Director: Vidhu Vinod Chopra

Vidhu Vinod Chopra studied direction at FTII, Pune. His first documentary - An Encounter With Faces was nominated for Academy Awards in 1978. Since then, Vinod has directed several critically and commercially acclaimed films like Khamosh, Parinda, 1942 - A Love Story, Mission Kashmir and Eklavya, and most recently 12th Fail. Parinda and Eklavya were nominated as India’s official entries to the Oscars in the Best Foreign Film category in 1989 and 2007 respectively. Vidhu Vinod Chopra has also produced several other path-breaking films including Munna Bhai MBBS, Lage Raho Munnabhai, 3 idiots and Parineeta.