Indian film critic
Shubhra Gupta is an Indianfilm critic who writes forThe Indian Express .[ 1] She received theRamnath Goenka Award for Best Writing on Cinema in 2012.[ 2] She was a member of theCentral Board of Film Certification from 2012 to 2015. She is the author of50 Films That Changed Bollywood, 1995–2015 .[ 3]
Gupta began reviewing films in addition to her work as a journalist in the early 1990s.[ 4] After more than twenty years as a film critic, she wrote the book50 Films That Changed Bollywood, 1995-2015 about the development of the film industry in India.[ 4] [ 5]
In 2011, she was appointed to theCentral Board of Film Certification for a three-year term.[ 6]
She curates and conductsThe Indian Express Film Club , in Delhi and Mumbai. The screening is followed by animated discussion, which she moderates. She is a frequent traveller tofilm festivals in Europe and has served on national and international juries.[ 7]
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