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{{Short description|Indian film critic and writer}}
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| caption = Saibal Chatterjee, [[International Film Festival of India|IFFI]] ([[42nd International Film Festival of India|2011]])  
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'''Saibal Chatterjee''' is an Indian film critic, editor and documentary screenwriter.<ref name=":0" /> He was a columnist at ''[[BBC News]]'',<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://vat2015.cmsvatavaran.org/know-us/team/|title=Team &#124; CMS VATAVARAN|access-date=18 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818214840/http://vat2015.cmsvatavaran.org/know-us/team/|archive-date=18 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Business Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/author/search/keyword/saibal-chatterjee|title=Author - Saibal Chatterjee &#124; Business Standard|website=business-standard.com|access-date=18 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818214640/https://www.business-standard.com/author/search/keyword/saibal-chatterjee|archive-date=18 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Hindustan Times]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/topic/saibal-chatterjee|title=Saibal Chatterjee News: Saibal Chatterjee Latest News and Headlines Today &#124; Hindustan Times|website=hindustantimes.com/|access-date=19 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819010937/https://www.hindustantimes.com/topic/Saibal-Chatterjee|archive-date=19 August 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> and ''[[The Financial Express (India)|The Financial Express]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/author/saibal-chatterjee/|title=Saibal Chatterjee- Latest Articles, Blogs, News|date=1 April 2016|website=The Financial Express|access-date=18 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819010822/https://www.financialexpress.com/author/saibal-chatterjee/|archive-date=19 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> He has also written for ''[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]]'', ''[[The Times of India]]'', and ''[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/author/saibal-chatterjee/5316|title=Articles by Saibal Chatterjee|website=outlookindia.com/|access-date=18 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819010841/https://www.outlookindia.com/author/saibal-chatterjee/5316|archive-date=19 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In addition, he has served as the editor of ''TV World''; and a consultant to ''Zee Premiere''. He presently reviews films for ''[[NDTV]]''.<ref>https://www.ndtv.com/topic/saibal-chatterjee {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816185913/https://www.ndtv.com/topic/saibal-chatterjee |date=16 August 2018 }} NDTV</ref> He's a founder member of the [[Film Critics Circle of India]] (FCCI) and was a member of the editorial board of [[Encyclopædia Britannica|Encyclopædia Britannica's]] Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gulazāra |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books/about/Encyclopaedia_of_Hindi_Cinema.html?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&redir_esc=y |title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema |last2=Nihalani |first2=Govind |last3=Chatterjee |first3=Saibal |date=2003 |publisher=Popular Prakashan |isbn=978-81-7991-066-5 |language=en}}</ref> He has served on the team<ref name="auto"/> as well as jury of a variety of international film festivals. And was the festival director of the 2019 [[Pondicherry International Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/first-pondicherry-international-film-festival-in-sept-118071700468_1.html|title=First Pondicherry International Film Festival in Sept|agency=Press Trust of India|date=17 July 2018|via=Business Standard|access-date=18 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818214618/https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/first-pondicherry-international-film-festival-in-sept-118071700468_1.html|archive-date=18 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/english/2018/jul/18/pondicherry-international-film-festival-to-showcase-more-than-100-films-starts-september-26-1845136.html|title=Pondicherry International Film Festival to showcase more than 100 films; starts September 26|website=The New Indian Express|access-date=19 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901211156/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/english/2018/jul/18/pondicherry-international-film-festival-to-showcase-more-than-100-films-starts-september-26-1845136.html|archive-date=1 September 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>


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'''Saibal Chatterjee''' is an Indian film critic, editor and documentary screenwriter.<ref name=":0" /> He's a founder member of the [[Film Critics Circle of India]] (FCCI) and was a member of the editorial board of [[Encyclopædia Britannica|Encyclopædia Britannica's]] Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Gulazāra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC |title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema |last2=Nihalani |first2=Govind |last3=Chatterjee |first3=Saibal |date=2003 |publisher=Popular Prakashan |isbn=978-81-7991-066-5 |language=en}}</ref>
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He was a columnist at ''[[BBC News]]'',<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://vat2015.cmsvatavaran.org/know-us/team/|title=Team &#124; CMS VATAVARAN|access-date=18 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818214840/http://vat2015.cmsvatavaran.org/know-us/team/|archive-date=18 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Business Standard]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/author/search/keyword/saibal-chatterjee|title=Author - Saibal Chatterjee &#124; Business Standard|website=business-standard.com|access-date=18 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818214640/https://www.business-standard.com/author/search/keyword/saibal-chatterjee|archive-date=18 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Hindustan Times]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/topic/saibal-chatterjee|title=Saibal Chatterjee News: Saibal Chatterjee Latest News and Headlines Today &#124; Hindustan Times|website=hindustantimes.com/|access-date=19 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819010937/https://www.hindustantimes.com/topic/Saibal-Chatterjee|archive-date=19 August 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> and ''[[The Financial Express (India)|The Financial Express]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/author/saibal-chatterjee/|title=Saibal Chatterjee- Latest Articles, Blogs, News|date=1 April 2016|website=The Financial Express|access-date=18 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819010822/https://www.financialexpress.com/author/saibal-chatterjee/|archive-date=19 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> He has also written for ''[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]]'', ''[[The Times of India]]'', and ''[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/author/saibal-chatterjee/5316|title=Articles by Saibal Chatterjee|website=outlookindia.com/|access-date=18 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819010841/https://www.outlookindia.com/author/saibal-chatterjee/5316|archive-date=19 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In addition, he has served as the editor of ''TV World''; and a consultant to ''Zee Premiere''. He presently reviews films for ''[[NDTV]]''.<ref>https://www.ndtv.com/topic/saibal-chatterjee {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816185913/https://www.ndtv.com/topic/saibal-chatterjee |date=16 August 2018 }} NDTV</ref> He has served on the team<ref name="auto"/> as well as jury of a variety of international film festivals. He was the festival director of the 2019 [[Pondicherry International Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/first-pondicherry-international-film-festival-in-sept-118071700468_1.html|title=First Pondicherry International Film Festival in Sept|agency=Press Trust of India|date=17 July 2018|via=Business Standard|access-date=18 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818214618/https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/first-pondicherry-international-film-festival-in-sept-118071700468_1.html|archive-date=18 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/english/2018/jul/18/pondicherry-international-film-festival-to-showcase-more-than-100-films-starts-september-26-1845136.html|title=Pondicherry International Film Festival to showcase more than 100 films; starts September 26|website=The New Indian Express|date=18 July 2018 |access-date=19 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901211156/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/english/2018/jul/18/pondicherry-international-film-festival-to-showcase-more-than-100-films-starts-september-26-1845136.html|archive-date=1 September 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Chatterjee started his career as a journalist for ''The Telegraph, Kolkata's'' news desk in 1984 and worked there until he moved to New Delhi in 1990, joining ''The Times of India''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Team {{!}} Indian Film Institute |url=https://www.indianfilminstitute.org/team |access-date=2023-08-14 |website=IndianFilmInstitute |language=en}}</ref> He currently reviews film for ''NDTV'' and is the senior editorial consultant for the ''[[Financial Chronicle]]''.<ref name=":0" /> He was the founding member of Indian Film Institute and currently serves as its Vice Chairman.<ref name=":0" />
Chatterjee started his career as a journalist for ''The Telegraph, Kolkata's'' news desk in 1984 and worked there until he moved to New Delhi in 1990, joining ''The Times of India''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Team {{!}} Indian Film Institute |url=https://www.indianfilminstitute.org/team |access-date=2023-08-14 |website=IndianFilmInstitute |language=en}}</ref> He currently reviews film for ''NDTV''. He also is the senior editorial consultant for the ''[[Financial Chronicle]]''.<ref name=":0" /> He was the founding member of Indian Film Institute and currently serves as its Vice Chairman.<ref name=":0" />


Throughout his career, he has covered international film festivals such as [[Cannes Film Festival]], [[Toronto International Film Festival]].
Throughout his career, he has covered international film festivals such as [[Cannes Film Festival]], [[Toronto International Film Festival]].


==Books==
==Books==
*Author - Echoes & Eloquences: The Life And Cinema Of Gulzar<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3094731.Saibal_Chatterjee|title=Saibal Chatterjee|website=www.goodreads.com|access-date=18 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818214414/https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3094731.Saibal_Chatterjee|archive-date=18 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
*Author - Echoes & Eloquences: The Life And Cinema Of Gulzar
*Co-author - Hollywood Bollywood: The Politics of Crossover Films
*Co-author - Hollywood Bollywood: The Politics of Crossover Films
*Editor - [[Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema]]
*Editor - [[Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema]]
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*South Asian Short Film Festival<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sasff.online/jury-introduction/|title=Jury|work=sasff.online|accessdate=18 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818214716/http://www.sasff.online/jury-introduction/|archive-date=18 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
*South Asian Short Film Festival<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sasff.online/jury-introduction/|title=Jury|work=sasff.online|accessdate=18 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818214716/http://www.sasff.online/jury-introduction/|archive-date=18 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Film and Television Institute of India|Indian Film Institute]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indianfilminstitute.org/ifi-top-ten|title=IFI Top Ten-About|work=indianfilminstitute.org|accessdate=18 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819010931/https://www.indianfilminstitute.org/ifi-top-ten|archive-date=19 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Film and Television Institute of India|Indian Film Institute]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indianfilminstitute.org/ifi-top-ten|title=IFI Top Ten-About|work=indianfilminstitute.org|accessdate=18 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819010931/https://www.indianfilminstitute.org/ifi-top-ten|archive-date=19 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[IFFI]] Panorama<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thewire.in/film/40-member-panel-films-iffi-agnihotri|title=Forty-Member Panel to Curate Films for IFFI With Agnihotri As Convenor|work=|accessdate=18 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818214758/https://thewire.in/film/40-member-panel-films-iffi-agnihotri|archive-date=18 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[IFFI]] Panorama<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thewire.in/film/40-member-panel-films-iffi-agnihotri|title=Forty-Member Panel to Curate Films for IFFI With Agnihotri As Convenor|accessdate=18 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818214758/https://thewire.in/film/40-member-panel-films-iffi-agnihotri|archive-date=18 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
*Smile Foundation's Smile International Film Festival for Children and Youth<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smilefoundationindia.org/siffcy-inaugural.html|title=Smile International Film Festival for Children and Youth opens|work=smilefoundationindia.org|accessdate=18 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818215021/https://www.smilefoundationindia.org/siffcy-inaugural.html|archive-date=18 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://siffcy.org/Thejury.php|title=Jury|work=siffcy.org|accessdate=18 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829144935/http://siffcy.org/Thejury.php|archive-date=29 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
*Smile Foundation's Smile International Film Festival for Children and Youth<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smilefoundationindia.org/siffcy-inaugural.html|title=Smile International Film Festival for Children and Youth opens|work=smilefoundationindia.org|accessdate=18 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818215021/https://www.smilefoundationindia.org/siffcy-inaugural.html|archive-date=18 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://siffcy.org/Thejury.php|title=Jury|work=siffcy.org|accessdate=18 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829144935/http://siffcy.org/Thejury.php|archive-date=29 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
*Bengaluru Bengali Kannada Film Festival<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/spotlight/bengaluru-to-experience-cultural-exchange-through-films/articleshow/64493193.cms|title=Bngaluru to experience cultural exchange through films
|website=[[The Times of India]]
|date=8 June 2018
}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* Saibal Chatterjee at [http://filmcriticscircle.com/saibal-chatterjee/ Film Critics Circle of India]
* Saibal Chatterjee at [http://filmcriticscircle.com/saibal-chatterjee/ Film Critics Circle of India]
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Saibal Chatterjee
Saibal Chatterjee, IFFI (2011)
OccupationFilm critic, editor
Known forFounding member of FCCI
AwardsNational Film Award

Saibal Chatterjee is an Indian film critic, editor and documentary screenwriter.[1] He's a founder member of the Film Critics Circle of India (FCCI) and was a member of the editorial board of Encyclopædia Britannica's Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema.[2]

He was a columnist at BBC News,[3] Business Standard,[4] Hindustan Times[5] and The Financial Express.[6] He has also written for The Telegraph, The Times of India, and Outlook.[7] In addition, he has served as the editor of TV World; and a consultant to Zee Premiere. He presently reviews films for NDTV.[8] He has served on the team[3] as well as jury of a variety of international film festivals. He was the festival director of the 2019 Pondicherry International Film Festival.[9][10]

Career[edit | edit source]

Chatterjee started his career as a journalist for The Telegraph, Kolkata's news desk in 1984 and worked there until he moved to New Delhi in 1990, joining The Times of India.[1] He currently reviews film for NDTV. He also is the senior editorial consultant for the Financial Chronicle.[1] He was the founding member of Indian Film Institute and currently serves as its Vice Chairman.[1]

Throughout his career, he has covered international film festivals such as Cannes Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival.

Books[edit | edit source]

  • Author - Echoes & Eloquences: The Life And Cinema Of Gulzar
  • Co-author - Hollywood Bollywood: The Politics of Crossover Films
  • Editor - Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema

Awards[edit | edit source]

Member of the jury[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Team | Indian Film Institute". IndianFilmInstitute. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  2. ↑ Gulazāra; Nihalani, Govind; Chatterjee, Saibal (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema. Popular Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-7991-066-5.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Team | CMS VATAVARAN". Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "Author - Saibal Chatterjee | Business Standard". business-standard.com. Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "Saibal Chatterjee News: Saibal Chatterjee Latest News and Headlines Today | Hindustan Times". hindustantimes.com/. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "Saibal Chatterjee- Latest Articles, Blogs, News". The Financial Express. 1 April 2016. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "Articles by Saibal Chatterjee". outlookindia.com/. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  8. ↑ https://www.ndtv.com/topic/saibal-chatterjee Archived 16 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine NDTV
  9. ↑ "First Pondicherry International Film Festival in Sept". Press Trust of India. 17 July 2018. Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018 – via Business Standard.
  10. ↑ "Pondicherry International Film Festival to showcase more than 100 films; starts September 26". The New Indian Express. 18 July 2018. Archived from the original on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  11. ↑ "Saibal Chatterjee Awards". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  12. ↑ "Jury". aifilmfest.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  13. ↑ "Jury". sasff.online. Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  14. ↑ "IFI Top Ten-About". indianfilminstitute.org. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  15. ↑ "Forty-Member Panel to Curate Films for IFFI With Agnihotri As Convenor". Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  16. ↑ "Smile International Film Festival for Children and Youth opens". smilefoundationindia.org. Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  17. ↑ "Jury". siffcy.org. Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  18. ↑ "Bngaluru to experience cultural exchange through films". The Times of India. 8 June 2018.

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