Madhuja Mukherjee

Madhuja Mukherjee (or Mukhopadhyay) is an Indian film scholar, inter-media artist, and filmmaker. She is a professor in the Department of Film Studies at Jadavpur University.[1]

Madhuja Mukherjee
NationalityIndian
OccupationProfessor
Years active2010-present
EmployerJadavpur University
Notable work
Deep6, Carnival
Spouse(s)Avik Mukhopadhyay

Early life and education

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.[2][3]

Career

Madhuja is a professor in the Film Studies Department at Jadavpur University, Kolkata.[1] She conducts research into Indian cinema, including history and culture.[1]

She is also an inter-media artist, and her exhibitions include Silent Forms: Revisiting Silent Cinema of India in 2013 at Studio 21.[4][5] She founded TENT (Theatre for Experiments in New Technologies).[6]

As a filmmaker, her work includes Carnival (2012),[7][8] Ratan Bai vs. New Theatres (2019),[9] and Deep6 (2021).[10][11][12]

Selected works

Books
  • Mukherjee, Madhuja (2017). Voices of the Talking Stars: Women of Indian Cinema and Beyond. SAGE Publications India. ISBN 978-93-81345-23-8.[13]
  • Mukherjee, Madhuja; Bakshi, Kaustav, eds. (2020). Popular Cinema in Bengal. Routledge. ISBN 9780367330828. S2CID 242153478.
  • Mehta, Monika; Mukherjee, Madhuja, eds. (2020). Industrial Networks and Cinemas of India: Shooting Stars, Shifting Geographies and Multiplying Media. London: Routledge India. ISBN 978-0-429-32602-8.

Journal articles

Filmography

As director

Year Title Cast Ref.
2012 Carnival Shayan Munshi, Dhritiman Chatterjee [14]
2021 Deep6 Soumitra Chatterjee, Tillotama Shome, Chandan Roy Sanyal [15]

As writer

Year Title Director Ref.
2012 Ekti Tarar Khonje Avik Mukhopadhyay [16]
2013 Qissa Anup Singh [17][18][19]

References
  1. Philosophy, Madhuja MukherjeeJadavpur University | JU · Department of Film StudiesDoctor of. "Madhuja MUKHERJEE | Professor (Full) | Doctor of Philosophy | Jadavpur University, Kolkata | JU | Department of Film Studies". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  2. "Madhuja Mukherjee | Jacket2". jacket2.org.
  3. "Speakers | Department of Music | University of Pittsburgh". www.music.pitt.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  4. "Still Life and Moving Images". The Telegraph. November 16, 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2022 – via Gale.
  5. Das, Soumitra (November 9, 2013). "Myths about early mythological films". The Telegraph. Retrieved 1 May 2022 – via Gale.
  6. Ghose, Chandreyee (November 19, 2015). "Staying alive through rape trauma". The Telegraph – via MasterFILE Complete.
  7. "Review: 'Carnival' by Madhuja Mukherjee". News18. 28 February 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  8. "Carnival selected at 41st International Film Festt Rotterdam - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  9. "Madhuja Mukherjee". India Foundation for the Arts. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  10. "Shoojit Sircar production 'Deep6' sets premiere at 26th Busan International Film Festival". The Hindu. PTI. 2021-09-15. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2022-04-28.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  11. Priyanka Dasgupta (Sep 17, 2021). "JU prof's 'Deep 6' makes it to Busan film festival | Kolkata News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  12. "Tillotama Shome's Deep6 to premiere at 26th Busan International Film Festival". First post. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  13. Gooptu, Sharmistha (2017). "Voices of the talking stars: women of Indian cinema and beyond (readings in gender studies 4, school of women's studies, Jadavpur University), edited by Madhuja Mukherjee, Noida, New Delhi, Sage/Stree, 2017, xviii+194 pp., ₹450 (paperback), ISBN 978-93-81345-03-0". South Asian History and Culture. 8 (3): 376–377. doi:10.1080/19472498.2017.1350429. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  14. "Carnival | IFFR". iffr.com. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  15. C-DIT. "Deep6 | Indian Cinema Now". iffk.in. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  16. "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.
  17. Chatterji, Shoma (27 February 2015). "The strange tale of the 'son' who wasn't!". India Together. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  18. "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.
  19. "Qissa: A haunting tale on the fluidity of identity". The Hindu. 21 February 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
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