Anupama Chopra is an Indian author, journalist and film critic. She has written several books on Indian cinema and has been a film critic for NDTV, India Today, as well as the Hindustan Times. Tell us more about yourself and what you do. Why did you become a film journalist? I am a television anchor, I’m a writer, I’m a …
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