Maithili Rao

Maithili Rao is a film critic and book author, who has written for Man’s World, The Hindu, Frontline, Cinema In India, Film Comment, International Film Guide, and British Film Institute, and is a member of the editorial board of the South Asian Cinema Foundation.

Author

• Smita Patil: A Brief Incandescence
• The Millennial Woman in Bollywood: A New 'Brand'

Co-author

• Chapter “Rebels without a cause” for the Encyclopædia Britannica India volume on Hindi cinema
• Chapter "Heart of the Hindi Film” for Bollywood, Dakini publications, London
• Chapter “To be a Woman” for Frames of Mind, Indian Council for Cultural Relations
• Chapter “Images of Women” for Rasa, vol ii, edited by Chidananda Das Gupta
• Chapter “The Man who spoke in pictures”, on Bimal Roy, published by Penguin
• Chapter "Amitabh Bachchan" for Icons, published by Roli Books

Jury

• The Golden Elephant
• Mumbai International Film Festival
• Hyderabad International Short Film Festival (HISFF)
• Bombay Documentary Film Festival
• FIPRESCI-India jury at the Sochi International Film Festival

External links

• Member — Film Critics Circle of India
• Maithili Rao at HISFF
• Maithili Rao at Asia Pacific Screen Awards