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Gautam Chintamani
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Gurgaon
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Biography
Gautam Chintamani Gautam Chintamani is a film historian and the author of the bestselling Dark Star: The Loneliness of Being Rajesh Khanna (HarperCollins, 2014), Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak: The Film That Revived Hindi Cinema (HarperCollins, 2016) and Pink The Inside Story (HarperCollins, 2017). Hailing from a literary tradition that runs deep on both sides of his family, late Telugu poet Arudra is his maternal grandfather and the liberal thinker [Sir C.Y. Chintamani] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Y._Chintamani) is his paternal great-grandfather. Gautam’s writing has appeared in India Today, Outlook, The Indian Express, The Indian Quarterly, The Pioneer, The Tribune, The Asian Age, The Times of India, Deccan Chronicle, Scroll, First Post and Daily O amongst others. He also had a weekly film based columns in The Hindustan Times Brunch and Dawn, Pakistan’s most-read English daily. In 2015 Gautam contributed an extensive essay on Majrooh Sultanpuri, the first lyricist to be honored by the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke Award for Legends of Indian Silver Screen, a compilation of Phalke Awardees published by the Publications Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. In 2016, Gautam was on the National Film Awards jury for the Best Writing on Film. The British Film Institute included Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak: The Film That Revived Hindi Cinema in their library in 2016. Gautam’s documentary film S.R.I. - Challenging Traditions, Transforming Lives explored the positive impact of System of Rice Intensification, an alternate method of rice cultivation, on Indian farmers. The film has traveled to over 20 film festivals across the globe and won the Best Documentary Award at the Asia Pacific Rice Film Festival, Malaysia. His trilogy Janam-Aagazh-Parvaaz – on the journey of children with special needs and their parents was screened at the 2011’s International Film Festival of India (IFFI). His notable television credits include Siddhanth, a law series, which garnered an Emmy Nomination in the International Drama category, a first for an Indian TV show, and Rihaee.
Anti-religion, sexuality, mental disorders
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De Pere, Wisconsin, United States