Pernia Qureshi

Pernia Qureshi

Qureshi at Lakme Fashion Week 2016 - Day 3
Born Pernia Moin Qureshi
Swat, Gilgit-Baltistan, India/ Pakistan[1]
Residence Mumbai, India
Nationality Indian
Occupation Entrepreneur, actress, stylist
Website perniaspopupshop.com

Pernia Moin Qureshi is an Indian fashion entrepreneur.[2] She has worked as a stylist with Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, and Conde Nast in New York and New Delhi.[3] She has also ventured into designing costumes for Bollywood stars, namely the film Aisha (2010).[4] She created and launched Pernia’s Pop-Up Shop, India’s first true fashion website that showcases over a 100 designers, and is available to the global clientele.[5] Her book, Be Stylish with Pernia Qureshi, was published by Random House Publishers in 2013.[6]

Early days

Pernia is a formally trained Kuchipudi dancer, under the renowned dance couple Raja-Radha Reddy.[7] 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.[8]

Acting career

Pernia incorporates her talent into the courtesan she plays in Muzaffar Ali's periodical drama film Jaanisaar opposite Imran Abbas Naqvi, [9] a period drama set in pre-Independence India,[10] as a courtesan.[11] The movie was released in August 7, 2015.[10]

Filmography

Personal life

Qureshi was born in Swat, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan[1] to an Indian father hailing from Rampur, Moin Qureshi, and Pakistani mother, Nasreen Qureshi.[2][12][13] Moin Qureshi is a leading meat exporter based in India, and has recently been on the run from the Indian Department of Income Tax for allegedly indulging in Hawala transactions and amassing black money.[14][15]

She tied the knot with UK-based banker, Arjun Prasad, a close relative of junior Cabinet Minister Jitin Prasada[16] in 2011, and they moved into an apartment in Lodhi Gardens, paid for by the bride's father. In less than a year, the couple split.[17] She is currently single.

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
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  3. ↑ "Stylist-entrepreneur Pernia Qureshi talks about her inspiring fashion career and new book on style". DNA India. Retrieved 25 Feb 2015.
  4. ↑ "Style File". Style File. Retrieved 26 Feb 2015.
  5. ↑ "Pernia's Pop Up Shop Goes Pink". Elle India. Retrieved 26 Feb 2015.
  6. ↑ "Pernia steps it up HOT!". ACTFAQ's. Retrieved 26 Feb 2015.
  7. ↑ "Bright Young Thing". India Today. Retrieved 26 Feb 2015.
  8. ↑ "Pernia Qureshi and Imran Abbas Khan in Jaanisaar". Times Of India. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  9. ↑ "Imran Abbas is the life of 'Jaanisaar'". Indian Express. Retrieved 26 Feb 2015.
  10. 1 2 "First look of Pernia Qureshi and Imran Abbas Naqvi starrer Jaanisaar revealed!". Bollywood Life. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  11. ↑ "'Jaanisaar': Check Pernia Qureshi's royal avatar". India Glitz. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
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  14. ↑ http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/i-t-case-against-moin-qureshi-among-the-biggest-under-new-black-money-act-3085266/
  15. ↑ http://www.hardnewsmedia.com/2014/05/6308
  16. ↑ http://www.hardnewsmedia.com/2014/05/6308
  17. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Pernia-Qureshi-I-will-marry-when-the-time-is-right/articleshow/48388785.cms
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