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'''Bhavna Talwar''' ({{lang-hi|भावना तलवार}}) is an [[India]]n film director. Her debut film, ''[[Dharm (film)|Dharm]]'' (2007), won the [[Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration]] at the 2007 [[National Film Award (India)|National Film Award]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2009/sep/r2009090707.pdf|title=55th NATIONAL FILM AWARDS FOR THE YEAR 2007|publisher=Press Information Bureau ([[Govt. of India]])}}</ref> It was also the closing film at the World Cinema Section at the Cannes Film Festival 2007 and was nominated for the Gucci Awards at Venice. Her second feature film ''[[Happi (film)|Happi]]'', was described as an “exquisite black-and-white homage to the great Charlie Chaplin - India’s only genuine tribute to the genius of Charlie Chaplin”<br />
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Her next film “Heidi” (Bill Nighy, Mark Williams, Helen Baxendale) is US$30 million modern-day adaptation of the beloved children’s film and has been picked by a major US studio for release around the world in 2021.<br />
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== Career ==<br />
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.<ref>[http://www.digichannel.net/index_artist.php?cat=2&subc=11&art=263&video=344 Bhavna Talwar Profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228043115/http://www.digichannel.net/index_artist.php?cat=2&subc=11&art=263&video=344 |date=2008-02-28 }} Bhavna Talwar on her film Dharm</ref> She was nominated as agency producer for the "Rain - Reebok" commercial at the Cannes Ad Fest.<ref>[http://www.wsgpictures.com/BhavnaTalwar.html Bhavna Talwar, Creative Director] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006012247/http://www.wsgpictures.com/BhavnaTalwar.html |date=2008-10-06 }} wsg pictures.</ref><br />
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Her first film [[Dharm (film)|Dharm]] (2007), starring [[Pankaj Kapur]] and [[Supriya Pathak]], premiered as the closing film at the World Cinema Section at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] 2007.<ref>[http://www.screenindia.com/fullstory.php?content_id=15682 Cannes World Premiere for Bhavna Talwar’s Dharm] screenindia, The Indian Express Group.</ref><br />
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She created a controversy by claiming that her film ''[[Dharm (film)|Dharm]]'' (2007) should have been selected as India's official Foreign Language Film submission for the [[80th Academy Awards]], but was rejected in favor of ''[[Eklavya: The Royal Guard]]'' (2007) because of the personal connections of the latter film's director and producer. She filed a complaint in the Bombay High Court in which she accused the Indian selection committee of bias, but later dropped it because the Foreign Language Film submission deadline had already passed.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://in.reuters.com/article/hollywood/idINDEL9964020070929 | title = India's entry to Oscars caught in a legal tangle | work = [[Reuters|Reuters India]] | date = 2007-09-29 | accessdate = 2007-11-14| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20071221064859/http://in.reuters.com/article/hollywood/idINDEL9964020070929| archivedate= 21 December 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref><br />
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== Filmography ==<br />
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!Year<br />
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!Director<br />
!Writer<br />
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|2007<br />
|[[Dharm (film)|Dharm]]<br />
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|2019<br />
|[[Happi (film)|Happi]]<br />
|{{Yes C}}<br />
|{{Yes C}}<br />
|Released on [[ZEE5]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Happi Is Inspired By Chaplin's Cinema: Bhavna Talwar|url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/happi-is-inspired-by-chaplins-cinema-bhavna-talwar-598863|access-date=2021-05-04|website=NDTV.com}}</ref><br />
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== Awards ==<br />
Karmaveer Puraskaar Noble Laureates, 2008<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb name|id=2683141|name=Bhavna Talwar}}<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080228043115/http://www.digichannel.net/index_artist.php?cat=2&subc=11&art=263&video=344 Interview with Bhavna Talwar on her film Dharm]<br />
* [http://www.indiafm.com/features/2007/04/27/2582/index.html Interview at indiafm]<br />
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