Manoj Barpujari

Mohd. Hamid Ansari presenting the Swarna Kamal Award to Shri Manoj Barpujari, for Best Film Critics, at the 59th National Film Awards function, in New Delhi.

Manoj Barpujari, a journalist based in Guwahati, received the Swarna Kamal for the best film critic at the National Film Awards (2011). He is a member of three film critics associations in India – FIPRESCI, Film Critics Circle of India (FCCI), and Indian Film Critics Association (IFCA). Representing these societies, he served as juror at several international film festivals, including Port of Spain, Almaty,^[1] Dhaka, Kerala, Kolkata,^[2] Bengaluru, and Hyderabad.^[3] He conducted a workshop on film criticism at the University of West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad (2012), and presented documentaries from the North-East India at the media and communications department of Goldsmiths College, London (2008).

Citation for National Award for Best Film Critic[]

Swarna Kamal "For his understanding of the medium of cinema. His writings can be broadly classified into three areas: (1) Discussion on objective of cinema, (b) The craft of cinema, and (c) Cinema in North-East Indian and Assamese. Barpujari emphasis the significance of craft and promotion of constructive cinema, i.e., cinema which is not only entertainment. He has a social perspective with cinematic and creative sensibility".^[4]

Books[]

Manoj Barpujari has written/edited twelve books including three titles on cinema. He has several research papers on cinema to his credit and has written a chapter in the (London, 2013). His travelogue Touching the Trinity is widely acclaimed and has been featured in a column at The Guardian (Trinidad & Tobago) and reviewed in The Telegraph (India). He is an accomplished Assamese poet and won the (2003).

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External links[]

• FIPRESCI
• Film Critics Circle of India
• Cinematic Illusions