Anusha Rizvi: Difference between revisions

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mfdf=yes|1978|3|13}}

| birth_place = [[Delhi]], [[India]]

| occupation = [[Film director]] &, [[Screenwriter]]

| spouse =[[Mahmood Farooqui]]
}}

'''AnushaFormerly Rizvi'''a (bornjournalist, 13Anusha's Marchdirectorial 1978) is an Indiandebut, ''[[filmPeepli directorLive]]'', andpremiered [[Screenwriter]].at Herthe directorialSundance debutFilm isFestival [[Peepli2010 in Live]]the World Competition Section.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/peepli-live-becomes-best-first-film-at-durban-fest/655486/ |title=Peepli Live becomes best first film at Durban fest |publisher=Indian Express |date=2010-08-03|publisher=Indian Express|accessdate=2013-11-07}}</ref> It was the first Indian film to be accepted in the 25 years of the festival’s existence. The moviefilm also won the Best First Film awardAward at the Durban film festival and the [[Gollapudi Srinivas Award]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?section=Movies&Id=ENTEN20100148591&keyword=bollywood&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA&nid=41779 |title=Peepli Live is best first film at Durban film fest |publisher=NDTV |date=2010-08-11|publisher=NDTV|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915054745/http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?section=Movies&Id=ENTEN20100148591&keyword=bollywood&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA&nid=41779|archivedate=15 September 2012|url-status=dead|accessdate=2013-11-07}}</ref>

Anusha Rizvi was a journalist afterbefore venturing into film direction. She graduated in history from St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-08-03/india/28314990_1_films-bandit-queen-mother-india | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811094505/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-08-03/india/28314990_1_films-bandit-queen-mother-india | url-status=dead | archive-date=11 August 2011 | work=[[The Times Ofof India]] | title=Bharat vs India: B-town taps rural-urban divide | date=3 August 2010}}</ref> She approached [[Aamir Khan]] to make the film who finally madedid thesupport film.her "Peepliwith Live" is former journalist Anusha Rizvi's debut film as director. It was selected as the Indian nomination in the Best Foreign Film category,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/aug/03/slide-show-1-aamir-khan-on-peepli-live.htm |title=When Aamir almost turned down Peepli Live - Rediff.com Movies |publisher=Movies.rediff.com |date=2010-08-03 |accessdate=2013-11-07}}</ref> but it didn't make the final shortlist.<ref name="Oscar Shortlist">{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2011/20110119.html |title=9 Foreign Language Films Continue to Oscar Race |accessdate=2011-01-19|work=oscars.org}}</ref>

Anusha is married to noted writer and film director [[Mahmood Farooqui]]. She is also related to [[Urdu]] poet and literary critic [[Shamsur Rahman Faruqi]], who is her husband's uncle.

* ''[[Peepli Live]]'' - Director and writer

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[[Category:Indian filmFilm directors from Delhi]]