Anupama Chopra

Anupama Chopra (née Chandra) is an Indian author, journalist and film critic who serves as the 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.

Anupama Chopra
Anupama Chopra in 2017
Born
Anupama Chandra

Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Education
  • St. Xavier's College, Mumbai
  • Medill School of Journalism (Northwestern University)
Occupations
  • Author
  • journalist
  • film critic
Spouse
Vidhu Vinod Chopra
(m. 1990)
ChildrenZuni Chopra and Agni Chopra
Parent
Relatives
  • Vikram Chandra (brother)
  • Tanuja Chandra (sister)
  • Ramanand Sagar (brother-in-law)

She is the festival director of Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image.

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