Pernia Qureshi is a Pakistani

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, fashion entrepreneur and classical dancer. She is married to Sahil Gilani.

Life and career

From a young age she trained as a

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dancer, under the dance couple Raja-Radha Reddy. She has performed across India, with performances of Sufi music by

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, and dance transliteration of the

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; and designed costumes for the

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''. Pernia played a courtesan in

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's drama film set in pre-independence India, ''

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'', opposite

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. The movie was released on 7 August 2015.

Personal life

In 2011, Qureshi married Arjun Prasad, a London-based accountant. The couple divorced in 2012. In 2019 she married Sahil Gilani. Pernia Qureshi is a US citizen.

Ecommerce platform

She launched an e-commerce website, Pernia's Pop-Up Shop, in 2012. The site offers India's premier designers to a global clientele. Pernia's Pop-Up Shop was acquired by Purple Style Labs in 2019.

Filmography

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References

External links

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