Her second feature film Happi, was described as an “exquisite black-and-white homage to the great Charlie Chaplin - India’s only genuine tribute to the genius of Charlie Chaplin” Her next film Heidi (starring Bill Nighy, Mark Williams, Helen Baxendale) is US$30 million modern-day adaptation of the beloved children's film and has been picked by a major US studio for release around the world in 2021.
Bhavna Talwar started her career as a journalist at Asian Age, covering film, theatre, fashion, and later worked for over eight years as an assistant director with an advertising film company.
[2] She was nominated as agency producer for the "Rain - Reebok" commercial at the Cannes Ad Fest.
[4] Talwar caused a controversy by claiming that Dharm]] should have been selected as India's official Foreign Language Film submission for the 80th Academy Awards, but was rejected in favour of Eklavya: The Royal Guard because of the personal connections of the latter film's director and producer.
She filed a complaint in the Bombay High Court in which she accused the Indian selection committee of bias, but later dropped it because the Foreign Language Film submission deadline had already passed.