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Vinod Chopra Films
Company typePrivate
IndustryMotion picture
Founded2002
Headquarters,
Key people
Vidhu Vinod Chopra (Founder)
ProductsFilm production
Film distribution
Website[1]

Vinod Chopra Films is a film company founded by director Vidhu Vinod Chopra.

Vinod Chopra Films has often been praised for its original and offbeat movies. Vidhu Vinod Chopra started his film career from the Film & Television Institute, Pune. He began his career with documentary named "An Encounter with Faces", this documentary highlighted the plight of India’s destitute children. His remarkable work in "An Encounter with Faces" came into notice as his documentary was nominated for an Oscar in the Documentary Short Subject category in the year 1978.

From there, Vidhu Vinod Chopra directed films like Khamosh, Parinda, 1942 - A Love Story, Kareeb, Mission Kashmir and Eklavya - The Royal Guard. His films like Parinda and Eklavya - The Royal Guard were nominated as India’s official entries to the Oscars in the Best Foreign Film category in 1989 and 2007 respectively.

Vinod Chopra Films has also produced films like Munna Bhai MBBS, Parineeta, Lage Raho Munna Bhai and 3 Idiots, all these films have won innumerable National and International recognition.

Forthcoming films that Vinod Chopra Films are producing includes Rajkumar Hirani's Munna Bhai Chale Amerika, third film from Munna Bhai series; first time director Rajesh Mapuskar's Ferrari Ki Sawaari (Ride in a Ferrari), a heartwarming tale of a young boy's dream of playing cricket at Lords; and Vinod Chopra’s 50th Anniversary, an age old story of love.

This year, Vinod Chopra Films is directing much awaited English language feature named as Broken Horses.

Filmography

Year Film
1976 Murder at Monkey Hill
1978 An Encounter with Faces
1981 Sazaye Maut
1985 Khamosh
1989 Parinda
1994 1942: A Love Story
1998 Kareeb
2000 Mission Kashmir
2003 Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.
2005 Parineeta
2006 Lage Raho Munna Bhai
2007 Eklavya: The Royal Guard
2009 3 Idiots


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