Anupama Chopra
Anupama Chopra is an Indian author, journalist, and film critic. Born Anupama Chandra in Calcutta, she grew up in Mumbai and studied English at St. Xavier’s College, then earned a Master’s in journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School. She began writing about Hindi cinema in 1993 and has since published several books on Indian films. Her first book, Sholay: The Making of a Classic (2000), won the National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema.
Chopra has hosted TV shows like Picture This on NDTV 24x7 and The Front Row with Anupama Chopra on Star World. She has written for Hindustan Times, India Today, and NDTV, and she founded Film Companion in 2014 as a digital platform for cinema journalism, serving as its editor. She was the festival director of the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival from 2015 to 2023.
She is married to filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra, and they have two children, Zuni Chopra and Agni Chopra. Her sister Tanuja Chandra and brother Vikram Chandra are also well known in media and cinema. In 2024, she joined The Hollywood Reporter India after Film Companion closed.
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