Aniruddha Basu is the co founder and Executive Editor of DearCinema.com. An avid movie buff he worships Swedish master Ingmar Bergman and great Russian FilmmakerAndre Tarkovsky. He holds a masters degree in Mass Communication from MCRC, Jamia and a B. A. in English Literature from Delhi University. He works as a business correspondent with an International Newswire agency in Mumbai and dedicates rest of his time to his passions cinema and DearCinema.com.

God save the horror genre!!, writes Aniruddha Basu after watching Ram Gopal Varma's Phoonk As the saying goes, its difficult to make an effective comedy. Its even more difficult to make a effective horror film. ... Aug 25th, 2008 • More on: Film Review, Highlights, featured

Aniruddha Basu reviews Christopher Nolan's widely anticipated The Dark Knight Christopher Nolan's widely anticipated follow-up to Batman Begins is also an original story. Only this time, instead of the caped crusader, its ... Jul 19th, 2008 • More on: Film Review, Hollywood, Movies, featured

Go and watch this movie. You will be surprised at how good it is, writes Aniruddha Basu Manoj Night Shyamalan is back. After two back to back disappointments with The Village and the ... Jun 14th, 2008 • More on: Film Review, Highlights, Hollywood, Movies, featured

Aniruddha Basu reviews Rajeev Khandelwal's debut film Aamir (2008) Aamir is the latest entry from Bollywood's parallel lane, one that draws inspiration from foreign art house hits and repackages them for our new breed of discerning desi audience. ... Jun 7th, 2008 • More on: Bollywood, Film Review, Highlights, Movies, featured

Aniruddha Basu reviews Christopher Nolan's third feature film Insomnia In the sleepy town of Nightmute in Alaska, the Sun never sets. For legendary L.A.P.D detective Will Dormer bought into this remote city to ... Jun 2nd, 2008 • More on: Film Review, Highlights, Hollywood, Movies, featured

Sirf almost had a philosophical effect on me. I started wondering why are such films made? writes Aniruddha Basu The price for getting impressive films like Life in a Metro is that viewers will inevitably be given ultra-mediocre rip-offs. ... Apr 26th, 2008 • More on: Bollywood, Film Review, Highlights, Movies, featured

Aniruddha Basu reviews Emmanuel Carrère's 2005 film La Moustache “Do you think I should shave off my moustache”? Middle aged (and much moustached) architect Marc Thiriez (Vincent Landon) asks his younger better half Agnes, ... Apr 15th, 2008 • More on: Film Review, Highlights, Movies, featured

Aniruddha Basu reviews Italian master Michelangelo Antonioni's 1975 film Professione: reporter or The Passenger In his best works, Michaelangelo Antonioni has obsessively dealt with the notion of a mystery without an outcome. L’Avventura (The adventure) and Blow-Up both ... Mar 5th, 2008 • More on: Film Review, Highlights, Movies, World Cinema, featured