Bhavna Talwar

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Bhavna Talwar is an Indian film director. Her debut film,

National Film Award.[1] It was also the closing film at the World Cinema Section at the Cannes Film Festival 2007 and was nominated for the Gucci Awards at Venice. Her second feature film Happi
, was described as an “exquisite black-and-white homage to the great Charlie Chaplin - India’s only genuine tribute to the genius of Charlie Chaplin”

Her next film “Heidi” (Bill Nighy, Mark Williams, Helen Baxendale) is US$30 million modern-day adaptation of the beloved children's film and has been picked by a major US studio for release around the world in 2021.

Career

Bhavna Talwar started her career as a journalist at

Asian Age, covering film, theatre, fashion, and later worked for over eight years as an assistant director with an advertising film company.[2] She was nominated as agency producer for the "Rain - Reebok" commercial at the Cannes Ad Fest.[3]

Her first film, Dharm (2007), starring Pankaj Kapur and Supriya Pathak, premiered as the closing film at the World Cinema Section at the Cannes Film Festival 2007.[4]

Talwar caused a controversy by claiming that Dharm]] should have been selected as India's official Foreign Language Film submission for the 80th Academy Awards, but was rejected in favour of Eklavya: The Royal Guard because of the personal connections of the latter film's director and producer. She filed a complaint in the Bombay High Court in which she accused the Indian selection committee of bias, but later dropped it because the Foreign Language Film submission deadline had already passed.[5]

Filmography

Year Title Director Writer Notes
2007 Dharm Yes
2019 Happi Yes Yes Released on ZEE5[6]

References

  1. Govt. of India
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  2. ^ Bhavna Talwar Profile Archived 2008-02-28 at the Wayback Machine Bhavna Talwar on her film Dharm
  3. ^ Bhavna Talwar, Creative Director Archived 2008-10-06 at the Wayback Machine wsg pictures.
  4. ^ Cannes World Premiere for Bhavna Talwar’s Dharm screenindia, The Indian Express Group.
  5. ^ "India's entry to Oscars caught in a legal tangle". Reuters India. 29 September 2007. Archived from the original on 21 December 2007. Retrieved 14 November 2007.
  6. ^ "Happi Is Inspired By Chaplin's Cinema: Bhavna Talwar". NDTV.com. Retrieved 4 May 2021.

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