Bhawana Somaaya has been a film critic for 50 years and has written for a galaxy of Indian publications.
She is the former editor of Screen and has authored
several books on cinema, including biographies of Hema Malini and Amitabh Bachchan.
Several of her books are taught to students of cinema in India.
She has served on the advisory panel of the Indian Central Board of Film Certification and the governing council of Film and Television Institute of India.
Somaaya is a classical dancer, a broadcaster, a podcaster, and an author.
Her books cover mainly cinema but also mythology- Krishna: The God who lived as Man and Keshava: A Magnificent Obsession.
She has translated Honourable Prime Minister ‘s Gujarati books into English/ Letters to Mother and Letters to Self.
Farewell Karachi her 20th book is a family memoir.
She was conferred with Padma Shri in 2017, an honorary doctorate by Jagran Lakecity University in 2021; and the Kanak Nartan
Puraskaar from Nalanda Nrityakala Mahavidyalay in 2022. READ MORE
