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Pernia is a formally trained Kuchipudi dancer, under the renowned dance couple Raja-Radha Reddy.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bright-young-thing/1/136976.html|title= Bright Young Thing|publisher=India Today|accessdate=26 Feb 2015}}</ref> She has performed at multiple dance recitals across India with performances of Sufi music by Abida Parveen, and dance transliteration of the Urdu poems of Minu Bakshi.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Pernia-Qureshi-and-Imran-Abbas-Khan-in-Jaanisaar/articleshow/46455835.cms|title= Pernia Qureshi and Imran Abbas Khan in Jaanisaar|publisher= Times Of India|accessdate=31 March 2015}}</ref> |
Pernia is a formally trained Kuchipudi dancer, under the renowned dance couple Raja-Radha Reddy.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bright-young-thing/1/136976.html|title= Bright Young Thing|publisher=India Today|accessdate=26 Feb 2015}}</ref> She has performed at multiple dance recitals across India with performances of Sufi music by [[Abida Parveen]], and dance transliteration of the Urdu poems of Minu Bakshi.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Pernia-Qureshi-and-Imran-Abbas-Khan-in-Jaanisaar/articleshow/46455835.cms|title= Pernia Qureshi and Imran Abbas Khan in Jaanisaar|publisher= Times Of India|accessdate=31 March 2015}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 17:12, 9 July 2017
Pernia Qureshi | |
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 at Lakme Fashion Week 2017 - Day 5 | |
| Born | Pernia Moin Qureshi |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation(s) | Entrepreneur, actress, stylist |
| Website | perniaspopupshop |
Pernia Moin Qureshi is an Indian fashion entrepreneur.[2] She has worked as a stylist with Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, and Conde Nast in New York and New Delhi.[3] She has also ventured into designing costumes for Bollywood stars, namely the film Aisha (2010).[4] She created and launched Pernia’s Pop-Up Shop, India’s first true fashion website that showcases over a 100 designers, and is available to the global clientele.[5] Her book, Be Stylish with Pernia Qureshi, was published by Random House Publishers in 2013.[6]
Early days
Pernia is a formally trained Kuchipudi dancer, under the renowned dance couple Raja-Radha Reddy.[7] She has performed at multiple dance recitals across India with performances of Sufi music by Abida Parveen, and dance transliteration of the Urdu poems of Minu Bakshi.[8]
Acting career
Pernia incorporates her talent into the courtesan she plays in Muzaffar Ali's periodical drama film Jaanisaar opposite Imran Abbas Naqvi, [9] a period drama set in pre-Independence India,[10] as a courtesan.[11] The movie was released in August 7, 2015.[10]
Filmography
- Jaanisaar as Noor (Courtesan)
Personal life
Qureshi was born in Swat, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan[1] to an Indian father hailing from Rampur, Moin Qureshi, and Pakistani mother, Nasreen Qureshi.[2][12][13] Moin Qureshi is a leading meat exporter based in India, and has recently been on the run from the Indian Department of Income Tax for allegedly indulging in Hawala transactions and amassing black money.[14][15]
She tied the knot with UK-based banker, Arjun Prasad, a close relative of junior Cabinet Minister Jitin Prasada in 2011, and they moved into an apartment in Lodhi Gardens.[15] In less than a year, the couple split.[16] She is currently single.
References
- ^ a b "Fashionista Extraordinaire: Pernia Qureshi". Sunday Magazine. 23 January 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
My trips to Pakistan have always been very good. Pakistan is like home to me. I have family there, I was born in Pakistan and my mother is from Pakistan
- ^ a b "Moin Qureshi wife's French, Pakistan connections on Enforcement Directorate radar". DNA India.
- ^ "Stylist-entrepreneur Pernia Qureshi talks about her inspiring fashion career and new book on style". DNA India. Retrieved 25 Feb 2015.
- ^ "Style File". Style File. Retrieved 26 Feb 2015.
- ^ "Pernia's Pop Up Shop Goes Pink". Elle India. Retrieved 26 Feb 2015.
- ^ "Pernia steps it up HOT!". ACTFAQ's. Retrieved 26 Feb 2015.
- ^ "Bright Young Thing". India Today. Retrieved 26 Feb 2015.
- ^ "Pernia Qureshi and Imran Abbas Khan in Jaanisaar". Times Of India. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- ^ "Imran Abbas is the life of 'Jaanisaar'". Indian Express. Retrieved 26 Feb 2015.
- ^ a b "First look of Pernia Qureshi and Imran Abbas Naqvi starrer Jaanisaar revealed!". Bollywood Life. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- ^ "'Jaanisaar': Check Pernia Qureshi's royal avatar". India Glitz. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- ^ "Small talk: Pop goes Pernia".
- ^ "Salman Khan is my dream actor to work with!: Pernia Qureshi". DNA India.
I am only speaking Urdu in the film and it wasn't a problem because I am from UP, my father is from Rampur, my mother is from Pakistan
- ^ "I-T case against Moin Qureshi among the biggest under new Black Money Act". 16 October 2016.
- ^ a b "HAWALA: THE MEAT OF THE MATTER".
- ^ "Pernia Qureshi: I will marry when the time is right - Times of India".
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