Indian Auteur is an English

English language

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-language e-magazine and website

Website

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 devoted to film criticism

Film criticism

Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films, individually and collectively. In general, this can be divided into journalistic criticism that appears regularly in newspapers, and other popular, mass-media outlets and academic criticism by film scholars that is informed by film theory and...

. Established in 2009, it is published by NSFI, a New Delhi

New Delhi

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-based film initiative, involved in organizing film screenings and independent film production.

Overview

Indian Auteur covers both Indian and international cinema. As described on its website, the mission of the magazine is to "unravel the real heroes of Indian cinema

Cinema of India

The cinema of India consists of films produced across India, which includes the cinematic culture of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Orissa, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal. Indian films came to be followed throughout South Asia and...

, condemn its false ones, and restore film criticism to its respected position in the nation."

Indian Auteur began publication in February 2009. It features articles by both India

India

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n and foreign writers, as well as interviews with domestic and international filmmakers and critics. Besides the magazine's regular staff, contributors have included Adrian Martin

Adrian Martin

Dr. Adrian Martin is an Australian film and arts critic from Melbourne. Dr. Martin is Associate Professor, Co-Director of the Research Unit in Film Culture and Theory and Head of Film and Television Studies at Monash University...

, Jonathan Rosenbaum

Jonathan Rosenbaum

Jonathan Rosenbaum is an American film critic. Rosenbaum was the head film critic for the Chicago Reader from 1987 until 2008, when he retired at the age of 65...

, Nicole Brenez and Girish Shambu

Girish Shambu

Girish Shambu is an American film blogger, cinephile, film critic and educator.Besides maintaining an eponymous blog, which has become a popular center for the film blogging community, Shambu has contributed writing to including Senses of Cinema, Artforum, Cineaste and The Auteurs'...

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Available for free online, Indian Auteur is supported by donations and advertising.

Cine Darbaar

In addition to publishing a magazine, the staff of Indian Auteur operates a film club

Film society

A film society is a membership club where people can watch screenings of films which would otherwise not be shown in mainstream cinemas. In Spain they are known as "Cineclubs," and in Germany they are known as "Filmclubs"....

called Cine Darbaar.