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Silhouette, a space, is born not of conviction rather of profound confusion in our understanding of the world. It seeks to be a platform for gathering myriad views on film (and allied art forms) and to continue with the flux of discourse. The Silhouette publications are our attempt to achieve this goal.
Silhouette magazine started its journey in January 2002. The annual paper edition used to be a bilingual magazine in English and Bengali from Kolkata (India) and survived 8 editions. For quite sometime the editorial board of Silhouette dilly-dallied with the web option of the magazine – whether to continue with a sluggish and expensive medium or not was the supreme question. And finally the web editions started in 2011 – we had 8 issues collected under Volumes IX and X in a not so state-of-the-art website. Our urgency to move to the web and let the ball roll again was the main reason for this.
We have eventually now moved to the more professionally and aesthetically managed Learning and Creativity micro-site and plan to regularly update the site with articles from authors rather than collections as Issues and Volumes.
In parallel, we have plans of having some other interesting stuff up in the Silhouette site – competitions, awards etc. when the time seem to be appropriate for these ventures.
Silhouette earnestly solicits your valuable association and views – for us, you and our changing silhouettes.
Amitava Nag
Chief Editor
Amitava Nag is an independent film scholar and critic for the last fifteen years and edits film magazine Silhouette. He is a freelance critic for CNN IBNLive, The Statesman, Deep Focus, Dainik Statesman, Silhouette Film magazine, Scope (UK), DearCinema, South Asian Cinema to name some. His most recent book on cinema is 75 years 75 films: India’s Cinematic Journey. He also writes poetry and short fiction in Bengali and English – observing life in a platter. Amitava lives in Kolkata and works as an IT professional to earn his daily rice.
Antara Nanda Mondal
Consulting Editor
As a professional business journalist, Antara spent 14 years covering business stories but alongside kept alive her passion for writing on cinema. The Founder-Editor of Blue Pencil, a New Delhi-based publishing house, Antara wears many hats. She writes extensively on the changing trends of music in cinema. She is Editor in Chief, LnC (Learning and Creativity) and Consulting Editor, Silhouette. She is Creative Director in the digital solutions company Wisitech.
Anuradha Warrier
Consulting Editor
Anuradha Warrier is a seasoned senior editor with a background in journalism and content development and management. She has spent over 30 years in the industry, working for various publications and companies and as an independent writer and editor. Anuradha’s keen eye for detail complements her skill at content development, corporate web content writing, and copy editing. She has edited Kabir – An Inward Journey for Blue Pencil, giving shape and form to a debutante author’s vision.
Her passion for old Hindi film music and cinema finds a creative outlet in her blog, Conversations over Chai, where she endeavours to provide well-researched and accurate articles as well as humorous, entertaining and/or analytical reviews of films. Her articles have appeared in Cinemaazi, Daily Eye, and Silhouette.
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Peeyush Sharma
Consulting Editor
Peeyush is known to be a collector of music and information pertaining to Indian cinema (majorly Hindi) spanning a period from early 1930s to 1980s. He has a large collection of Bengali and Punjabi music and material as well. He also boasts of a huge library of related material. Peeyush has delivered talks and lectures on music appreciation, contributed write ups in numerous news papers and magazines. He has co-authored a tribute publication on Anil Biswas as well. He has co-hosted radio talk shows on music as well. Met and interviewed a number of personalities. Occasionally, he delivers talks even now. Peeyush has been the founder secretary of the prestigious, Vintage Hindi Music Lovers Association in Bangalore that honored Anil Biswas in 1985. He is known as a storehouse of old Hindi music and information regarding music and movies. Peeyush is also the Consulting Editor of Learning and Creativity Magazine which is devoted to literature and the arts.
Asst Editor: Partha Sarathi Raha
Whether you are new or veteran, you are important. Please contribute with your articles on cinema, we are looking forward for an association. Send your writings to amitava.nag@gmail.com
