Anil Zankar is an Indian film critic and historian.

Career

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Anil Zankar is a recipient of two national awards, one for a film script and the other for a book on cinema and a visiting faculty of humanities and social sciences at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune. He has 35 years of experience in filmmaking, teaching, and writing. Zankar is an alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII, Pune). He has made 21 short films on social issues and institutions, biopics, and corporate themes. He is a historian of cinema. What's more, he has attended seminars on international cinema, has presented papers at international conferences (Poland, 2006; Japan, 2014) and has been invited as a visiting scholar by the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies (Shimla, 2014). [1][2][3][4] Anil Zankar has taught at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IISER Pune since 2017.

Editor

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  • Lights Camera Action was published in collaboration with BFI, UK.

Writer

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[1]

Speaker at Conferences

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Actor

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He has played cameos in two recent productions, as Dr. Kamath in Mission Mangal and as Sitaram Yechuri in Accidental Prime Minister.[2]

Jury member

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FCCI Award for Best Indian Film, at the All Lights India International Film Festival[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Anil Zankar". www.goodreads.com.
  2. ^ "Here is the list of every politician and official who appears in 'The Accidental Prime Minister'". Scroll. 13 January 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Film Celebration India | Jury Panel". aliiff.com.
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