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Zuni Chopra
Zuni Chopra is an Indian author best known for her novel ''The House That Spoke''. She has also authored three other books. Zuni is the daughter of filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra and journalist Anupama Chopra. One of her poems titled, ''The Mountain Range'' that talked about the exam pressure on the students, was well received in the Indian media. She is set to major in creative writing in Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ... in September 2019. Zuni was shortlisted for Young Author Awards 2018. Writing Chopra's first book of poetry ''The Land of Dreams'' was published by Ameya Prakashan in 2011. Her second book of poetry ''Painting with Words'' was published by Ameya Prakashan in 2014. Both books are dedicated to her family. Chopra's debut novel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Vidhu Vinod Chopra (born 5 September 1952) is an Indian film director, producer, editor, screenwriter, lyricist and actor. His well-known films as director are ''Parinda'' (1988), '' 1942: A Love Story'' (1994). He is also known for producing '' Munna Bhai film series'', ''3 Idiots'' (2009), '' PK'' (2014), ''Sanju'' (2018) under his banner Vinod Chopra Films. Early life Chopra was born and grew up in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. His father was D. N. Chopra and veteran filmmaker Ramanand Sagar was his half-brother. His father's family originally came from Peshawar, British India. His mother was Shanti Devi Mahalakshmi who left Kashmir with him and family after the exodus and mass killings of Kashmiri Pandits due to the Kashmir conflict in 1990. He dedicated his movie ''Shikara'' to his mother which is based on the same theme. He studied film direction at the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune. Career Chopra's first student short film, ''Murder at Monkey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anupama Chopra
Anupama Chopra () is an Indian author, journalist, film critic and director of the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. She is also the founder and editor of the digital platform Film Companion, which offers a curated look at cinema. She has written several books on Indian cinema and has been a film critic for NDTV, ''India Today'', as well as the ''Hindustan Times''. She also hosted a weekly film review show ''The Front Row With Anupama Chopra'', on Star World. She won the 2000 National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema for her first book '' Sholay: The Making of a Classic''. She presently critiques movies and interviews celebrities for Film Companion. Early life and background Born as Anupama Chandra in Calcutta, India to Chandra Parshad family, she has also lived in Badayun, a city in Uttar Pradesh. Her father Navin Chandra was the eldest of the brothers and sisters. Anupama's grandfather, originally from Delhi, was an executive with Union Carbide, Kolkata. Her mother Kamna Chan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamna Chandra
Kamna Chandra is an Indian writer who has written plays for All India Radio and stories and dialogues for the screen which include the films ''Chandni (film), Chandni'', ''1942: A Love Story'' (directed by her son-in-law Vidhu Vinod Chopra), ''Prem Rog'' and the television show ''Kashish (TV show), Kashish''. Biography Kamna hails from Muzaffarnagar and did part of her schooling from MKP College, Dehradun, after which she did her bachelor's degree from University of Allahabad, Allahabad University, and was then married to business executive Navin Chandra. She is the mother of author Vikram Chandra (novelist), Vikram Chandra, film critic Anupama Chopra (who is married to filmmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra) and film director Tanuja Chandra. Her granddaughter, through Anupama, Zuni Chopra is also a writer. Filmography References External links * Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Indian women screenwriters Indian television writers People from Muzaffarn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vikram Chandra (novelist)
Vikram Chandra (born 23 July 1961) is an Indian-American writer. His first novel, ''Red Earth and Pouring Rain'', won the 1996 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book. Early life Chandra was born in New Delhi in 1961. His father Navin Chandra was a business executive. His mother Kamna Chandra has written several Hindi films and plays. His sister Tanuja Chandra is a filmmaker and screenwriter who has also directed several films. His other sister Anupama Chopra is a film critic. Chandra did his high school education at Mayo College in Ajmer, Rajasthan. He attended at St. Xavier's College in Mumbai and, as an undergraduate student, transferred to Kenyon College in the United States. Chandra felt isolated at Kenyon so he transferred to Pomona College, Claremont, California, where he graduated with a B.A. ''magna cum laude'' in English. He attended film school at Columbia University, leaving halfway through to begin work on his first novel. He received his M.A. from The Wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanuja Chandra
Tanuja Chandra (born 1969) is an Indian film director and writer. Chandra is the daughter of writer Kamna Chandra and sister of author Vikram Chandra and film critic Anupama Chopra. She co-wrote the screenplay of Yash Chopra's ''Dil To Pagal Hai'' (1997) and is known for frequently directing women-oriented films where female characters are the main protagonists, notably '' Dushman'' (1998) and '' Sangharsh'' (1999). Family Chandra was born in Delhi. She is the sister of the writer Vikram Chandra and film critic Anupama Chopra. Her mother is film writer Kamna Chandra. Career Chandra began her career in 1995 and made her directorial debut with the TV series ''Zameen Aasmaan (TV series), '', starring Tanvi Azmi. In 1996, she directed another television serial along with Shabnam Sukhdev, called '' Mumkin''. In 1997, she wrote the screenplay for Yash Chopra's ''Dil To Pagal Hai'', which was a commercial success. She went on to collaborate often with Mahesh Bhatt and wrote the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanford University
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is considered among the most prestigious universities in the world. Stanford was founded in 1885 by Leland and Jane Stanford in memory of their only child, Leland Stanford Jr., who had died of typhoid fever at age 15 the previous year. Leland Stanford was a U.S. senator and former governor of California who made his fortune as a railroad tycoon. The school admitted its first students on October 1, 1891, as a coeducational and non-denominational institution. Stanford University struggled financially after the death of Leland Stanford in 1893 and again after much of the campus was damaged by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Following World War II, provost of Stanford Frederick Terman inspired and supported faculty and graduates' entrepreneu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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21st-century Indian Novelists
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 ( I) through AD 100 ( C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the or to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. The 1st century also saw the appearance of Christianity. During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius ( AD 43). The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and instability, which was finally brought to an end by Vespasian, ninth Roman em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Indian Women Writers
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 ( I) through AD 100 ( C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the or to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. The 1st century also saw the appearance of Christianity. During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius (AD 43). The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and instability, which was finally brought to an end by Vespasian, ninth Roman emperor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Indian Writers
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English-language Writers From India
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