Vidhu Vinod Chopra, born on September 5, 1952, in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India, is an acclaimed Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor. He pursued film direction at the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune. Chopra has been married three times; his first marriage was to film editor Renu Saluja, followed by filmmaker Shabnam Sukhdev, with whom he has a daughter named Ishaa Chopra. He is currently married to film critic Anupama Chopra since June 1, 1990, and they have two children, son Agni and daughter Zuni Chopra.