Anupama Chopra is an author, journalist, film critic and director of the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. She is the founder and editor of the digital platform Film Companion. She is author of several books on Indian cinema including Sholay: The Making of a Classic (2000), Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (BFI Film Classics, 2002), King of Bollywood (2007), In Conversation with the Stars (2019), and The Front Row: Conversations on Cinema (2015). She has been a film critic for NDTV, India Today, and The Hindustan Times.