Bhavna Talwar

Bhavna Talwar is an Indian jounalist turned film director.

She started her career as a jounalist at Asian Age, covering film, theatre, fashion, and later worked for over eight years as an assistant director with an Ad film company [ [http://www.digichannel.net/index_artist.php?cat=2&subc=11&art=263&video=344 Bhavna Talwar Profile] Bhavna Talwar on her film Dharm] . She was nominated as agency producer for the "The Rain - Reebok" commercial at the Cannes Ad Fest [ [http://www.wsgpictures.com/BhavnaTalwar.html Bhavna Talwar , Creative Director] wsg pictures.] .

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 [ [http://www.screenindia.com/fullstory.php?content_id=15682 Cannes World Premiere for Bhavna Talwar’s Dharm] screenindia, The Indian Express Group.] .

She created a controversy recently by claiming that her film "Dharm" (2007) should have been selected as India's official Foreign Language Film submission for the 80th Academy Awards, but was rejected in favor of "" (2007) because of the personal connections of the latter film's director and producer. She filed a complaint in the Bombay High Court in which she accused the Indian selection committee of bias, but later dropped it because the Foreign Language Film submission deadline had already passed. [cite web | url = http://in.reuters.com/article/hollywood/idINDEL9964020070929 | title = India's entry to Oscars caught in a legal tangle | work = Reuters India | date = 2007-09-29 | accessdate = 2007-11-14]

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* [http://www.digichannel.net/index_artist.php?cat=2&subc=11&art=263&video=344 Interview with Bhavna Talwar on her film Dharm]
* [http://www.indiafm.com/features/2007/04/27/2582/index.html Interview at indiafm] }