Vidhu Vinod Chopra

Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Vidhu Vinod Chopra
	Chopra at the DVD Launch of PK in 2015
Born	5 September 1952; Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Occupation	Writer, Producer, Director, Editor, Lyricist, Actor
Notable work	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
Spouse(s)	Anupama Chopra (m. 1996)
Website	vinodchoprafilms

Vidhu Vinod Chopra (born 5 September 1952) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer.[1] 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 and Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga. 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.[2] His father was D. N. Chopra and veteran filmmaker Ramanand Sagar was his half-brother.[3] His mother was Shanti Devi Chopra who left kashmir with him and family after outcast of Kashmiri Pandit in 1990. He has dedicated his new movie Shikara to his mother which is based on the same theme.[4] He studied film direction at the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune.[5]

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.[6]

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.[7]

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.[8] It also found popular appeal in markets like Taiwan and Korea.[9] He also made his Hollywood directorial debut with the film Broken Horses in 2015. However, it received a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 22%,[10] and was a commercial disaster, only making Rs. 60 lakh in its opening weekend.[11]

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)	[12]
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

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.[13] He has two children with her, a son, Agni and a daughter, Zuni Chopra.[14]

References

"Vidhu Vinod Chopra". IMDb. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
"Vidhu Vinod Chopra recalls troubled time in Kashmir - NDTV Movies". ndtv.com. 6 February 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
"In Bollywood, everyone's related!". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/vidhu-vinod-chopra-on-shikara-it-is-about-those-who-have-been-refugees-in-india-for-over-three-decades-1634727-2020-01-07
Sharma, Sampada (6 April 2017). "The Batch Of 1975-78: The FTII Students Who Set New Benchmarks & Changed The Course Of Cinema". ScoopWhoop. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
"Murder at Monkey Hill". Rudraa. Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
"Tampere International Short Film Festival (1980)". IMDb. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
"3 Idiots - Lifetime Box Office Collection, Budget, Reviews, Cast, etc". BOTY. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
"3 Idiots - Lifetime Box Office Collection, Budget, Reviews, Cast, etc". BOTY. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
"Broken Horses". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
"Broken Horses Is An Epic Disaster - Box Office India". boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
"Vidhu Vinod Chopra's upcoming film Shikara, described as a 'love letter from Kashmir', to release on 8 November". Firstpost. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
"Sleeping with the Enemy". OPEN Magazine. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
"Zuni Chopra, the quirky millennial author, at her candid best". in.com. Retrieved 23 July 2019.

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[1] "Vidhu Vinod Chopra". IMDb. Retrieved 23 July 2019.

[2] "Vidhu Vinod Chopra recalls troubled time in Kashmir - NDTV Movies". ndtv.com. 6 February 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2018.

[3] "In Bollywood, everyone's related!". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 February 2016.

[4] ttps://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/vidhu-vinod-chopra-on-shikara-it-is-about-those-who-have-been-refugees-in-india-for-over-three-decades-1634727-2020-01-07

[5] Sharma, Sampada (6 April 2017). "The Batch Of 1975-78: The FTII Students Who Set New Benchmarks & Changed The Course Of Cinema". ScoopWhoop. Retrieved 23 July 2019.

[6] "Murder at Monkey Hill". Rudraa. Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 8 October 2009.

[7] "Tampere International Short Film Festival (1980)". IMDb. Retrieved 30 June 2018.

[8] "3 Idiots - Lifetime Box Office Collection, Budget, Reviews, Cast, etc". BOTY. Retrieved 24 July 2019.

[9] "3 Idiots - Lifetime Box Office Collection, Budget, Reviews, Cast, etc". BOTY. Retrieved 24 July 2019.

[RT_Broken_Horses-10] "Broken Horses". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 30 June 2018.

[11] "Broken Horses Is An Epic Disaster - Box Office India". boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 29 June 2018.

[12] "Vidhu Vinod Chopra's upcoming film Shikara, described as a 'love letter from Kashmir', to release on 8 November". Firstpost. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.

[13] "Sleeping with the Enemy". OPEN Magazine. Retrieved 23 July 2019.

[14] "Zuni Chopra, the quirky millennial author, at her candid best". in.com. Retrieved 23 July 2019.

Filmfare Award for Best Director
1954–1960	Bimal Roy (1954) Bimal Roy (1955) Bimal Roy (1956) V. Shantaram (1957) Mehboob Khan (1958) Bimal Roy (1959) Bimal Roy (1960)
1961–1980	Bimal Roy (1961) B. R. Chopra (1962) Abrar Alvi (1963) Bimal Roy (1964) Raj Kapoor (1965) Yash Chopra (1966) Vijay Anand (1967) Manoj Kumar (1968) Ramanand Sagar (1969) Yash Chopra (1970) Asit Sen (1971) Raj Kapoor (1972) Sohanlal Kanwar (1973) Yash Chopra (1974) Manoj Kumar (1975) Yash Chopra (1976) Gulzar (1977) Basu Chatterjee (1978) Satyajit Ray (1979) Shyam Benegal (1980)
1981–2000	Govind Nihalani (1981) Muzaffar Ali (1982) Raj Kapoor (1983) Govind Nihalani (1984) Sai Paranjpye (1985) Raj Kapoor (1986) Mansoor Khan (1989) Vidhu Vinod Chopra (1990) Rajkumar Santoshi (1991) Subhash Ghai (1992) Mukul S. Anand (1993) Shekhar Kapur (1994) Sooraj Barjatya (1995) Aditya Chopra (1996) Rajkumar Santoshi (1997) J. P. Dutta (1998) Karan Johar (1999) Sanjay Leela Bhansali (2000)
2001-present	Rakesh Roshan (2001) Ashutosh Gowariker (2002) Sanjay Leela Bhansali (2003) Rakesh Roshan (2004) Kunal Kohli (2005) Sanjay Leela Bhansali (2006) Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (2007) Aamir Khan (2008) Ashutosh Gowariker (2009) Rajkumar Hirani (2010) Karan Johar (2011) Zoya Akhtar (2012) Sujoy Ghosh (2013) Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (2014) Vikas Bahl (2015) Sanjay Leela Bhansali (2016) Nitesh Tiwari (2017) Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari (2018) Meghna Gulzar (2019) Zoya Akhtar (2020)

Filmfare Award for Best Story
1955–1970	Mukhram Sharma (1955) Rajinder Singh Bedi (1956) Amiya Chakrabarty (1957) Akhtar Mirza (1958) Mukhram Sharma (1959) Subodh Ghosh (1960) Ruby Sen (1961) C. V. Sridhar (1962) K.P. Kottarakara (1963) Jarasandha (1964) Ban Bhatt (1965) Akhtar Mirza (1966) R. K. Narayan (1967) Manoj Kumar (1968) Sachin Bhowmick (1969) Vasant Shankar Kanetkar (1970)
1971–1990	Chandrakant Kakodkar (1971) Hrishikesh Mukherjee (1972) Basu Bhattacharya (1973) Salim-Javed (1974) Kaifi Azmi, Ismat Chughtai (1975) Salim-Javed (1976) Balaichand Mukherjee (1977) Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay (1978) Dinesh Thakur (1979) Shanker Shesh (1980) Vijay Tendulkar (1981) Chetan Anand (1982) Samresh Basu (1983) S. D. Palwalker (1984) Mahesh Bhatt (1985) Aleem Masroor (1986) no award (1987) no award (1988) Subodh Ghosh (1989) K. Viswanath (1990)
1991–2010	Rajkumar Santoshi (1991 ) Honey Irani (1992) no award given (1993) Sutanu Gupta (1994) K. K. Singh (1995) Ram Gopal Varma (1996) Gulzar (1997) Kamal Haasan (1998) Mahesh Bhatt (1999) Vinay Shukla (2000) Honey Irani (2001) Ashutosh Gowariker (2002) Jaideep Sahni (2003) Nagesh Kukunoor (2004) Aditya Chopra (2005) Sudhir Mishra, Ruchi Narain & Shivkumar Subramaniam (2006 ) Rajkumar Hirani & Vidhu Vinod Chopra (2007) Amole Gupte (2008) Abhishek Kapoor (2009) Abhijat Joshi & Rajkumar Hirani (2010)
2011–present	Anurag Kashyap & Vikramaditya Motwane (2011) Sanjay Chauhan (2012) Juhi Chaturvedi (2013) Subhash Kapoor (2014) Rajat Kapoor (2015) K. V. Vijayendra Prasad (2016) Shakun Batra (2017) Amit V Masurkar (2018)

Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay
1969–1980	Nabendu Ghosh (1969) Hrishikesh Mukherjee (1970) Vijay Anand (1971) Basu Chatterjee (1972) Arvind Mukherjee (1973) Salim-Javed (1974) Shama Zaidi & Kaifi Azmi (1975) Salim-Javed (1976) Basu Chatterjee (1977) Lekh Tandon, Vrajendra Kaur & Madhusudan Kalekar (1978) Kamleshwar (1979) Girish Karnad & B. V. Karanth (1980)
1981–2000	Vijay Tendulkar (1981) K. Balachander (1982) Salim-Javed (1983) Vijay Tendulkar (1984) Mrinal Sen (1985) Goutam Ghose & Partha Banerjee (1986) no award (1987) no award (1988) Nasir Hussain (1989) Shiv Kumar Subramaniam (1990) Basu Chatterjee (1991) Tapan Sinha (1992) Aziz Mirza & Manoj Lalwani (1993) Robin Bhatt, Javed Siddiqui & Akash Khurana (1994) Sooraj Barjatya (1995) Aditya Chopra (1996) Rajkumar Santoshi (1997) Subhash Ghai (1998) Karan Johar (1999) John Matthew Matthan (2000)
2001–present	Honey Irani & Ravi Kapoor (2001) Farhan Akhtar (2002) Mani Ratnam (2003) Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra & Lajan Joseph (2004) Mani Ratnam (2005) Nina Arora & Manoj Tyagi (2006) Jaideep Sahni (2007) Anurag Basu (2008) Yogendra Vinayak Joshi & Upendra Sidhaye (2009) Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra & Abhijat Joshi (2010) Anurag Kashyap & Vikramaditya Motwane (2011) Akshat Verma (2012) Sanjay Chauhan & Tigmanshu Dhulia (2013) Chetan Bhagat, Abhishek Kapoor, Supratik Sen & Pubali Chaudhari (2014) Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi (2015) Juhi Chaturvedi (2016)

Vidhu Vinod Chopra films
Directed	Murder at Monkey Hill (1976) An Encounter with Faces (1978) Sazaye Maut (1981) Khamosh (1985) Parinda (1989) 1942: A Love Story (1994) Kareeb (1998) Mission Kashmir (2000) Eklavya: The Royal Guard (2007) Broken Horses (2015) Shikara (2020)
Produced only	Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003) Parineeta (2005) Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006) 3 Idiots (2009) Ferrari Ki Sawaari (2012) PK (2014) Wazir (2016) Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga (2019)