Anil Zankar

Career

Anil Zankar is a recipient of two national awards, one for a film script and the other for a book on cinema and a visiting faculty of humanities and social sciences at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune. He has 35 years of experience in filmmaking, teaching and writing. He is an alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII, Pune). He has made 21 short films on social issues and institutions, biopics and corporate themes. He is a historian of cinema. Actually, he has attended seminars on international cinema, has presented papers at international conferences (Poland, 2006; Japan, 2014) and has been invited as a visiting scholar by Indian Institute of Advanced Studies (Shimla, 2014). 2] 4] Anil Zankar has taught at the department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IISER Pune since 2017.

Editor

*'' Lights Camera Action (magazine), Lights Camera Action'' published in collaboration with

BFI The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery to encourage film production, ...

, UK.

Writer

Mughal-e-Azam ''Mughal-e-Azam'' () is a 1960 Indian epic historical drama film produced and directed by K. Asif. Starring Prithviraj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar, Madhubala, and Durga Khote, it follows the love affair between Mughal Prince Salim (who went on ...

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(author) *

Routledge Handbook Of Indian Cinema Routledge () is a British multinational corporation, multinational publisher. It was founded in 1836 by George Routledge, and specialises in providing academic books, academic journals, journals and online resources in the fields of the humaniti ...

(co-author) * Britannica -

Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema The ''Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema'' is a 2003 film encyclopedia and criticism book that was edited by Gulzar, Saibal Chatterjee, and Govind Nihalani, detailing the history of Bollywood from silent era to sound era. The book was contributed by t ...

(co-author) * Cinemachi Goshta

Speaker at Conferences

Goa Arts and Literature Festival The Goa Arts and Literature Festival (GALF) is an annual literary festival which takes place in the Indian coastal state of Goa, each December. It was founded in 2010. The International Centre, Goa (ICG) serves as the main venue of the festiva ...

*Taj Literature Festival (Agra) * Pune International Literary Festival

Actor

He has played cameos in two recent productions, Dr. Kamath in ''

Mission Mangal ''Mission Mangal'' (English: "Mission Mars") is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Jagan Shakti and produced by Cape of Good Films, Hope Productions, Fox Star Studios, Aruna Bhatia and Anil Naidu. Loosely based on the life of s ...

'' and as Sitaram Yechuri in ''Accidental Prime Minister''.

Jury member

FCCI Award for Best Indian Film, at the All Lights India International Film Festival

References

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