film critic, film historian, Editor Screen (2000–2007)
Years active
1978–present
Website
www.bhawanasomaaya.com
Bhawana Somaaya[1] is an Indian film journalist, critic, author and historian. She has been honoured with the Padma Shri in the year 2017 by the President of India Pranab Mukherjee.[2] Starting her career as film reporter in 1978, she went to work with several film magazines, through the 1980s and 1990s. Eventually, she remained editor of Screen, a leading film magazine, from 2000 to 2007. She has written over 13 books on history of Hindi cinema and biographies of Bollywood stars, including Salaam Bollywood (2000), The Story So Far (2003) and her trilogy, Amitabh Bachchan – The Legend (1999), Bachchanalia – The Films And Memorabilia of Amitabh Bachchan (2009) and Amitabh Lexicon (2011).[3][4]
^Her name is often misspelled as Bhavana Somaiya or Bhavana Somaya.
^IANS (28 January 2017). "Humbled, honoured to receive Padma Shri: Bhawana Somaaya". Business Standard.
^"March of the botox brigade". The Tribune (Chandigarh). 23 July 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
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BhawanaSomaaya is an Indian film journalist, critic, author and historian. She has been honoured with the Padma Shri in the year 2017 by the President...
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generation, and was the first to buy an Impala car. Indian Film Critic BhawanaSomaaya said: "There was a time when top heroes were not willing to work with...
(2017) V. G. Patel (2017) H.R. Shah (2017) Chamu Krishna Shastry (2017) BhawanaSomaaya (2017) Punam Suri (2017) Harihar Kripalu Tripathi (2017) G. Venkatasubbiah...
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(2017) V. G. Patel (2017) H.R. Shah (2017) Chamu Krishna Shastry (2017) BhawanaSomaaya (2017) Punam Suri (2017) Harihar Kripalu Tripathi (2017) G. Venkatasubbiah...
breed". A well known actor, Warsi does not prefer giving auditions. BhawanaSomaaya has called him "one of the best three dancers of the Hindi film industry"...
(2017) V. G. Patel (2017) H.R. Shah (2017) Chamu Krishna Shastry (2017) BhawanaSomaaya (2017) Punam Suri (2017) Harihar Kripalu Tripathi (2017) G. Venkatasubbiah...
(2017) V. G. Patel (2017) H.R. Shah (2017) Chamu Krishna Shastry (2017) BhawanaSomaaya (2017) Punam Suri (2017) Harihar Kripalu Tripathi (2017) G. Venkatasubbiah...
Break - Rajesh Khanna". The Hindu. 19 May 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011. BhawanaSomaaya (2000). Salaam Bollywood: The Pain and the Passion. Spantech & Lancer...
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October 2020. Somaaya, Bhawana (1 February 1999). Amitabh Bachchan: The Legend. Macmillan India Limited. ISBN 978-0-333-93355-8. Somaaya, Bhawana (2009). Bachchanalia:...
(2017) V. G. Patel (2017) H.R. Shah (2017) Chamu Krishna Shastry (2017) BhawanaSomaaya (2017) Punam Suri (2017) Harihar Kripalu Tripathi (2017) G. Venkatasubbiah...
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