''Screen'' was an Indian weekly film magazine published by Indian Express Limited. Established in 1951, it was owned by

The Indian Express Group Indian Express Limited is an Indian news media publishing company. It publishes several widely circulated dailies, including ''The Indian Express'' and '' The Financial Express'' in English, the ''Loksatta'' in Marathi and the '' Jansatta'' in ...

. The magazine was acquired by

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in 2015 and subsequently ceased publication. The magazine's content focused on India's

Hindi film industry 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 ...

, a.k.a.

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 ...

, located mainly in

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. It also had an e-magazine version.

History

''Screen'' was first published on 26 September 1951 with Manorama Katju as its managing editor. She was succeeded in 1959 by S.S. Pillai who died in post in 1977. The magazine was founded by

B. K. Karanjia Burjor Khurshedji Karanjia (21 December 1919 – 25 June 2012) was an Indian film journalist and editor. He was the editor of ''Filmfare'' for 18 years, followed by ''Screen'' which he edited for 10 years. He also remained the chairman of the Nat ...

who was previously editor of '' Filmfare'', remained the editor of ''Screen'' for 10 years.

Udaya Tara Nayar Udaya Tara Nayar is a film journalist in India. Early life Udaya Tara Nayar was born in Trivandrum on 15 August 1947 as the fifth child of Shri S Ayyappan Pillai, Commissioner of Trivandrum Corporation, and Jebalabai. She had her initial schooli ...

, previously a staff writer for the magazine, was editor between 1988-1996 and 1998–2000. Film journalist, Bhawana Somaaya was the editor of the magazine from 2000 to 2007. In 2007, she was succeeded by Priyanka Sinha Jha, a former ''

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'' magazine and ''HT Style''/''Saturday'' editor.

Screen awards

''Screen'' organized and sponsored the Screen Awards for movies in Hindi cinema, established in 1995. It also sponsored Screen Gold Medal for excellence in direction at the Film and Television Institute of India, established in 1967. Star group continues to sponsor annual 'Star Screen' Awards.

References

External links

Screen magazine website

Screen, emagazine website
1951 establishments in Bombay State Hindi cinema English-language magazines published in India Indian Express Limited Film magazines published in India Weekly magazines published in India Magazines established in 1951 Mass media in Mumbai Magazines disestablished in 2015 2015 disestablishments in India {{India-media-stub

History

Screen awards

See also

References

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