Anupama Chopra Wiki, Age, Husband, Family, Biography & More – WikiBio
Anupama Chopra is an Indian author, journalist and film critic who is popular for his film reviews. Her name is “Miss Election”.
Wiki/Biography
Anupama Chopra was born on February 23, 1967 (Age 52; as in 2019) in Kolkata, West Bengal. Her zodiac sign is Pisces.
During her teenage years, she stayed in Hong Kong. In 1987, she graduated from St. Xavier College, Mumbai, with a BA in English Literature. She then attended Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, earning a master’s degree in journalism. While at Medill, she received the Harrington Award for “a commitment to academic excellence and success in magazine journalism.”
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′ 3″
Weight (approx.): 50 kg
eye color: dark brown
hair color: Black
family, caste and husband
Her father, Navin Chandra, is a former executive at Union Carbide. Her mother Kamna Chandra is a screenwriter.
Her brother, Vikram Chandra, is an American-Indian writer.
Her sister Tanuja Chandra is a director and writer.
She is married to Vidu Vinod Chopra. She is his third wife. The couple have a son, Agni Dev Chopra, who is a cricketer, and a daughter, Zuni Chopra, who is a writer. She has a stepdaughter named Isa Chopra.
Profession
She started her career as a reporter for Harper’s Bazaar in New York. She worked there for a while and then returned to India. She then joined The Sunday Magazine and came into the limelight for writing detailed stories about Bollywood mafia culture. She wrote her first book, “Sholay: The Making of a Classic” in 2000, which was released on Sholay’s 25th anniversary.
Her work has been published in several national and international magazines and publications such as India Today, New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Vogue. She hosts a movie review show called “Picture This” on NDTV 24X7. She started her weekly review show at Star World titled “The Front Row of Anupama Chopra”.
She is the founder and editor of the digital platform “Film Companion” and hosts the platform on YouTube to critically review films.
Awards
In 2001, she won the National Film Award for Best Book for her book Sholay: The Making of a Classic.
favorite things
- Producer: Ang Lee, Rajkumar Hirani
- Movie: Sholay (1975), Anand (1971), Guide (1965), Pyaasa (1957), Lagaan (2001), Pulp Fiction (1994)
- critic: Pauline Kael, Anthony Lane, AO Scott, Manohla Dargis
fact
- Despite being born in an era when people were not used to seeing movies in cinemas, she was interested in film and went on to become India’s leading film critic.
- She is a Gold Medal Winner in English Literature at the University of Mumbai, Mumbai.
- Her rise in the press came after the 1993 bombings in Mumbai, where she wrote a detailed article and was interviewed by the Mafia.
- It took her nearly five months to convince Shahrukh Khan to let her write a book about him. In 2007, she wrote The King of Bollywood: Shahrukh Khan and the Alluring World of Indian Cinema. The book was named to the New York Times Book Review’s annual “Editor’s Choice” list.
- Her favorite celebrity interview is with actress Kangana Ranaut on the talk show Front Row.
- She is gluten free vegan.
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