Film scholar, cultural theorist
1982–present
Ashish Vithal Rajadhyaksha (born 12 March 1957) is an Indian film scholar, art curator and cultural theorist. He was a Senior Fellow at the Bangalore-based Centre for the Study of Culture and Society.[1]
Early life
Ashish Vithal Rajadhyaksha[2] was born on 12 March 1957 in Bombay (later renamed Mumbai), India.[1] His father was a soldier in the Indian army. Rajadhyaksha's serious interest in cinema developed in the late 1970s.[3] In 1978, he graduated from the University of Bombay with a Bachelor of Science degree.[1]
Career
Rajadhyaksha developed a keenness for Ritwik Ghatak's films after attending a course organised by the Film and Television Institute and the National Film Archive of India in the early 1980s. The first book that he authored was Ritwik Ghatak: A Return to the Epic, published in 1982.[3] Starting in 1983, he wrote numerous articles for publications such as the New Delhi–based Journal of Arts & Ideas and Calcutta (now Kolkata)–based Journal of the Moving Image.[1] He authored, with Paul Willemen, Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema in 1994.[4][5] After a long hiatus, Rajadhyaksha's next book, a solo, was Indian Cinema in the Time of Celluloid: From Bollywood to the Emergency in 2009,[1][6] followed by The Last Cultural Mile: An Inquiry into Technology and Governance in India in 2011,[3] and Indian Cinema: A Very Short Introduction in 2016.[7]
Personal life
Rajadhyaksha was married to Pushpamala N., a Bangalore-based artist.[8] The couple later divorced.[9]
Books written
- Ritwik Ghatak: A Return to the Epic{{#if:Rajadhyaksha|, Rajadhyaksha}. Screen Unit(1982)
- Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Oxford University Press(1998). ISBN 0-19-563579-5
- Indian Cinema in the Time of Celluloid: From Bollywood to the Emergency{{#if:Rajadhyaksha|, Rajadhyaksha}. Indiana University Press(2009). ISBN 978-0-253-22048-6
- The Last Cultural Mile: An Inquiry into Technology and Governance in India{{#if:Rajadhyaksha|, Rajadhyaksha}. Centre for Internet and Society(2011)
- Indian Cinema: A Very Short Introduction{{#if:Rajadhyaksha|, Rajadhyaksha}. Oxford University Press(2016). ISBN 978-0-19-872309-7
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Ashish Rajadhyaksha. Centre for the Study of Culture and Society. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ↑ 评论档案 艺术档案. Artda.cn(20 October 2014). Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Ghatak continues to fascinate me even today, Akhtar, Aasim. The News International(17 June 2018). Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ↑ What experts say about Bengaluru's possibility as a "creative city". Citizen Matters(28 September 2011). Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ↑ Celluloid history. The Hindu(6 June 2015). Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ↑ Encyclopaedic study of Indian cinema. The Hindu(14 October 2009). Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ↑ Indian Cinema: A Very Short Introduction. Shepherd Express(23 November 2016). Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ↑ Pushpamala speaks art in many languages. The Hindu(16 March 2018). Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ↑ Elegy for a lost friend: Gauri Lankesh (1962–2017), N, Pushpamala. Indian Cultural Forum(5 September 2019). Retrieved 30 June 2021.