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Madhuja Mukherjee
Born
🏳️ NationalityIndian
💼 Occupation
📆 Years active  2010-present
👔 EmployerJadavpur University
Known forTrans-national Networks of Indian Cinemas
Notable workDeep6, Carnival
Height5'4"
👩 Spouse(s)Avik Mukhopadhyay

Madhuja Mukherjee (or Mukhopadhyay) is an Indian film scholar[1][2], writer[3] and filmmaker.[4]

Early life and education[edit]

Madhuja had studied literature and cinema at Jadavpur University. She also has formal training in sitar and fine arts. Before joining in films, she also has worked as journalist, TV program director, until she focused on academic research and completed her Ph.D in 2008.[5][6]

Career[edit]

Currently, Madhuja works as an associate professor in Jadavpur University, Kolkata.[7][8] Her best known work includes Carnival[9][10], a visual video of truth and fiction, setting up images of Eros and Thanatos, joy and sorrow and Deep6[11][12], a narrative of a journalist who tries to fix things that appear to be stuck in the past.[13][14][15][16]

Madhuja has also addressed issues regarding longer history of marginalization and political tussle in her research article "Toward a New Frame for Regional Films: Manbhum Videos and the Other Side of (Indian) Cinema".[17] Later her research article was published in a book called 'Media, Indigeneity and Nation in South Asia' by Erik de Maaker and Markus Schleiter. [18]

Written[edit]

Year Title Director Ref.
2012 Ekti Tarar Khonje Avik Mukhopadhyay [19]
2013 Qissa Anup Singh [20][21]

Filmography[edit]

Year Title Cast Ref.
2012 Carnival Shayan Munshi, Dhritiman Chatterjee [22]
2021 Deep6 Soumitra Chatterjee, Sumanta Mukherjee, Chandan Roy Sanyal [23][24]

References[edit]

  1. Mukherjee, Madhuja; Bakshi, Kaustav, eds. (2020-06-08). Popular Cinema in Bengal. doi:10.4324/9780429317927. ISBN 9781000439229. Unknown parameter |s2cid= ignored (help) Search this book on
  2. Mukherjee, Madhuja (2016-05-16). "Toward a New Frame for Regional Films: Manbhum Videos and the Other Side of (Indian) Cinema". BioScope: South Asian Screen Studies. 7 (1): 58–79. doi:10.1177/0974927616635939. ISSN 0974-9276. Unknown parameter |s2cid= ignored (help)
  3. Mukherjee, Madhuja (Fall 2013). Walking through Ephemeral Archives and Creating Settings for New Memories. Ann Arbor, MI: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library. OCLC 864195974. Search this book on
  4. "Madhuja Mukherjee". Indian foundation for arts. 19 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  5. "Shodhganga@INFLIBNET: The New Theatres Ltd the cathedral of culture and the house of the popular".
  6. "Madhuja Mukherjee | Jacket2". jacket2.org.
  7. "JU prof's 'Deep 6' makes it to Busan film festival". The Times of India. 17 September 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  8. http://cpracsis.org/downloads/conference_speakers.pdf
  9. https://mubi.com/films/carnival
  10. "Review: 'Carnival' by Madhuja Mukherjee". News18. 28 February 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  11. "Deep6 to premiere at the prestigious BUSAN International Film Festival". 11 October 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  12. "Tillotama Shome starrer Deep6 to have its world premiere at the Busan International Film Festival". Eastern Eye. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  13. "Film screening. Carnival. 2012. India. Directed by Madhuja Mukherjee. 61 min". Garage. 11 September 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2022. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  14. "Carnival selected at 41st International Film Festt Rotterdam". Times of India. 10 January 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  15. "Shoojit Sircar-produced 'Deep6' to premiere at 26th Busan International Film Festival". The Economic Times. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  16. "Shoojit Sircar's 'Deep6' to have world premiere at Busan International Film Festival". ANI. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  17. Toward a New Frame for Regional Films: Manbhum Videos and the Other Side of (Indian) Cinema. University of Westminster: BioScope: South Asian Screen Studies. May 2016. Search this book on
  18. Media, Indigeneity and Nation in South Asia. Milton Park, Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK: Routledge. 30 July 2019. pp. 58–79. ISBN 9780429424649. Search this book on
  19. "The Ekti Tarar Khonje journey t2 tracks the journey of EKTI TARAR KHONJE in a chat with the behind-the-scenes team". The Telegraph. 25 May 2010. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  20. "Qissa review: This Irrfan Khan-starrer is the story of a young girl who tried to be a good man". First Post. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  21. "Qissa: A haunting tale on the fluidity of identity". The Hindu. 21 February 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  22. "Festival Scope". pro.festivalscope.com.
  23. "Tillotama Shome's Deep6 to premiere at 26th Busan International Film Festival". First post. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  24. "Shoojit Sircar production 'Deep6' sets premiere at 26th Busan International Film Festival". The Hindu. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2022.

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