''Juhi Chaturvedi'' (born 1975) is an Indian screenwriter who works in

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films. An advertising professional based in

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, Chaturvedi has written scripts for Bollywood films ''

Vicky Donor ''Vicky Donor ''is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Shoojit Sircar and produced by actor John Abraham in his maiden production venture with Sunil Lulla under Eros International and Ronnie Lahiri under Rising Sun ...

'' (2012), ''

Piku ''Piku'' is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film directed by Shoojit Sircar and produced by N. P. Singh, Ronnie Lahiri and Sneha Rajani. It stars Deepika Padukone as the titular protagonist, Amitabh Bachchan and Irrfan Khan, with ...

'' (2015), ''

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'' (2018) and ''

Gulabo Sitabo ''Gulabo Sitabo'' is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language comedy drama film directed by Shoojit Sircar, produced by Ronnie Lahiri and Sheel Kumar, and written by Juhi Chaturvedi. Set in Lucknow, it stars Amitabh Bachchan, Ayushmann Khurrana, Abhinav ...

'' (2020). She won the 2013 Filmfare Award for

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for ''

'' (2012), the

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for

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and Best Dialogues and the 2016 Filmfare Award for

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for ''

'' (2015).

Early life and background

Born and brought up in Lucknow, Chaturvedi graduated from Lucknow College of Arts.

Career

Chaturvedi started her career as a freelance illustrator with ''

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'' Lucknow edition. She shifted to Delhi in 1996, when she joined advertising with

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as an art director. In 1999, she moved to Mumbai office of the agency. In 2008, she joined McCann followed by

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in Mumbai, where she was creative director. She worked with director Shoojit Sircar on ad films for brands like

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watches and Saffola. She also wrote the dialogues for ''

Shoebite ''Shoebite'' is an unreleased film and is the story of a man in his early 60s played by Amitabh Bachchan. The film is based on a story ''Labour Of Love'' by M. Night Shyamalan. It is directed by Shoojit Sircar and produced by UTV Motion Picture ...

'', Sircar's second film, which had Amitabh Bachchan in the lead role, but it got cancelled. During her stay in Delhi, she lived in

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, an experience she used in scripting her first film, ''Vicky Donor''. She was awarded the IRDS Film award for social concern for her story ''Vicky Donor''. In July 2013, she joined advertising agency, Leo Burnett Mumbai as Executive Creative Director.

Filmography

Accolades

References

External links

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