Dr Rashmi Doraiswamy is a

National Film Award The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directora ...

winning

film critic Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films and the film medium. In general, film criticism can be divided into two categories: journalistic criticism that appears regularly in newspapers, magazines and other popular mass-media outl ...

. She received her M. Phil from the Centre for Russian Studies,

Jawaharlal Nehru University Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is a public major research university located in New Delhi, India. It was established in 1969 and named after Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister. The university is known for leading faculties and r ...

(Delhi, India) for her dissertation, 'A Critique of

Mikhail Bakhtin Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin ( ; rus, Михаи́л Миха́йлович Бахти́н, , mʲɪxɐˈil mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪdʑ bɐxˈtʲin; – 7 March 1975) was a Russian philosopher, literary critic and scholar who worked on literary theo ...

’s Theory of Literature in the Context of Contemporary Theories of Literature and the Formalist School of the 20s'. She is currently Professor (Central Asia) at the Academy of International Studies,

Jamia Millia Islamia Jamia Millia Islamia () is a central university located in New Delhi, India. Originally established at Aligarh, United Provinces (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India) during the British Raj in 1920, it moved to its current location in Okhla in ...

Books

*Co-editor - Being and Becoming: The Cinemas of Asia (

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, 2002). *Co-author -

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of Postcolonial Literatures in English (Chapter: ‘Film and Literature (India)’;

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, 2005) *Co-author - Image and Imagination: Reconstructing the Nation, in ‘India: A National Culture (

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, 2003) *Co-author - Hindi Commercial Cinema: Changing Narrative Strategies in Frames of Mind: Reflections on Indian Cinema (ed. Aruna Vasudev),

UBS Publication, 1995 UBS Group AG is a multinational Investment banking, investment bank and financial services company founded and based in Switzerland. Co-headquartered in the cities of Zürich and Basel, it maintains a presence in all major financial centres ...

*Co-author - Idiocy and Civilisation: A Study of

Dostoevsky Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (, ; rus, Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский, Fyódor Mikháylovich Dostoyévskiy, p=ˈfʲɵdər mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪdʑ dəstɐˈjefskʲɪj, a=ru-Dostoevsky.ogg, links=yes; 11 November 18219 ...

’s The Idiot in The Russian Enigma (ed. Madhavan Palat and Geeti Sen, UBS Publications, 1994) *Author - The Post-Soviet Condition: Chingiz Aitmatov in the ’90s ( Aakar, 2005).

Translations (Russian To English)

*Piranesi,

Sergei Eisenstein Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (russian: Сергей Михайлович Эйзенштейн, p=sʲɪrˈɡʲej mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ ɪjzʲɪnˈʂtʲejn, 2=Sergey Mikhaylovich Eyzenshteyn; 11 February 1948) was a Soviet film director, scre ...

, Excerpts from his book ‘Non-Indifferent Nature’, Cinemaya 2, 1989 *Distanced Montage/A Theory of Distance, Artavazd Peleshyan, Cinemaya 3, 1989 *Ishmukhamedov’s Shok, Djhura Teshabaev,

Cinemaya ''Cinemaya'' (a blend of ''cinema'' and ''maya'' (illusion)) is a film magazine established in 1988 devoted exclusively to coverage of Asian film. It is published in New Delhi, India and distributed internationally. The present editor-in-chief o ...

8, 1990 *Landmarks in Tadjik cinema, Ato Akhrorov, Cinemaya 13, 1991 *Trying Times: Women Directors in the Asian Republics,

Andrei Plakhov Andrei Stepanovich Plakhov (russian: Андрей Степанович Плахов) (born 14 September 1950) is a Russian film critic and historian of cinema, columnist for ''Kommersant'' newspaper. Honorary President of the International Federati ...

, Cinemaya 27, 1995 *Lessons from the East, Andrei Plakhov, Cinemaya 41,1998 *Women behind the camera in Kazakh Cinema, Cinemaya 42, 1998 *Evgeny Margolit, ‘Cinemas of Central Asia’, in Being and Becoming, Macmillan, New Delhi, 2002 *L Trotsky’s Theory of Imperialism and the Universal Crisis of Capitalism, V Serebryakov

Awards and accolades

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research fellowship for project entitled ‘Changing Narrative Strategies of hindi Cinema’. *Certificate of Appreciation by Tadjik Filmmakers’ Union, for the active promotion of Tajik cinema. *National Film Award for Best Film Critic

Jury duty

*Selection committee member, Foreign films - IFFI-2005 *Selection committee member - Talent Campus India (part of

Berlin Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festi ...

/Cinefan scout for young filmmakers from India) *Member, Feature Film Jury - National Film Awards *Member, Book Jury - National Film Awards *Member, 54th National Film Awards *Member, FIPRESCI Jury - Sochi International Film Festival *Member - Kinotavr Open Russian Film Festival *Member - National Film Awards for Non-Feature Films *FIPRESCI Jury -

Toronto International Film Festival The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF, often stylized as tiff) is one of the largest publicly attended film festivals in the world, attracting over 480,000 people annually. Since its founding in 1976, TIFF has grown to become a perman ...

*NETPAC Jury - Taiwan International Documentary Festival *Member of the jury -

Mumbai International Film Festival The Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Short and Animation Films (MIFF) is a festival organized in the city of Mumbai (formerly Bombay) by the Films Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. It ...

*Member of the jury - Mannheim International Film Festival

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