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UDITA
JHUNJHUNWALA
JOURNALIST, AUTHOR, FILM CRITIC, CURATOR, COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANT
ABOUT ME
My experience in media and communications ranges over three decades. I have worked with top-line organisations such as MTV, Mid-Day, Hindustan Times and BBC Radio.
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My articles and opinions on cinema, lifestyle and travel have appeared in leading Indian and international publications, websites and radio shows.
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When I am not in a movie screening or interviewing a Bollywood star, I enjoy reading, music, dance and travel.
FEATURED ARTICLES
REVIEW
‘Madame Web’ review: The future is bleak
This clairvoyant superhero origin story starring Dakota Johnson is a failure in just about every way. Yet another superhero (albeit a small-time one) and yet another origin story. This time we follow Cassandra ‘Cassie’ Webb (what an unimaginative last name) as she discovers her superpower and purpose in the world.
INTERVIEW
Kiran Rao on ‘Laapataa Ladies’: ‘Comedy disarms and charms you, as opposed to talking down to you’
Back in the director’s chair after ‘Dhobi Ghat’ (2010), Kiran Rao is raring to go.
Fourteen years after her feature debut Dhobi Ghat, Kiran Rao is back with Laapataa Ladies. The delightful satire about the coming of age of two young brides who accidentally get swapped on an Indian train is based on a story by Biplab Goswami.
FEATURE
What Surily Goel Did Next
At 22, designer Surily Goel had marriage and kids in mind, but life had different plans—two decades later, she continues to build the “Surily Original”.
Surily Goel has taken what began as a whim, an excuse to go abroad to study, without any game plan or ambition, into a successful fashion label. Since she launched her eponymous label in 2003, tassels, sequins, shells, mirrors, vibrant colours, lace, geometric patterns and flowing fabrics have defined a ‘Surily’ original.