Two renowned film critics from Assam—Pranjal Bora and Aparajita Pujari—have been selected as members of the India Chapter of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) as per reports.
Pranjal Borah is the joint secretary of the Jorhat-based Assam Film Society also teaches English at Sivasagar’s Dikhowmukh College and is actively associated with the film society movement in Assam.
Pranjal Bora is the recipient of the best film critic award presented by the Assam Government’s Directorate of Cultural Affairs in 2018 and also the Prag Cine award for best film critic in 2017.
Guwahati-based Aparajita Pujari is a film critic and also a poet and translator. Besides Aparajita is a regular contributor to FIPRESCI-India’s journal E-Cineindia. Her article titled , “Symptoms of Feminist Mystification in Indian Cinema” appeared in the book Crtitics of Indian Cinema published by FIPRESCI.
Founded in 1930 in Brussels , Belgium, the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world for “the promotion and development of film culture and for the safeguarding of professional interests. FIPRESCI headquartered in Munich in Germany.
Moreover in 1992 the India Chapter of FIPRESCI was founded by Chidananda Dasgupta, a renowned film critic, filmmaker, historian and a pioneer of the film society movement in India.
Besides this is not the first time Film Critics from Assam are selected , earlier, five other film critics from Assam —Bitopan Borborah, Manoj Barpujari, Parthajit Baruah, Utpal Dutta and Utpal Barpujari were selected as members of the prestigious organisation.
