The Guild
The Film Critics Guild was formed in August 2018. Currently, it has 57 members who actively review films and series across media for print, digital platforms and radio. Our members are based out of 13 different cities, across India.
The Managing Committee
2024–2027
Anupama Chopra
The Hollywood Reporter India and Chairperson FCG
Anupama Chopra is a film critic, national award-winning book author and journalist. She is the editor of The Hollywood Reporter India, founder of Film Companion Studios and chairperson of the Film Critics Guild. She has covered cinema since 1993 in multiple mediums – print, television and digital. She has worked with India Today, NDTV 24x7, Star World. She has also written about cinema for various international publications including The New York Times and Sight and Sound. Anupama has authored several books, including King of Bollywood - Shah Rukh Khan and the Seductive World of Indian Cinema, which was featured on the Editor’s Choice list of the New York Times Sunday book review and translated into German, Indonesian and Polish. Anupama received an M.A. in journalism from Northwestern University.
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Anupama Chopra
here
Sucharita Tyagi
Independent Film Critic and Vice-Chairperson FCG
Sucharita Tyagi is a prominent Indian film critic who now splits her time between Mumbai and New York. With nearly 10 years of experience as a film critic, she is best known for her popular movie reviews on YouTube, where she has built a community of dedicated fans. Tyagi also has extensive experience in broadcast radio. Utilising her unique voice, she reviews and discusses South Asian pop culture with honesty and passion through a contemporary, feminist lens, breaking down complex issues in relatable ways.
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Sucharita Tyagi
here
Rohan Naahar
The Indian Express and Secretary FCG
Rohan Naahar is based out of New Delhi, India, and has been reviewing films and television shows for over a decade. He has written for the Hindustan Times and currently writes for the Indian Express.
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Rohan Naahar
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Bharathi Pradhan
Lehren.com and Treasurer FCG
Bharathi Pradhan is a Columnist, Critic & Author with over 50 years of experience. She currently reviews English & Hindi films for Lehren.com and is a Sunday columnist with The Telegraph.
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Bharathi Pradhan
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Anuj Kumar
The Hindu
Anuj Kumar has been a part of The Hindu since 2005 and has written extensively on Hindi film trends, conducted interviews, and contributed nostalgia pieces. He has contributed to Housefull (Om Books), a collection of short essays on films made during the Golden Age of Hindi cinema.
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Anuj Kumar
here
Arnab Banerjee
Indpendent Film Critic
Arnab Banerjee has been a film critic and journalist for over 20 years, and is currently contributing film reviews to The Asian Age and BBC Radio. Besides reviewing films, both Hollywood and Bollywood, he also writes on music, does book reviews and covers art.
Rahul Desai
The Hollywood Reporter India
A film critic and columnist, Rahul Desai writes for The Hollywood Reporter India and OTTPlay. In his spare time, he runs a weekly movie podcast called IIF.
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Rahul Desai
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Sachin Chatte
The Navhind Times Goa
Sachin Chatte is a film critic based in Goa and has been writing about cinema for close to 30 years. He has been reviewing films for The Navhind Times, Goa for 25 years and occasionally contributes to other publications.
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Sachin Chatte
here
Shomini Sen
Wion
Shomini is an entertainment journalist for WION with over 14 years of experience in film writing. She has previously worked with News18.com and Zeenews.com . She reviews and writes about Hindi, English and Bengali films.
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Shomini Sen
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Stutee Ghosh
Fever FM
Stutee Ghosh, a film critic with nearly a decade of experience, has transitioned smoothly across various mediums — radio, television, print & digital. She Heads Programming at Fever FM Mumbai .
Udita Jhunjhunwala
Mint, Scroll.in
Udita Jhunjhunwala has more than 25 years of experience as a film critic with national publications such as Mid-Day, Hindustan Times, Mint, Scroll.in. Her interviews, opinion pieces and industry insights have also appeared in moneycontrol.com, AFP, The Hindu, Vogue, Variety & Screen International.
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Udita Jhunjhunwala
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Members
Tanul Thakur
Outlook
Tanul Thakur is a National Award-winning film critic and an independent journalist. A film critic for The Wire, he’s written features and opinion pieces for The Caravan, Open, Fountain Ink, GQ, and Yahoo! India.
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Tanul Thakur
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Tatsam Mukherjee
The Wire
Tatsam Mukherjee has been working as a film journalist since 2016. Having contributed to the Indian Express, Mint Lounge, India Today, Open magazine, his byline has also appeared in foreign publications like Slate, Al Jazeera and Juggernaut. He is currently based in Bangalore.
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Tatsam Mukherjee
here
Uday Bhatia
Mint Lounge
Uday Bhatia is Film Editor with Mint Lounge in Mumbai. He was previously with Time Out Delhi and The Sunday Guardian. His work has appeared in GQ, The Caravan, Indian Quarterly and other publications.
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Uday Bhatia
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Upma Singh
Navbharat Times
Upma Singh is a journalist with 17 years of experience in the field of entertainment and feature journalism. She has worked with Amar Ujala and Dainik Bhaskar , leading national hindi newspapers before joining Navbharat Times. She is an assistant editor at Navbharat Times, Mumbai.
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Upma Singh
here
Vishal Menon
The Hollywood Reporter India
Vishal Menon is the Assoiciate Editor at The Hollywood Reporter, India. He was previously with Film Companion and The Hindu. He writes about Malayalam and Tamil Cinema.