- Award-winning independent critic and journalist who has been covering art, culture, and entertainment for leading print and digital publications (The Hindu, HuffPost, The Sunday Guardian, The New Indian Express, The Hindu BusinessLline, FirstPost, The Quint, National Herald, The Patriot, ...
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- Award-winning independent critic and journalist who has been covering art, culture, and entertainment for leading print and digital publications (The Hindu, HuffPost, The Sunday Guardian, The New Indian Express, The Hindu BusinessLline, FirstPost, The Quint, National Herald, The Patriot, Newslaundry, Frontier Weekly, Dear Cinema, etc.) since 2008
- Also associated with radio (All India Radio, Lotus FM, Singapore’s CNA938 Radio, etc.). and television (over 500 appearances on National Television including on leading channels like DD News, Aaj Tak, Times Now, CNN News18, NewsX, Mirror Now, NDTV 24/7, News18, ABP News, Republic Bharat, Zee News, India News, News18 Urdu, News Nation, India Ahead, TV9, Zee Hindustan, etc.) as a cultural critic and media expert for about a decade.
- Over 300 exclusive / tête-à-tête celebrity interviews published in leading publications such as The Hindu, The Sunday Guardian, The Quint, and Newslaundry, among others
- Was awarded the prestigious Shri Krishna Gopal Richhariya Memorial Journalism Award for the year 2020
- Curating film festivals and retrospectives (New Ibero-American Film Festival, João Moreira Salles Retrospective, Pier Paolo Pasolini Retrospective, Berlin City Film Festival, Federico Fellini Retrospective, Japanese Classic Cinema Festival, etc.) strategizing media and marketing campaigns for various Embassies and High Commissions pertaining to cultural events, moderating panel discussions, conducting one on one discussions, and presenting online as on-ground events.
- Part of the Netflix curation team (handpicked by Anupama Chopra of Film Companion) on the project TakeTen which involved selecting the best pitches for a 10 min short film from hundreds of entries received from all across the country.
- I have also translated the book 'Hindujas and Bollywood,' about the global journey of over 1200 Hindi films from 1950s to 1980s, into English.
- As a NET Qualified (Mass Communication and Journalism) professional, I have been frequently conducting lectures / sessions / workshops on media and cultural studies, digital filmmaking, screenwriting, print media, new media, film history, Indian cinema and culture, film journalism, blogging, etc. I have been regularly teaching various modules at International Institute of Mass Media (IIMM) [Affiliated to Singhania University, Rajasthan] in South Ex. I have also been conducting workshops / lectures at Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service, Delhi University, Amity University, IP University, Apeejay Institute of Mass Communication, Bennett University, etc.
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