Anil Zankar
Anil Zankar is a recipient of two national awards, one for a film script and the other for a book on cinema. An alumnus of FTII-Pune, he has made 21 short films on social issues and institutions, biopics and corporate themes, and is a film historian with 35 years of experience in film making, teaching and writing. He’s the author of Mughal-e-Azam (Harper Collins). He was editor of a magazine, ‘Lights Camera Action’ published in collaboration with BFI, UK. And has contributed to various academic journals, the Routledge Handbook Of Indian Cinema, and the Encyclopedia of Hindi Cinema (Britannica).
Editor[edit]
- Lights Camera Action was published in collaboration with BFI, UK.
Writer[edit]
- Mughal-e-Azam - HarperCollins (author)
- Routledge Handbook Of Indian Cinema (co-author)
- Britannica - Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema (co-author)
- Cinemachi Goshta
Speaker at Conferences[edit]
- Goa Arts and Literature Festival
- Taj Literature Festival (Agra)
- Pune International Literary Festival
Actor[edit]
He has played cameos in two recent productions, as Dr. Kamath in Mission Mangal and as Sitaram Yechuri in Accidental Prime Minister.