Anupama Chopra

Anupama Chopra
Chopra in 2017
Born
Anupama Chandra

Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Education
Occupations
  • Author
  • journalist
  • film critic
Spouse
(m. 1990)
ChildrenZuni Chopra and Agni Chopra
Parent
Relatives

Anupama Chopra (née Chandra) is an Indian author, journalist and film critic who served as the festival director of the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival from 2015 to 2023.[1] 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,[2] as well as the Hindustan Times. She also hosted a weekly film review show The Front Row With Anupama Chopra, on Star World.[3] 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.

  1. ^ "x.com". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  2. ^ Anupama Chopra, Consulting Editor, Films, NDTV Archived 3 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine NDTV website.
  3. ^ Chopra, Anupama (2 March 2012). "Anupama Chopra's review: Paan Singh Tomar". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2012. Starting today, Anupama Chopra becomes Hindustan Times' film critic.