Aneesa Chaudhari's Profile

• Aneesa being daughter of Sarod Maestro Dr. Ali Akbar Khan belongs to "Maihar" Gharana and has always been passionately involved for the cause of Indian Classical Music.
• Aneesa was initiated into classical music right from her birth through her father Dr. Ali Akbar Khan and mother [veteran vocalist] late Smt. Rajdulari Devi and grandfather,the legendary Acharya Baba Allaudin Khan,exponent of the 'SENIA RABABIYA' gharana founded in sixteenth century by MIAN TANSEN,court musician to the Empereor Akbar.Aneesa has learnt vocal singing by her illustrious parents.
• Aneesa alongwith her husband Rajeev Chaudhari [senior film trade analyst] gave birth to AVANTI ARTS on 3rd February,1999.
• AVANTI ARTS has been working for the cause of handicapped and needy children.

Rajeev Chaudhari's Profile             view Rajeev's CV

• Right from his beginnings as a film trade journalist, Rajeev Chaudhari has a passionate, multifaceted involvement with Bollywood and the audio-visual world of entertainment- television and cinema.
• His career in writing (film trade journalism - ' FILM INFORMATION') led, almost naturally, to the business of publicity and PR for various well known production banners and film personalities including Dev Anand, Bhappi Soni, Garware's, Rajshri Productions and many others. This phase of what Rajeev calls 'his hands on learning' with superior minds plus his own desire to excel is what has shaped one of Bollywood's youngest and fastest writer/director/producers.
• All of Rajeev's projects, to date, carry his unmistakable, personal signature on the concept, script, production and direction. His team, which includes wife Aneesa boasts creative and enthusiastic members who share his passion, energy and dedication and have, in a span of ten years, delivered a steady stream of immensely popular projects to various local, national as well as international screens-in the theatre as well as on television. They have now successfully diversified into event management business all over.
• Rajeev Chaudhari's professional links with Bollywood go back to his salad days as a popular journalist with "Film Information". His avid interest in show biz landed him a career as a much-pursued publicist for O.P.Ralhan,Rajshri Productions, Navketan, Bhappie Soni, Garware, Kenwood, NEPC and a host of thriving production corporations. And again, it was this same involved pursuit of every bit of celluloid that found Rajeev serving as secretary of IMPPA, followed by another, similar term at the FMC.
• The next step, naturally, was independent production, Rajeev Produced & Directed a Bollywood movie thriller 'Gunaah', and set up his own production house "Rajeev Choudhari Creations". A string of television serials followed 'Filmi Baatein' (ZEE), 'Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar' (DD/Plus), 'Shop-n-Sing' (NEPC/IN), 'Bollywood to Ajman' (Ajman TV - Uae), 'Bollywood News' (TV Asia - UK), 'Around the World' (In-Mumbai).
• Currently Rajeev is working on his new Indo-U.S venture tittled, Jehaad - THE INNER STORM (English & Hindi) being written produced and directed by Rajeev Chaudhari. It will be shot in India & America.