Bollywood Home » Bollywood Screenwriters » Sabrina Dhawan Sabrina Dhawan is one of the most sensible and contemporary screenwriters in Bollywood. The screenwriter was born in England on March 24, 1969. Married to Steve Cohen who is also a writer and famous for his film "The Bachelor". Sabrina Dhawan is not only an Indian screenwriter, she is a professor in Tisch School of the Arts in New York University. The school falls under the Department of Dramatic Writing.

Her career started in a medical school but she never liked to visit the medical school. She used to visit movie halls during her class timings. Later on she graduated in Literature and completed her Master degree in Mass Communication. She started working with Newstrack and thereafter also worked with one of the biggest advertising agencies Lintas in Mumbai.

Sabrina Dhawan became famous overnight in India with the release of Monsoon Wedding. Directed by Mira Nair, this film attracted a huge number of viewers. She is the writer for the series of films on 9.11.01. This series was also directed by Mira Nair. Her 9.11.01 series included short films like:

• aka 11 septembre 2001 (Iran: Farsi title)
• aka 11'09''01 - September 11 (France)
• aka 11'09''01: Onze minutes, neuf secondes, un cadre (France)
• aka Eleven Minutes, Nine Seconds, One Image: September 11 (International: English title)
• aka September 11 (USA)

Sabrina Dhawan was honored by a number of awards. Saanja-As Night Falls won her the award at the Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films. The film was awarded as Best of the Festival Award. This film also was awarded the Audience award at Angelus Award ceremony. Polo Ralph Lauren New Works Festival in 2000 honored her with the most original film award.

She also played a small role in Monsoon Wedding. Her film Monsoon Wedding got very good acclamations in the Venice Film Festival. She is already being noticed by several Hollywood directors.

Sabrina Dhawan's talent of combining small stories into a logical story is appreciated throughout the world.

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