Bikas Mishra

Bikas is editor of DearCinema. A post graduate in Mass Communication from MCRC, Jamia, he also serves in the selection committee of the International Film Festival of Mumbai and writes on world cinema for various publications. He is a member of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI), India Chapter.

Jugu Abraham

Jugu Abraham is a senior film critic. He has reviewed films for the leading English daily, The Hindustan Times for seven years. He has also interviewed people like Miklos Jansco, Zoltan Fabri, Roman Polanski,, Lindsay Anderson, Peter Brooks, Istvan Gaal, Margarethe von Trotta, Nagisa Oshima and Shohei Imamura among others.

Aniruddha Basu

Co founder of DearCinema.com. A financial journalist by professional, an avid movie buff at heart.

Ankur Agarwal

A gold medalist in electrical engineering, Ankur Agarwal currently works as an editor for books in the areas of social sciences, history and business. He believes that a movie review isn’t a plotline to intrigue the reader, but the expression of a connection that on one level exists only between the one who viewed the film and the one who made the film, yet on the other level brings up similar or dissimilar thoughts in the minds of others and thus impels and exhorts them to think and maybe even view the film. Ankur loves playing a game of schapfkopf, loves to travel to dusty, old, sooty, camphory temples or staid churches in ignored corners of India, where preferably the sunlight filters in through and not streams in, and tries to make his life much more simpler, unknottier, and leisurely. His favorite film director is David Lean, and George Cukor gives him a very healthy competition.

Rituparna Chatterjee

Independent journalist, writer and photographer Rituparna Chatterjee writes for several international publications. Chronically obsessed with world cinema, she is trying to masquerade as a marketing analyst to fund her compulsive addiction. Rituparna is currently based in San Jose, California and regularly reviews films for South Asian publications.

Tom Elce

Whenever he’s not watching movies he’s either writing about them or continuing his training in agriculture-related industries. He loves watching films from all around the globe and loves discussing them too. A compulsive cinephile, forever occupying a cinema seat or buying a film on DVD. He lives in Nottinghamshire, England.

Yasser Usman

An avid movie buff, bollywood quizzer and a media professional, Yasser watches ALL the new releases. He has worked with Hindi news channel IBN 7 as a producer and hosted bollywood show PREMIER 7 and a daily crime show. Currently he works with STAR NEWS, as a producer and directs special shows ranging from crime to investigative, news satires and docu-dramas… He wonders “why at every job of mine I am given a crime show to produce…still figuring out if I actually look like a criminal… :-)” He is a post graduate in Mass Communication from IIMC, New Delhi.

Devang Ghia

Devang, a chartered accountant by training, works for a mutual fund in Bombay(Mumbai). He is a self-confessed movie-buff and a critic, he hopes to catch the Oscar awards and the Cannes Fest live some day!

Khadeeja Arif

Khadeeja a Mass Communicatin and English Literature Post Graduate from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi works with BBC World Service.

Smirit Mudgal

Smriti is a journalist by profession and choice. She loves watching films and does make it a point to watch at least one a week.

Laalit Lobo

Laalit directs feature shows for an English news TV channel in India. He loves a good film, but agrees with Shahrukh Khan that “a film doesn’t change your life, it only changes your mood!”

Justin McGuire

Justin McGuire lives in Newburyport, works in Boston, and spends most of his time thinking about movies.

R J Mallika

RJ Mallika, award winning Radio Jocky works with Radio City, Delhi. She watches films from all over the world and loves writing about them.

Pranjal Medhi

A Video Journalist by profession and a film-buff. He writes a column for a Delhi based magazine and also contributes to various Assamese publications.

Vedavyasa Bhat

Vedavyasa’s passions include watching movies (obviously), Computers, Food and sleeping (!). Movies help him de-stress majorly and he just loves being transported to a different world and becoming a different person, even if it is for a couple of hours.