Education
Master of Fine Arts, Filmmaking New York Film Academy Los Angeles, CA 2014
Bachelor of Arts, Film & Screen Studies Pace University New York, NY 2012
ISC Commerce The Cathedral and John Connon School Mumbai, India 2009
Certificate of Completion, Reach Cambridge English Literature & Performing Arts University of Cambridge Cambridge, UK 2008
Accolades
Winner, Best Film Critic - 16th National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards (2023)
Nominated, Best Criticism of Film - 65th Southern California Journalism Awards (2023)
Winner, Best Criticism of Film - 64th Southern California Journalism Awards (2022)
Winner, 2nd Place, Best Film Critic - 14th National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards (2021)
Winner, Best Criticism of TV - 62nd Southern California Journalism Awards (2020)
Writer - Television
The Great Indian Home Makeover Season 1, Mumbai, 2016 — NDTV Goodtimes
Making The Cut Season 2, Mumbai, 2010 — MTV India
Maybe It's Me Season 1, Mumbai, 2010 — MTV India
The Pitch Season 1, Mumbai, 2010 — Business Television India
Author
Scratch (Sci-Fi story, part of Third Eye collection) Mumbai, 2023 — Graphic India
Director
Game Theory (writer, director, editor) Mumbai, 2008 — Official Selection, Kala Ghoda Arts Festival
Film Editor
Milk Money (dir. Nicci Thompson) Los Angeles, 2014 — Official Selection, Aberdeen Film Festival, Scotland
Cinematographer
Switching Channels (dir. Gabi Zogall) Los Angeles, 2013 — Official Selection, One Minute Film Festival, Switzerland
Entertainment Journalist
Freelance Journalist The New York Times, The Village Voice, New York Magazine, Observer, Polygon, IGN, Slashfilm, The Juggernaut, Verve Magazine, Firstpost, Film Companion, Chicago Reader, RogerEbert, Mashable 2017-present
Senior Contributor Birth.Movies.Death. 2015-2018
Editor, Senior Film Critic The Cinemachina 2015
Editor, Critic, Social Media Manager Multiverse or Something 2014-2015
Editor, Critic, Social Media Manager The Movie Bloggers 2013-2014
Second Unit Director
Heal With Lara (dir. Lara Dutta) Mumbai, 2010
Assistant Director
Repentance (dir. Xi Yang) Los Angeles, 2013
Meeting Mr. Ryan (dir. Oxana Yatsenko) Los Angeles, 2013
Script Supervisor
Love.Secured. (dir. Nigina Niyazmatova) Los Angeles, 2014
In Sickness and in Health (dir. Oxana Yatsenko) Los Angeles, 2013
Film Festivals
Competition Jury 48 Hours Film Festival New Zealand 2017
Bumper Short Film Jury Fantastic Fest Austin, TX 2015, 2017
Festival Program Writer Fantastic Fest Austin, TX 2017
Script Treatments
Super Terracotta Warriors (prod. Shanghai Film Group) New York, 2014-2015 — Baboon Animation
Angry Birds Toons (prod. Rovio) New York, 2014-2015 — Baboon Animation
Sylvester and Tweety (prod. Warner Bros.) New York, 2014-2015 — Baboon Animation
Actor, Stage
Our Town (Thornton Wilder) as Simon Stimson, New York, 2011 — Studio 501
There are shapes on the ceiling fan that look like bats (B. Walker Samson) as Creature, New York, 2010 — Pace Directing Festival
Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare) as Brutus, Mumbai, 2008 — Shakespeare at the Cathedral
IMPS as improvisational actor ,Mumbai, 2007-2008 — Balancing Act Productions
Teaching Experience
Guest Speaker, FSS 204:16mm Film Production Pace University New York 2013
Teaching Assistant, FSS 296: Film Auteurs of NYC Pace University New York 2012
Improvisation Instructor IMPS Mumbai 2008-2009