Shubhra Gupta is an Indian film critic, writer and columnist for ''

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, India. She received the

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for Best Writing on Cinema in 2012. She was a member of the

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from 2012 to 2015. She is the author of ''50 Films That Changed Bollywood, 1995-2015''.

Career

Gupta began reviewing films in addition to her work as a journalist in the early 1990s. After more than twenty years as a film critic, she wrote the book ''50 Films That Changed Bollywood, 1995-2015'' about the development of the film industry in India. In 2011, she was appointed to the

for a three-year term. She curates and conducts ''The Indian Express Film Club'', in Delhi and Mumbai. The screening is followed by animated discussion, which she moderates. She is a frequent traveller to

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and has served on national and international juries.

Books

* ''50 Films That Changed Bollywood, 1995-2015''

Awards

* 2012 Ramnath Goenka Award for the Best Writing on Film

References

External links

Shubhra Gupta on Rotten Tomatoes
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