Juhi Chaturvedi | |
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Native name | जूही चतुर्वेदी |
Born | 1975 (age 41–42) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh |
Occupation | Screenwriter |
Nationality | Indian |
Notable works |
Vicky Donor (2012) Piku (2015) |
Juhi Chaturvedi (Hindi: जूही चतुर्वेदी, born 1975) is an Indian screenwriter and advertising professional based in Mumbai. Chaturvedi has written scripts for Bollywood films Vicky Donor (2012) and Piku (2015).
She won the 2013 Filmfare Award for Best Story for Vicky Donor (2012), the National Film Award for Best Original Screenplay and Best Dialogues and the 2016 Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay for Piku (2015).
Born and brought up in Lucknow, Chaturvedi graduated from Lucknow College of Arts.
Chaturvedi started her career as a freelance illustrator with The Times of India Lucknow edition. She shifted to Delhi in 1996, when she joined advertising with Ogilvy & Mather as an art director. In 1999, she moved to Mumbai office of the agency. In 2008, she joined McCann followed by Bates in Mumbai, where she was creative director. She worked with director Shujit Sircar on ad films for brands like Titan watches and Saffola. She also wrote the dialogues for Shoebite, Sircar’s second film, which had Amitabh Bachchan in the lead role, but it got cancelled.