Baradwaj Rangan

Baradwaj Rangan is a luminary amongst vociferous critics in the era of the digital. An attribute he has progressively retained through his prolific career that has spanned almost two decades. He is a recipient of the National Award (Swarna Kamal) for Best Film Critic in 2005. His writings on cinema, music, art, books, travel and humour have been published in The New York Times, The Hindu, The New Indian Express, The Caravan, Arts Illustrated, Open, Tehelka, Biblio, Outlook and The Cricket Monthly. He has served as a member of the jury at the National Film Awards, and as a member of the selection committee for international films at the Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. He teaches a course on cinema at the Asian College of Journalism, Chennai.