Pernia Qureshi

Pernia Qureshi
Quershi at Lakme Fashion Week in 2016
Born Pernia Moin Qureshi
Lahore, Pakistan[1]
Residence Mumbai, India
Nationality Indian
Occupation Entrepreneur, actress, stylist
Spouse(s) Arjun Prasad
(m. 2011; div. 2012)[2]
Website perniaspopupshop.com

Pernia Qureshi is an Indian stylist and fashion entrepreneur.[3] A stylist with Harper’s Bazaar, Elle & Conde Nast in New York & New Delhi. Pernia has also ventured into designing costumes for Bollywood, namely the film Aisha.[4] She created and launched Pernia’s Pop-Up Shop in 2012, an e-commerce website that showcases over 500 designers, and delivers worldwide.

Pernia has authored a fashion style guide called Be Stylish with Pernia Qureshi. Published by Random House India, the book gives guidance on how to understand and hone one’s personal style.

Early days

Pernia is a formally trained Kuchipudi dancer, under the renowned dance couple Raja-Radha Reddy.[5] She has performed at multiple dance recitals across India with performances of Sufi music by Abida Parveen, and dance transliteration of the Urdu poems of Minu Bakshi.[6]

Acting career

Pernia incorporates her talent into the courtesan she plays in Muzaffar Ali's periodical drama film Jaanisaar opposite Imran Abbas Naqvi,[7] a period drama set in pre-Independence India,[8] as a courtesan.[9] The movie was released in August 7, 2015.[8]

Filmography

2015 - Jaanisaar

Personal life

Qureshi was born in Lahore, Pakistan[1] to an Indian father hailing from Rampur, Moin Qureshi, and Pakistani mother, Nasreen Qureshi. Her mother is also actress working in Pakistani Dramas.

In 2011, Qureshi got married to Arjun Prasad, a London-based, Indian Charted Accountant, the couple got divorced in 2012.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Fashionista Extraordinaire: Pernia Qureshi". Sunday Magazine. 23 January 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2015. My trips to Pakistan have always been very good. Pakistan is like home to me. I have family there, I was born in Pakistan and my mother is from Pakistan
  2. 1 2 http://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Pernia-Qureshi-I-will-marry-when-the-time-is-right/articleshow/48388785.cms. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ http://sunday.com.pk/people/23-Jan-2014/fashionista-extraordinaire-pernia-qureshi#.VkQv8LcrLIX. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bright-young-thing/1/136976.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ "Bright Young Thing". India Today. Retrieved 26 Feb 2015.
  6. ↑ "Pernia Qureshi and Imran Abbas Khan in Jaanisaar". Times Of India. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "Imran Abbas is the life of 'Jaanisaar'". Indian Express. Retrieved 26 Feb 2015.
  8. 1 2 "First look of Pernia Qureshi and Imran Abbas Naqvi starrer Jaanisaar revealed!". Bollywood Life. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  9. ↑ "'Jaanisaar': Check Pernia Qureshi's royal avatar". India Glitz. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
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