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Anupama Chopra is a film critic and book author. She has written about the Hindi film industry since 1993. Her work has been published extensively in India Today, India's largest English language magazine. She has also written about Bollywood for various international publications such as The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Variety, and Sight & Sound. Currently, Anupama scripts and presents a weekly film review show called Picture This on NDTV,a leading Indian news channel.
Anupama's most recent book, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge ("The Bravehearted Will Take the Bride"), was published by the British Film Institute in 2002 as part of their Modern Classics Series. Anupama's first book, Sholay: The Making of a Classic, was published by Penguin-India in 2000. It won the prestigious National Award, given by the President of India, for the Best Book on Cinema. |
Anupama has an insider's knowledge of Bollywood. Her husband, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, is a leading filmmaker. In 1979, he won an Oscar nomination for his documentary, An Encounter with Faces. Her sister, Tanuja Chandra, is one of the few women directors in Bollywood. Her mother, Kamna Chandra, is a scriptwriter and her brother, Vikram Chandra, is an award-winning novelist who has also written Hindi film scripts.
Anupama received an MA in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She received top honors at Medill, winning the Harrington Award for "academic excellence and promise for success in the field of magazine journalism." She has a BA in English literature from Bombay University. She was awarded the Dwarkanath Purshotham Gold Medal for academic excellence by the university.
Anupama lives in Mumbai and Michigan. |
