Pernia Qureshi


Pernia Qureshi is an Indian stylist, fashion entrepreneur and classical dancer. She is married to Sahil Gilani

Life and career

Qureshi was born in Lahore, Pakistan to an Indian father from Rampur, Moin Akhtar Qureshi, and a Pakistani mother. She trained as a Kuchipudi dancer, under the dance couple Raja-Radha Reddy. She has performed across India, with performances of Sufi music by Abida Parveen, and dance transliteration of the Urdu poems of Minu Bakshi.
Pernia has worked as a stylist for Harper's Bazaar, Elle and Conde Nast; and designed costumes for the Bollywood film Aisha.
Pernia played a courtesan in Muzaffar Ali's drama film set in pre-independence India, Jaanisaar, opposite Imran Abbas Naqvi. The movie was released on 7 August 2015.

Personal life

In 2011, Qureshi married Arjun Prasad, a London-based, ethnic-Indian accountant. The couple divorced in 2012.

Website

She launched an e-commerce website, Pernia's Pop-Up Shop, in 2012. The site offers India's premier designers to a global clientele. Her e-commerce venture was created by Digital Impressions based in Delhi NCR, India. Pernia's Pop-Up Shop was acquired by Purple Style Labs in 2019

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