a good night's sleep, says Pernia Qureshi". The Economic Times. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  5. "Bright Young Thing". India Today. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  6. "Pernia Qureshi and Imran Abbas Khan in Jaanisaar". Times Of India. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  7. "Bright young thing". indiatoday.intoday.in.
  8. "Imran Abbas is the life of 'Jaanisaar'". Indian Express. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  9. "First look of Pernia Qureshi and Imran Abbas Naqvi starrer Jaanisaar revealed!". Bollywood Life. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  10. "'Jaanisaar': Check Pernia Qureshi's royal avatar". India Glitz. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  11. Iyer, Sanyukta (7 August 2015). "Pernia Qureshi: I will marry when the time is right". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  12. "Pernia Qureshi on building your own brand in the fashion industry". Lifestyle Asia India. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  13. "Pernia Pop-Up Shop website designed". Digital Impressions. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
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