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Tanuja Chandra est une Actrice, Réalisatrice et Scénariste Indienne née le 3 juin 1969
Tanuja Chandra (Hindi: तनुजा चंद्रा) is an Indian film director and writer. She is known for frequently directing woman-oriented films where the heroines are the main protagonists of her films.
She went on to collaborate often with Mahesh Bhatt and wrote the screenplay for his critically acclaimed picture, Zakhm (1998). She also made her cinematic directional debut with his Dushman in the same year. The movie, starring Kajol in the lead role, received critical praise and performed moderately well at the box office.
Her next film, Sangharsh (1999), was also produced by Mahesh Bhatt and starred Akshay Kumar and Preity Zinta in pivotal roles. The movie failed at the box office.
Since then, Chandra has directed several films, many of which went unnoticed. Yet films like Sur – The Melody of Life (2002) and Film Star (2005), which were directed and written by Chandra, won favourable reviews from critics and received praise for her work as a director and writer.
Recent films were Zindaggi Rocks (2006), starring Sushmita Sen. Chandra also wrote the story and the screenplay for the film. Her most recent film was Hope and a Little Sugar (2006), was shot entirely in English in the US.
She is the sister of famous writer Vikram Chandra and film critics Anupama Chandra Chopra.
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Chandra began her career in 1995 and made her directorial debut with the TV series Zameen Aasmaan, starring Tanvi Azmi. In 1996, she directed another television serial along with Shabnam Sukhdev, called Mumkin. In 1997, she wrote the screenplay for Yash Chopra's Dil To Pagal Hai, which was a commercial success.She went on to collaborate often with Mahesh Bhatt and wrote the screenplay for his critically acclaimed picture, Zakhm (1998). She also made her cinematic directional debut with his Dushman in the same year. The movie, starring Kajol in the lead role, received critical praise and performed moderately well at the box office.
Her next film, Sangharsh (1999), was also produced by Mahesh Bhatt and starred Akshay Kumar and Preity Zinta in pivotal roles. The movie failed at the box office.
Since then, Chandra has directed several films, many of which went unnoticed. Yet films like Sur – The Melody of Life (2002) and Film Star (2005), which were directed and written by Chandra, won favourable reviews from critics and received praise for her work as a director and writer.
Recent films were Zindaggi Rocks (2006), starring Sushmita Sen. Chandra also wrote the story and the screenplay for the film. Her most recent film was Hope and a Little Sugar (2006), was shot entirely in English in the US.
She is the sister of famous writer Vikram Chandra and film critics Anupama Chandra Chopra.
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Filmographie de Tanuja Chandra (11 films)
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Yeh Hai Mumbai Meri Jaan (1999)
Réalisé par Mahesh Bhatt
Genres Action, Romance
Acteurs Saif Ali Khan, Twinkle Khanna, Chunky Pandey, Saurabh Shukla, Akshay Anand, Avtar Gill
Note45%
Yeh Hai Mumbai Meri Jaan is a love story between Saif Ali Khan and Twinkle Khanna while Akshay Anand is the spoiler.
Réalisatrice
Hope and a Little Sugar (2006)
, 1h40Réalisé par Tanuja Chandra
Genres Drame
Thèmes Les attentats du 11 septembre 2001, Le terrorisme, Film catastrophe, Détournement d'avion
Acteurs Anupam Kher, Amit Sial, Mahima Chaudhry, Suhasini Mulay, Hugh Dillon
Note68%
Ali (Amit Sial) is a photographer and bike messenger who lives in New York. He develops a friendship and falls in love with a married woman, Saloni Oberoi (Mahima Chaudhry). When her husband, Harry Oberoi (Vikram Chatwal), is killed during the September 11 attacks, Harry's father, a retired Colonel (Anupam Kher), begins to take his aggressions out on Ali for being a Muslim. Although Mrs. Oberoi (Suhasini Mulay) tries to stop the Colonel's behavior, the situation escalates as the Colonel, himself, becomes the target of social post-9/11 aggression directed towards him because he is a Sikh.
ज़िन्दगी रॉक्स (2006)
Réalisé par Tanuja Chandra
Genres Drame, Romance
Acteurs Sushmita Sen, Shiney Ahuja, Seema Biswas, Kim Sharma, Moushumi Chatterjee
Note48%
Film Star (2005)
Réalisé par Tanuja Chandra
Genres Drame
Acteurs Vasundhara Das, Mahima Chaudhry, Priyanshu Chatterjee, Aryan Vaid, Pratima Kazmi
Note53%
Sur (2002)
Réalisé par Tanuja Chandra
Genres Drame, Comédie musicale
Thèmes La musique, Musique
Acteurs Lucky Ali, Gauri Karnik, Simone Singh, Achint Kaur, Divya Dutta, Nithin Reddy
Note64%
Vikramaditya Singh (Lucky Ali) is a teacher in a music school where he, with others, polishes every student's voice to make them stars. Although Vikramaditya is a famous singer himself, he is not satisfied with his creations; he is looking for a special person. His heart longs for someone so special that, if worked on, would be a masterpiece who would be known as the most worthy graduate and world's most talented singer.
Yeh Zindagi Ka Safar (2001)
Réalisé par Tanuja Chandra
Acteurs Ameesha Patel, Jimmy Shergill, Gulshan Grover, Nafisa Ali, Rajpal Yadav, Rajpal Yadav
Note37%
20-year-old Sarena's (Ameesha Patel) world is picture perfect — she has an adorable relationship with her industrialist father Vivek Devan (Gulshan Grover) and is on the verge of major stardom as a pop singer. Jai's (Jimmy Shergill) world is poles apart. As the struggling editor of a near-bankrupt tabloid, he dreams of one day having an office in pricey Nariman Point. He searches for a sensational story that'll get him there.
Sangharsh (1999)
, 2h7Réalisé par Tanuja Chandra
Origine Inde
Genres Thriller, Action, Policier
Thèmes Maladie, Psychologie, Tueur en série, Folie
Acteurs Akshay Kumar, Preity Zinta, Ashutosh Rana, Alia Bhatt, Aman Yatan Verma, Ninad Kamath
Note66%
Reet Oberoi (Preity Zinta) est une jeune policière du CBI, à New Delhi. Elle est chargée de résoudre toute une série d'enlèvements et de meurtres d'enfants qui laisse perplexe ses collègues, incapables de résoudre le mystère.
Dushman (1998)
, 2h25Réalisé par Tanuja Chandra
Origine Inde
Genres Drame, Thriller, Action, Policier
Thèmes Maladie, La musique, Psychologie, Tueur en série, Musique, Folie, Bollywood, Jumeaux ou jumelles
Acteurs Kajol, Ashutosh Rana, Sanjay Dutt, Tanvi Azmi, Pramod Moutho, Kunal Khemu
Note67%
Sonia et Naina Sehgal (toutes deux personnifiées par Kajol) sont sœurs jumelles. Bien que leurs caractères soient totalement opposés - Sonia, extravertie, vit une belle histoire d’amour avec Kabir (Jas Arora) tandis que Naina se montre très timide – elles s’entendent bien et sont proches de leur mère (Tanvi Azmi). Mais un jour, tout bascule : Gokul Pandit (Ashutosh Rana), recherché par la police pour meurtres et viols de jeunes filles, attaque Sonia alors que celle-ci était au téléphone avec sa sœur. Naina ne peut oublier les cris de Sonia qui résonnent dans sa tête et se jure de retrouver Gokul pour venger sa sœur. Malgré les mises en garde du commissaire Santosh Singh Walia (Pramod Muthu), elle fait appel à Suraj Singh Rathod (Sanjay Dutt), commandant aveugle à la retraite, qui la conseille pour éliminer sa peur de Gokul et la prépare physiquement pour sa chasse à l’homme. Mais à la suite d'une dispute, Suraj refuse de continuer à apporter son soutien à Sonia qui se lance seule à la poursuite de son ennemi.
Scénariste
Hope and a Little Sugar (2006)
, 1h40Réalisé par Tanuja Chandra
Genres Drame
Thèmes Les attentats du 11 septembre 2001, Le terrorisme, Film catastrophe, Détournement d'avion
Acteurs Anupam Kher, Amit Sial, Mahima Chaudhry, Suhasini Mulay, Hugh Dillon
Note68%
Ali (Amit Sial) is a photographer and bike messenger who lives in New York. He develops a friendship and falls in love with a married woman, Saloni Oberoi (Mahima Chaudhry). When her husband, Harry Oberoi (Vikram Chatwal), is killed during the September 11 attacks, Harry's father, a retired Colonel (Anupam Kher), begins to take his aggressions out on Ali for being a Muslim. Although Mrs. Oberoi (Suhasini Mulay) tries to stop the Colonel's behavior, the situation escalates as the Colonel, himself, becomes the target of social post-9/11 aggression directed towards him because he is a Sikh.
ज़िन्दगी रॉक्स (2006)
Réalisé par Tanuja Chandra
Genres Drame, Romance
Acteurs Sushmita Sen, Shiney Ahuja, Seema Biswas, Kim Sharma, Moushumi Chatterjee
Rôle Ecrivain
Note48%
Sur (2002)
Réalisé par Tanuja Chandra
Genres Drame, Comédie musicale
Thèmes La musique, Musique
Acteurs Lucky Ali, Gauri Karnik, Simone Singh, Achint Kaur, Divya Dutta, Nithin Reddy
Note64%
Vikramaditya Singh (Lucky Ali) is a teacher in a music school where he, with others, polishes every student's voice to make them stars. Although Vikramaditya is a famous singer himself, he is not satisfied with his creations; he is looking for a special person. His heart longs for someone so special that, if worked on, would be a masterpiece who would be known as the most worthy graduate and world's most talented singer.
Zakhm (1998)
, 2h6Réalisé par Mahesh Bhatt
Genres Drame
Acteurs Ajay Devgn, Pooja Bhatt, Akkineni Nagarjuna, Sonali Bendre, Kunal Khemu, Akshay Anand
Note78%
Music director Ajay (Ajay Devgan) argues with his wife, Sonia (Sonali Bendre) over whether to give birth to their child in a foreign country or in India (because of the insecurity caused by the Mumbai riots).
Tamanna (1998)
, 2h7Réalisé par Mahesh Bhatt, Ashutosh Gowariker
Origine Inde
Genres Drame
Thèmes L'adoption, L'enfance, La musique, Sexualité, Homosexualité, Musiques du monde, Musique, Bollywood, LGBT, LGBT
Acteurs Paresh Rawal, Pooja Bhatt, Manoj Bajpayee, Sharad Kapoor, Ashutosh Rana, Akshay Anand
Note70%
The year is 1975, the place is Mahim, Bombay. This is the story of Tikku (Paresh Rawal), a eunuch, the only child of yesteryear Bollywood actress Nazneen Begum. She has fallen upon hard times, is virtually destitute and is dependent on Tikku, who does make-up/hair-dressing of Bollywood actresses. When she passes away, Tikku is beside himself with grief. After the funeral, he witnesses a woman leaving a child in a garbage bin. Tikku picks up the girl, longing for human company, decides to keep her, names her Tamanna, and brings her up on his own with the help of a close friend, Saleem (Manoj Bajpai).
Dil To Pagal Hai (1997)
, 3hRéalisé par Yash Chopra
Origine Inde
Genres Drame, Comédie, Comédie musicale, Romance
Thèmes Danse, La musique, Musique, Bollywood
Acteurs Shahrukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Karisma Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Farida Jalal, Yash Chopra
Note69%
Rahul dirige une troupe de danseurs. Il s'est donné quelques semaines pour monter un nouveau spectacle qui s'intitulera Maya et dont il n'a qu'une vague idée du contenu. Au cours d'une répétition, Nisha, la danseuse vedette de la troupe, se blesse. Nisha est une amie de longue date de Rahul et la remplacer est délicat. C'est alors que Rahul rencontre Pooja, une jeune femme douée pour la danse mais réticente à se produire devant un public. Rahul réussit à la convaincre de rejoindre la troupe pour incarner Maya, et très rapidement, il en tombe amoureux. Pooja, séduite par Rahul, se retrouve déchirée entre ses sentiments pour ce dernier et sa promesse d'accepter la proposition en mariage émanant d'Ajay, son ami d'enfance. Mais Nisha, secrètement amoureuse de Rahul, n'a pas dit son dernier mot .