{"id":21562,"date":"2024-08-15T16:19:08","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T23:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sequreservices.com\/omgdemos\/isaff2024\/?post_type=cpt_team&#038;p=21562"},"modified":"2025-07-23T18:39:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T01:39:28","slug":"manu-chopra","status":"publish","type":"cpt_team","link":"https:\/\/isaff.ca\/film-festival\/team\/manu-chopra\/","title":{"rendered":"Manu Chopra"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"21562\" class=\"elementor elementor-21562\" data-elementor-post-type=\"cpt_team\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10fff6ee e-flex e-con-boxed sc_inner_width_none sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"10fff6ee\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e43dbad sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e43dbad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>Accomplished screenwriter, producer with a successful movie, TV, Advertising and Radio career spanning Canada and Asia.<br \/>Co-wrote DR. CABBIE, starring Kunal Nayyar (Big Bang Theory) and Vinay Virmani (Breakaway), which broke the record for a box office opening and became Canada\u2019s second highest grossing movie that year.<br \/>Associate Producer and Executive Creative Consultant on LITTLE ITALY starring Hayden Christensen and Emma Roberts.<br \/>Creative Consultant on Good Karma Productions\u2019 digital series BAGS 2 RICHES which profiled Canadian immigrant success stories.<br \/>Highly successful advertising career with several years at top 10 global advertising agency GREY WORLDWIDE, Mumbai as Executive Creative Director, Grey Indonesia.<br \/>Head Writer with Asia\u2019s premier music channel, CHANNEL [V]. Conceptualized and wrote some of its most successful shows including the first ever first Channel [V] Music Awards featuring Led Zeppelin, Bryan Adams, Roger Taylor of Queen and several international and Bollywood celebrities. 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