Loveleen Tandan is an Indian film director and casting director. She
was credited as the co-director of the four time Golden Globe, seven
time BAFTA Award and eight Academy Award winning (including best
picture) Slumdog Millionaire (2008), for which she shared a New York
Film Critics Online Award, Rotterdam International Film Festival Award
and Amanda Awards, Norway, of "Best Director" with Danny Boyle. She
has also been the Casting Director for several other films, including
the Golden Lion winning and Golden Globe nominated Monsoon Wedding
(2001) and the BAFTA Award nominated Brick Lane (2007). She has been a
casting consultant for the Gotham Award and Independent Spirit Award
nominated film The Namesake (2007). Loveleen has featured in the
prestigious "Annual Women's Big Impact Report", an initiative of
Hollywood's Variety magazine, which profiles women that have made
pathbreaking contributions in world entertainment.Loveleen Tandan was
born and raised in New Delhi, India. She did her schooling from Mater
Dei School. Loveleen studied Sociology Honors at the Hindu College,
University of Delhi. She was active in college politics and was
nominated as the Finance Minister of the college. She pursued a
Master's degree with top honors in Mass Communication from MCRC, Jamia
Millia Islamia University.Loveleen Tandan has worked with Deepa Mehta
on Earth (1998), and later worked with Mira Nair on three films:
Monsoon Wedding (2001), Vanity Fair (2004) and The Namesake (2006).
She was also the casting director (alongside Shaheen Baig) for Brick
Lane (2007), directed by Sarah Gavron and adapted from Monica Ali's
novel of the same name.
was credited as the co-director of the four time Golden Globe, seven
time BAFTA Award and eight Academy Award winning (including best
picture) Slumdog Millionaire (2008), for which she shared a New York
Film Critics Online Award, Rotterdam International Film Festival Award
and Amanda Awards, Norway, of "Best Director" with Danny Boyle. She
has also been the Casting Director for several other films, including
the Golden Lion winning and Golden Globe nominated Monsoon Wedding
(2001) and the BAFTA Award nominated Brick Lane (2007). She has been a
casting consultant for the Gotham Award and Independent Spirit Award
nominated film The Namesake (2007). Loveleen has featured in the
prestigious "Annual Women's Big Impact Report", an initiative of
Hollywood's Variety magazine, which profiles women that have made
pathbreaking contributions in world entertainment.Loveleen Tandan was
born and raised in New Delhi, India. She did her schooling from Mater
Dei School. Loveleen studied Sociology Honors at the Hindu College,
University of Delhi. She was active in college politics and was
nominated as the Finance Minister of the college. She pursued a
Master's degree with top honors in Mass Communication from MCRC, Jamia
Millia Islamia University.Loveleen Tandan has worked with Deepa Mehta
on Earth (1998), and later worked with Mira Nair on three films:
Monsoon Wedding (2001), Vanity Fair (2004) and The Namesake (2006).
She was also the casting director (alongside Shaheen Baig) for Brick
Lane (2007), directed by Sarah Gavron and adapted from Monica Ali's
novel of the same name.
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