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Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy pays gushing tribute to Oprah Winfrey after warm meet-up

Pakistani filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy met American host Oprah Winfrey

Riba Jawaid

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy pays gushing tribute to Oprah Winfrey after warm meet-up

Pakistani filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy met American host Oprah Winfrey

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy pays gushing tribute to Oprah Winfrey after warm meet-up
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy pays gushing tribute to Oprah Winfrey after warm meet-up

Two talented ladies in one frame!

The Pakistani filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy shared her experience of meeting the American talk show host Oprah Winfrey in a gushing tribute.

Chinoy, who is no stranger in the world of performing arts and known for being the master mind behind a few mind blowing projects penned a sweet note for the 69-year-old host of The Oprah Winfrey Show.

Taking to Instagram on Thursday, the award-winning director wrote, “When I was a teenager and just starting out in journalism I watched a lot of @oprah shows...I observed how kind she was on screen, how she framed her questions & the way she disarmed her interviewees. So much of my early training came from those talk shows....So this conversation was special.”

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy pays gushing tribute to Oprah Winfrey after warm meet-up

Chinoy’s documentary Saving Face, which was released in 2012 was the first ever Pakistani film to win an Oscar.

Saving Face offers a look into the lives of acid violence survivors. Currently, the 44-year-old director is confirmed to be involved in upcoming Star Wars project, which is said to be in the initial stage of scripting.

The movie is set after the events of The Rise of Skywalker, it will follow Daisy Ridley as Rey, who works to establish a new Jedi Order. 

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