Vidhu Vinod Chopra made his directorial debut in 1976 with the short film “Murder at Monkey Hills”, with Naseerudin Shah. This won him the National Award for the Best Short Experimental Film and the Guru Dutt Memorial Award for the Best Student Film. Vidhu’s first mainstream Hindi film was “Sazaa-e-Maut” which was shot in 1981 in black and white. “Khamosh” (1985), “Parinda” (1989), “1942: A Love Story” (1994), “Kareeb” (1998) and “Mission Kashmir” (2000) are some of the other movies directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra.

He has written lyrics for the songs like “Aane Char Aane” and “Bande Mein Tha Dum Vande Mataram” which are featured in his own film “Lage Raho Munna Bhai” (2006).

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