- Gotham Chopra
Gotham Chopra (born
Gautama Chopra ;February 23 ,1975 ) is an author and entertainment/media entrepreneur.Early life
Chopra was born in
Boston, Massachusetts , the son of bestselling authorDeepak Chopra .Career
He started his career as a correspondent and news anchor for
Channel One News , a short television program shown in selected high schools throughout the United States, and went on to host the program 'Current Soul' forCurrent TV . In 2002, he published an account of his travels and interviews entitled "Familiar Strangers: Uncommon Wisdom in Unlikely Places" with Doubleday. He was story editor for the comic bookBulletproof Monk and executive producer for the 2003 film adaptation starringChow Yun Fat . His first book, "Child of the Dawn", a parable based on the principles of his father's highly successful book, "The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success", was published in 1996, and written while Chopra was still an undergraduate college student atColumbia University .Around the time he began his career at Channel One News, Chopra changed the spelling of his first name from the traditional "Gautama," which evokes the ancient spiritual teacher and founder of
Buddhism , to "Gotham ," a nickname forNew York City and later appropriated as the fictional setting of theBatman comic book series. Chopra has said in interviews that he changed his name because "Gotham" sounds more hip and that he was tired of "Gautama" being mispronounced in theUnited States . [ [http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/may/31us4.htm Rediff On The NeT: The Son Also Rises ] ] The pronunciation of both versions is very close.Gotham is a partner in Chopra Media, with his sister,
Mallika Chopra . Together they have launched [http://www.intentblog.com IntentBlog] andVirgin Comics . Gotham now serves as Chief Creative Officer forVirgin Comics which is based inBangalore ,India .In the March 2004 edition of
Newsweek Magazine , he was identified as one of the "most powerful and influential" South Asians worth watching.References
External links
* [http://hk-imail.singtao.com/news_detail.asp?we_cat=7&art_id=10536&sid=6346611&con_type=1&d_str=20060124 Hindu epic Ramayana reborn in comics] The Standard - January 24, 2006
* [http://www.intentblog.com Gotham's blog]
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