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Pernia Qureshi

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Pernia Qureshi
Quershi at Lakme Fashion Week in 2016
Born
Pakistan[1]
Citizenship
  • India (till 2008)
  • United States (since 2008)[2]
Occupation(s)Entrepreneur, Kuchipudi dancer, stylist
Spouses
Arjun Prasad
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(m. 2011; div. 2012)​
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Sahil Gilani
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(m. 2018)​
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Websiteperniaqureshi.com

Pernia Qureshi is an Indian-American stylist, fashion entrepreneur and classical dancer based in Delhi and Mumbai.[5][6][7][8]

Life and career

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Qureshi was born in Pakistan to Indian businessman Moin Akhtar Qureshi who is from Rampur, Uttar Pradesh,[9] and Pakistani actress Nasreen Qureshi.[10][1][11] She did her schooling from Woodstock School in Mussoorie, India and is an alumnus of George Washington University.[12][6]

From a young age she trained as a Kuchipudi dancer, under the dance couple Raja-Radha Reddy.[13] She has performed across India, with performances of Sufi music by Abida Parveen, and dance transliteration of the Urdu poems of Minu Bakshi.[14]

Pernia has worked as a stylist for Harper's Bazaar, Elle and Conde Nast; and designed costumes for the Bollywood film Aisha.[15]

Pernia played a tawaif in Muzaffar Ali's drama film set in pre-independence India, Jaanisaar, opposite Imran Abbas Naqvi.[16][17][18] The movie was released on 7 August 2015.[17]

Personal life

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In 2011, Qureshi married London-based Indian accountant Arjun Prasad. The couple divorced in 2012.[19] In 2019 she married Indian businessman Sahil Gilani.[4] Pernia Qureshi acquired US citizenship in 2008, thus relinquishing her Indian citizenship, but has held a Person of Indian Origin Card.[20][2]

Ecommerce platform

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She launched an e-commerce website, Pernia's Pop-Up Shop, in 2012.[21] The site offers India's premier designers to a global clientele. Pernia's Pop-Up Shop was acquired by Purple Style Labs in 2019.

Filmography

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Fashionista Extraordinaire: Pernia Qureshi". Sunday Magazine. 23 January 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. 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. ^ a b Don't revoke PIO card of Moin Qureshi's daughter till April 15: HC to government. PTI. 22 March 2019. New Indian Express. "However, this court is prima facie of the view that in the meanwhile, the respondents (ministries and FRRO) be restrained from revoking the petitioner's PIO/OCI card till the next date of hearing, as it is not disputed that the petitioner (Pernia Qureshi) was a citizen of India for 12 years prior to being provided the PIO card," the court said in its order. Pernia Qureshi, a US citizen, has contended in her plea that she had applied for an OCI card in 2017 after the Indian government in January 2015 issued the notification stating that all existing PIO card holders shall be deemed to OCI card holders. She has said in the petition that she was a PIO card holder since 2008 and that it was valid till 2023.
  3. ^ "Pernia Qureshi I will marry when the time is right". The Times of India. 7 August 2015.
  4. ^ a b Pernia Qureshi gets married to beau Sahil Gilani in Turkey. mid-day.
  5. ^ Home Tour: Pernia Qureshi’s Bright And Airy Apartment In Mumbai. January 11, 2019. Beautiful Homes.
  6. ^ a b Re-designing The Game. August 3, 2017. Femina.
  7. ^ "A style guide by ace designer Pernia Qureshi on kinder wardrobe staples". Financialexpress. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  8. ^ "I'd swipe Randeep Hooda right, says stylist/actor Pernia Qureshi". www.hindustantimes.com.
  9. ^ Reddy, Sujata (12 February 2015). "We get a good night's sleep, says Pernia Qureshi". The Economic Times. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  10. ^ All About Pernia Qureshi’s Sister’s Wedding Bash In Delhi. July 27, 2021. shaadiwish.com.
  11. ^ "Salman Khan is my dream actor to work with!: Pernia Qureshi". DNA India. I am only speaking Urdu in the film and it wasn't a problem because I am from UP, my father is from Rampur, my mother is from Pakistan
  12. ^ Alumni Spotlight – Kilang Yanger '02. 23 March 2021. Woodstock School.
  13. ^ "Bright Young Thing". India Today. 4 May 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  14. ^ "Pernia Qureshi and Imran Abbas Khan in Jaanisaar". Times Of India. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  15. ^ "Bright young thing". indiatoday.intoday.in.
  16. ^ "Imran Abbas is the life of 'Jaanisaar'". Indian Express. 23 January 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  17. ^ a b "First look of Pernia Qureshi and Imran Abbas Naqvi starrer Jaanisaar revealed!". Bollywood Life. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  18. ^ "'Jaanisaar': Check Pernia Qureshi's royal avatar". India Glitz. Archived from the original on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  19. ^ Iyer, Sanyukta (7 August 2015). "Pernia Qureshi: I will marry when the time is right". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  20. ^ "Centre's stand sought on plea by Qureshi's daughter". The Hindu. 27 February 2019.
  21. ^ "Pernia Qureshi on building your own brand in the fashion industry". Lifestyle Asia India. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
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