Mayank Shekhar is an Indian film critic, journalist and author. He has been a film critic and a national cultural editor with ''

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''. He previously worked under ''

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'' and '' MiD DAY''. He also used to write a blog, ''Fad For Thought'', at the ''

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'' Currently, his reviews appear on his websit
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and also at the '' Dainik Bhaskar'' in different languages. He currently is the editorial head of Mid-Day entertainment.

Early life and education

Shekhar completed his schooling from

Delhi Public School, R. K. Puram Delhi Public School, R. K. Puram (often referred to as ''DPS R. K. Puram'' or ''RKP'') is a co-educational day and private boarding school educating pupils from 6th to 12th grade, located in the South Delhi district of New Delhi, India. It w ...

, Delhi in 1998 and thereafter graduated in Economics from St. Stephen's College, Delhi, in 2001 and moved to Mumbai thereafter. He currently resides at

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Career

Shekhar moved to Mumbai after his studies and started his career as film journalist, eventually he came to head the features team at ''

'' for two years and was also part of the '' Mid-Day'' features team for four years. In 2006, ''Bombay Talkies'', a book authored by Shekhar was published by Frog Books. The book is a compilation of film reviews written by Shekhar from 2004 to 2005. In a review,

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wrote that the book "qualifies more as his hekhar'spersonal portfolio or his extended resume." Shekhar is a member of the

Central Board of Film Certification The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) is a statutory film-certification body in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Government of India. It is tasked with "regulating the public exhibition of films under the provision ...

. In 2004, he was one of 21 recipients of the 5th "Young Achievers Awards" by the Indo-American Film Society for his work as a film critic. In 2007 he was awarded with the Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism. He currently runs a cinema website calle
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He has authored a bestselling book, ''Name Place Animal Thing''.

Bibliography

*''Bombay Talkies'',

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(IND), 2006. *''Name Place Animal Thing'', 2016

References

https://www.amazon.in/Place-Animal-Thing-Mayank-Shekhar/dp/8175993154

External links

Mayank Shekhar
at ''

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