Bhawana Somaaya

Bhawana Somaaya
Bhawana Somaaya in 2000
Occupation(s)film critic, film historian,
Editor Screen (2000–2007)
Years active1978–present
Websitewww.bhawanasomaaya.com

Bhawana Somaaya[1] is an Indian film journalist, critic, author and historian. She has been honoured with the Padma Shri in the year 2017 by the President of India Pranab Mukherjee.[2] Starting her career as film reporter in 1978, she went to work with several film magazines, through the 1980s and 1990s. Eventually, she remained editor of Screen, a leading film magazine, from 2000 to 2007. She has written over 13 books on history of Hindi cinema and biographies of Bollywood stars, including Salaam Bollywood (2000), The Story So Far (2003) and her trilogy, Amitabh Bachchan – The Legend (1999), Bachchanalia – The Films And Memorabilia of Amitabh Bachchan (2009) and Amitabh Lexicon (2011).[3][4]

  1. ^ Her name is often misspelled as Bhavana Somaiya or Bhavana Somaya.
  2. ^ IANS (28 January 2017). "Humbled, honoured to receive Padma Shri: Bhawana Somaaya". Business Standard.
  3. ^ "March of the botox brigade". The Tribune (Chandigarh). 23 July 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
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