Bhavna Talwar (Hindi: à¤à¤¾à¤µà¤¨à¤¾ तलवार) is an Indian
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.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, 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†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.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 "Rain - Reebok" commercial at the Cannes Ad
Fest.Her first 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.
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.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, 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†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.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 "Rain - Reebok" commercial at the Cannes Ad
Fest.Her first 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.
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