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Bhavna Talwar

Bhavna Talwar is an Indian journalist turned film director. Her debut film, Dharm (2007), won the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration at the 2007 National Film Award. Currently she is working on Happy which is expected to be released in sept.2010.

Career:
She 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 Ad film company . She was nominated as agency producer for the "The Rain - Reebok" commercial at the ...

Pankaj Kapoor dubs at Sean Connery's den

For his starrer Happi directed by Bhavna Talwar, where Pankaj Kapoor plays the Charlie Chaplinesque role of homeless tramp in Mumbai, most of the dialogues and sounds have been captured live. However some vital portions of the brilliant actor’s lines had ...

Bhavna, hubby Sheetal tie up with Religare

Dharm director, Bhavna Talwar, and her producer-husband Sheetal Talwar have tied up with Religare, a big corporate house and the financial arm of Ranbaxy. Says Sheetal, "We're starting a film fund which we'll announce. We were being approached by several ...

Eklavya out of the Oscars race

Here's some sad news for Indian movie lovers. Vidhu Vinod Chopra's Eklavya -The Royal Guard, which was India's official entry to the Oscars this year, is out of the race from the 'Best Foreign Language Films' category. ...

Dharm taken to Whistling Woods International

By: Taran Adarsh, IndiaFM Friday, October 26, 2007Debutante director Bhavna Talwar met with the faculty and students of Whistling Woods International, along with several members of the crew, to share experiences of the making of Dharm. In an hour-long master-class, Bhavna ...

Dharm too falls into trouble waters

Friday, October 05, 2007 Akanksha Sood who did the still photographs of Bhavna Talwar's film claims she is fighting her own Dharm-yuddh. According to Akanksha, Bhavna who has been looking for a support from the Dharm crew to get the film ...

Eklavya comes to a standstill

Thursday, October 04, 2007No sooner Eklavya got nominated as India's official entry to the Oscars under the best foreign movie category, a wave of protest swept Bollywood. What is most surprising is that even the head of the body that selected ...

Dharm director Bhavna sends legal notice to FFI

By: Subhash K. Jha, IndiaFM Friday, September 28, 2007 The pall of controversy surrounding the selection of Eklavya as India's official entry to the Oscars has thickened. Director Bhavna Talwar and her husband producer Sheetal Talwar have sent a legal notice ...

Vinod Chopra hits back at Farah Khan, Sajid, Anupam Kher

By: Faridoon Shahryar, IndiaFM Thursday, September 27, 2007 “What are the credentials of these people...what is their understanding of cinema...where does their allegiance lie," said Vidhu Vinod Chopra when asked to react to the comments of a few filmmakers like ...

Dharm to close SAIFF

Courtesy: Glamsham Thursday, September 13, 2007 The fourth annual 2007 South Asian International Film Festival will be held from October 3-9, 2007 in New York City. ...

Woman directors fail at the box office

Wednesday, August 01, 2007 Similar to Indian society, Bollywood is also male dominated in many ways - be it the theme of the movie or remuneration to the actor or the professional lifespan. ...

Bhavna Talwar bags Gucci award

By: Taran Adarsh, IndiaFM Saturday, July 21, 2007 After a successful debut screening at the 60th Cannes International Film Festival 2007, Dharm, directed by Bhavna Talwar, has been nominated for the Gucci Group Award 2007. ...

Subhash K Jha speaks on Dharm

By: Subhash K. Jha, IndiaFMTuesday, June 12, 2007 To miss this movie on the true meaning of religion is a crime for any cineaste. How much poorer one would be if one allowed this penetrating masterpiece to pass by without a ...

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