Deepa Gahlot

Deepa Gahlot is a theater and film critic, book author, and scriptwriter. She has written several books on cinema, translated several plays (by Manav Kaul and Paresh Mokashi) into English and adapted Paulo Coelho's novel The Alchemist for the stage. Additionally, she has written-directed a few documentary films and radio shows, and has edited the journals of NFDC. She is a former head of programming (theatre and film) at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA)

Books

Co-authored

• Bollywood Popular Indian Cinema
• Behind the Scenes of Hindi Cinema: A Visual Journey Through the Heart of Bollywood
• Janani
• Bollywood’s Top 20: Superstars of Indian Cinema
• The Prithviwallahs (co-authored with Shashi Kapoor

Author

• Take-2: 50 Films that Deserve a New Audience
• King Khan
• Shammi Kapoor (The Legends of Indian Cinema)
• Sheroes: 25 Daring Women of Bollywood

Award

• National Film Award for Best Film Critic (1998)

External links

• Official website
• Deepa Gahlot at Film Critics Circle of India