Anuja Chauhan is an Indian author, advertiser and screenwriter. She is known for her roles in The Zoya Factor (2008), Bitola (2010), Those Expensive Thakur Girls (2013), The House That BJ Built (2015), Baaz ( 2017) and Death Club (2017). 2021).
Wiki/Biography
Anuja Chauhan was born on Thursday, 17 September 1970 in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh (53 years old as of 2023). Her zodiac sign is Virgo. She attended Army Public School, New Delhi, Sophia Convent, Meerut Cantonment, and Ludri Public School, Mathura, New Delhi. She holds a BA in Economics from Miranda House, Delhi University. Anuja Chauhan holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Mass Communication from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT).
family
Parents and siblings
Anuja Chauhan’s father is a Lieutenant Colonel in the Indian Army. He retired early and moved to Australia. Her mother-in-law, Margaret Alva, is the former secretary-general of the All-India National Congress Committee, a senior leader of the Indian National Congress Party, and the former governor of Rajasthan. Anuja Chauhan has three sisters: Padmini, Rohini and Nandini. Her sister Nandini Bajpai is also a writer.
Anuja Chauhan as a teenager
husband and children
In 1989, Anuja Chauhan met TV presenter and producer Niret Alva during the production of a college play in Delhi. In 1994, Anuja Chauhan married Niret Alva. In 2002, the couple moved to Gurgaon, a suburb of Delhi. Anuja Chauhan has two daughters, Niharika Alva and Nayantara Alva, and a son, Daivik John Alva.
Anuja Chauhan’s husband
Anuja Chauhan’s family
Anuja Chauhan and her children
Religion/Religious Views
Anuja Chauhan converted to Christianity eleven years after her marriage. In 2018, she became post-religious.
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Profession
advertise
Anuja Chauhan joined JWT Delhi in 1993 and worked there for 17 years. She has created several iconic catchphrases like “Yeh Dil Maange More”, “Mera Number Kab Aayega”, “Nothingficial about it” and “Oye Bubbly”. She primarily created buzzwords for Pepsi and Coke. In 2003, 33-year-old Anuja Chauhan became the senior creative director of JWT and one of the youngest vice presidents of JWT. In August 2010, Anuja Chauhan resigned as vice president and executive creative director of JWT to focus on writing. She was ranked 26th in the 2010 Creative Ranking of Asia Pacific’s Top Executive Creative Directors. In 2011, she became the only Indian on the One Show jury. She continues to work as an advertising consultant. As a consultant to J. Walter Thompson, she resumed working and consulting for the PepsiCo brand in 2014.
writer
- The Zoya Factor, 2008, published by HarperCollins.
- The Battle for Bitola: The Story of India’s Most Passionate Lok Sabha Race, 2010, HarperCollins.
- Her third book, Those Expensive Thakur Girls, set in pre-liberalization India, was published by HarperCollins in January 2013.
- The House BJ Built was published by Westland in May 2015.
- Baaz, April 2017, published by Harper Collins.
- “Knock You to Death” in February 2021.
Awards, Honors, Achievements
- In 2011, Anuja Chauhan was included in Femina magazine’s list of India’s 50 most beautiful women and her name also appeared in MSN’s Influence magazine’s list of India’s 50 most powerful women.
- In 2017, Anuja Chauhan received the Women of Achievement Award for Literary Contribution.
- In 2018, she received an award from the FICCI Women’s Organization for her contribution to literature.
- In 2008, her novel “The Zoya Factor” won the Indian Fun and Fearless Women Award for Literature.
- In 2009, she received the India Today Women Award for the Women Storyteller Award from Cosmopolitan magazine. It was shortlisted for the India Square Golden Goose Feather Award in 2009.
Facts/Trivia
- Popular slogans composed by Anuja Chauhan include “Darr Ke Aage Jeet Hai” by Mountain Dew, “Tedha Hai par Mera Hai” by Kurkure, “Be a Little Dillogic” by Lays Chips and “KitKat Break Banta Hai” by Nestle Kit.
- Anuja Chauhan’s novel The Zoya Factor has been optioned as a film by Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment. Later, the rights were bought by Pooja Shetty Deora’s Walkwater Films. Also titled The Zoya Factor, the film is directed by Abhishek Sharma and produced by Fox Star Studios, Adlabs and Walkwater Films, dubs Chouhan and stars Sonam Kapoor and Dulquer Salmaan , scheduled to be released in September 2019.
- Her book “Battle For Bittora” was launched in Delhi by actor Saif Ali Khan in October 2010 and was featured in India Today, Outlook, The Week and Tehelka Magazine of praise.
- Anuja Chauhan has also written the script for Guppie, a commercial feature film about a love story directed by Bollywood producer Nikhil Advani.
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