Mayank Shekhar is the first film critic to win the Ramnath Goenka, India’s top journalism prize. His last book, Name Place Animal Thing, on India and pop-culture, was a critically acclaimed, Amazon top title. 
His ongoing podcasts & shows, Sit with Hitlist, and The Bombay Film Story, have bagged multiple prizes, besides a wide audience online. 
Having served in the founding editorial team of Mumbai Mirror, then as National Cultural Editor with Hindustan Times, he’s currently Entertainment Editor with Mid-day newspaper in Mumbai, where you can follow his film reviews, weekly column, MS Word, and other writings on cinema & mass-culture.