Anupama Chopra Age, Husband, Family, Children, Biography & More

Bio
Nickname	Miss Congeniality
Profession(s)	Author, Journalist, Film Critic
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 161 cm in meters- 1.61 m in feet inches- 5’ 3”
Weight (approx.)	in kilograms- 50 kg in pounds- 110 lbs
Eye Colour	Dark Brown
Hair Colour	Black
Personal Life
Date of Birth	23 February 1967 (Thursday)
Age (as of 2024)	57 Years
Birth Place	Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Pisces
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Delhi, India
School	Not Known
College	St. Xavier's College, Mumbai Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA
Educational Qualification	• Bachelors Degree in English literature • Masters in Journalism
Family	Father- Navin Chandra (Worked as Executive with Union Carbide) Mother- Kamna Chandra (Scriptwriter) Brother- Vikram Chandra (American-Indian writer) Sister- Tanuja Chandra (Director, Writer)
Religion	Hinduism
Address	B-30, Kalpana Apts., Sheley Ranjan Road, Bandra, Mumbai
Hobbies	Reading, travelling
Favourite Things
Favourite Actors	Shah Rukh Khan
Favourite Films	Bollywood- Sholay, Anand, Guide, Pyaasa, Lagaan Hollywood- Pulp Fiction, Breathless
Favourite Filmmakers	Ang Lee, Rajkumar Hirani
Favourite Film Critics	Pauline Kael, Anthony Lane to Anthony Oliver Scott, Manohla Dargis
Favourite Food	Croissant
Boys, Affairs and More
Marital Status	Married
Affairs/Boyfriends	Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Husband/Spouse	Vidhu Vinod Chopra (m.1990-present)
Children	Son- Agni Dev Chopra (Cricketer) Daughters- Zuni Chopra (Writer), Ishaa Chopra (Step-daughter)
Money Factor
Net Worth	INR 30 million

Some Lesser Known Facts About Anupama Chopra

• Does Anupama Chopra smoke?: No

• Does Anupama Chopra drink alcohol?: Not Known

• Despite being born in an era where middle-class people didn’t really watch Hindi films in theatres, she was interested in films and later became a film critic.

• She was a gold medallist in English Literature from the University of Mumbai, Mumbai.

• She started her journalism career with ‘Harper’s Bazaar’ in New York for a little while, after which she returned to India as she wanted to write about Hindi films.

• On return to India, she started her career as a journalist in the early 1990s when she joined ‘Sunday Magazine’. She came into limelight with her detailed story on the Mafia-culture in Bollywood.

• Her rise in journalism came up after the 1993 Mumbai serial blast when she wrote a long write-up and took interview of the people in the Mafia.

• In 2000, she wrote her first book ‘Sholay: The Making of a Classic’ on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the film ‘Sholay’ (1975), for which she won the National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema.
  

  Anupama Chopra – Sholay =The Making of a Classic

• It took her around 5 months to convince Shah Rukh Khan to write a book on him. And in 2007, she wrote ‘King of Bollywood: Shah Rukh Khan and the Seductive World of Indian Cinema’, which was featured on the annual “Editor’s Choice” list of the New York Times Book Review.
  

  Anupama Chopra – King of Bollywood Shah Rukh Khan and the Seductive World of Indian Cinema

• Her favourite celebrity interview was for Kangana Ranaut on the talk show ‘The Front Row’.

• In 2014, she replaced Shyam Benegal to become the chairperson of the Mumbai Film Festival.

• The same year, she co-founded, ‘Film Companion’, a YouTube platform to provide film reviews and interviews.

• She is the 3rd wife of popular filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra.

• She is a gluten-free vegetarian.