Derek Bose (born 15 September 1956 in

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) is an

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and

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who specializes in

Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...

and other aspects of India's film industry. An alumnus of St Columba's, New Delhi, he has held senior editorial positions with India's premier news organisations, the ''Press Trust of India'' and the ''Indian Express''. His features have appeared in leading journals across the world, including ''Screen International'' (USA), ''Leicester Mercury'' (U.K.), ''Post Natal'' (South Africa), ''Khaleej Times'', ''Gulf News'' (UAE) and ''New Straits Times'' (Malaysia).

Works

Bose is the author of the following books on cinema: *''Bollywood Unplugged: Deconstructing Cinema in Black & White'' (Frog Books) *''Kishore Kumar: Method in Madness'' (

Rupa & Co Rupa Publications is an Indian publishing company based in New Delhi, with sales centres in Kolkata, Allahabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Mumbai, Jaipur, Hyderabad and Kathmandu. Genesis Rupa Publications was founded in 1936 by D. Mehra and R. K. Me ...

), a coffee-table book published for the Bollywood icon's birthday *''Bollywood Uncensored: What You Don’t See on Screen and Why'' (Rupa & Co), focusing on the censoring of Bollywood films *''Everybody Wants a Hit: 10 Mantras of Success in Bollywood Cinema'' (Jaico) *''Sameer: A Way With Words'' (Gayatri Publications), a coffee-table book focusing on one of Bollywood's premier lyricists. *''Brand Bollywood: A New Global Entertainment Order'' (Sage), which focused on the media convergence surrounding Bollywood and the revenue generation that is still developing, together with what is required to move forward.

Awards

In 2007, he was awarded the Rastriya Ratna as the best Indian film journalist of the year.

References

1956 births Living people Indian film critics Writers from Kolkata St. Columba's School, Delhi alumni Indian male journalists Journalists from West Bengal {{India-journalist-stub