Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Writer Producer Director
The founder of Vinod Chopra Films and Vinod Chopra Productions, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, is a film producer, director, screenwriter, and actor. After studying film direction at Film and Television Institute of India, Chopra directed his first short film, ‘Murder at Monkey Hill’ (1976), which won the National Film Award followed by the release of ‘An Encounter with Faces’, which won the Grand Prix at Tampere Film Festival. In 1981, ‘Sazaye Maut’ became Chopra’s first full-length feature film in the industry, starring some finest talents in the entertainment industry. in the following years, his ‘Parinda’ and ‘1942: A Love Story’ became landmark hits in Hindi cinema. In 2009, Chopra directed ‘3 Idiots’, which became the first Indian film to enter the Rs. 200 crore club and became one of the most successful films in India. ‘PK’, ‘Munna Bhai MBBS’, and ‘Sanju’ are some of the best movies produced under Vinod’s production house. In 2020, he produced and directed the film ‘Shikara’, which he dedicated to his mother, who had to migrate to Mumbai due to the Kashmir conflict in 1990.
Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s Best Works
Parinda
Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro
Bollywood and Beyond: A Century of Indian Cinema
Pancham Unmixed: Mujhe Chalte Jaana Hai...
Celluloid Man
Zero Se Restart
Big in Bollywood
Murder at Monkey Hill
Acting credits
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2020s
2024
Zero Se Restart
2023
12th Fail
2023
India's Got Talent
2010s
2015
Bollywood and Beyond: A Century of Indian Cinema
2012
Celluloid Man
2011
Big in Bollywood
2000s
2009
Pancham Unmixed: Mujhe Chalte Jaana Hai...
2002
Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai
1980s
1989
Parinda
1983
Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro
1970s
1976
Murder at Monkey Hill
11 credits shown · 1976–2024.
Behind the camera
Jump to
2020s
2024
Zero Se Restart
2023
12th Fail
2020
Shikara
2010s
2019
Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga
2018
Sanju
2016
Wazir
2015
Broken Horses
2014
PK
2012
Ferrari Ki Sawaari
2000s
2009
3 Idiots
2007
Eklavya: The Royal Guard
2006
Lage Raho Munna Bhai
2005
Parineeta
2003
Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.
2000
Mission Kashmir
1990s
1998
Kareeb
1994
1942: A Love Story
1980s
1989
Parinda
1986
Khamosh
1981
Death Penalty
1970s
1978
An Encounter with Faces
1976
Murder at Monkey Hill
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