The Cinemaholic started as a passion project in 2014 and in the years since has become the fastest growing independent movie & tv news website in the world. In a short span of time, it has grown into one of the most reliable sources of in-depth entertainment coverage. From long-form explainers to reviews, The Cinemaholic has everything to meet the informational needs of all types of movie, tv, and anime lovers. It is no surprise then that over 10 million cinephiles visit The Cinemaholic every month.
Our team of writers consists of not just movie or tv journalists, but also anime connoisseurs and film graduates. Team Cinemaholic is an eclectic mix of people from different backgrounds with one common purpose: to spread the love for cinema. One of the main goals of The Cinemaholic is to give a platform to underrepresented voices in movie and tv journalism.
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Team Cinemaholic
Gautam Anand
Gautam was working as a Management Consultant helping top-rung clients find effective business solutions before he decided to quit his high-profile job and start Cinemaholic. The global exposure of speaking and spending time with top leaders in the industry had convinced him that there’s nothing more challenging and fun than following your passion. So, with the goal to provide information to movie and tv lovers that they can truly rely upon and trust, he began his Cinemaholic journey. But his bigger mission has always been to create a platform where people can come to learn about cinema and appreciate all its forms. His belief is that Cinemaholic will help more and more people realize that movies are not just mere entertainment, but there is magic in them; they have the power to change lives.
Prizmi Tripathi
Prizmi was introduced to cinema by her father at an early age. Since then she has been in love with one of humankind's greatest inventions. She is fascinated by storytelling in all its myriad forms: books, films, television, podcasts and theatre. When she’s not re-reading a Stephen King novel or re-watching a David Lynch film, Prizmi likes to scour the internet for any underrated gems she is yet to feast on. She can also spend hours expanding her knowledge on psychopaths and infamous killers. A few years into the world of finance made Prizmi realize her inner calling. She then went on to pursue Journalism. Before joining The Cinemaholic in 2019, Prizmi was a web-series producer and voice over artist.
Diksha Sundriyal
Diksha joined Cinemaholic in 2017 as a part-time writer, but her increasingly popular "explainers" paved way for her to become a full-time writer in 2018. She loves binge-watching and can spend hours talking about movies and TV shows. From sci-fi to musicals, from Hitchcock to Linklater, she loves them all. She has a Master's degree in History and can read/write multiple languages including Hindi, Mandarin and Russian. Being quadrilingual, a count she aims to increase, allows her to enjoy the literature and the cinema of various countries in the pure form, unhindered by translation. Before joining Cinemaholic, she was a professional freelance book reviewer.
Kriti Mehrotra
Kriti is a business graduate with a proclivity towards words and stories. With the inquisitiveness to understand different perceptions and the belief that every character or situation leaves something for us to learn from, she is rarely ever seen without a book in hand. She can immerse herself into a good story no matter the genre or form and only come out from it when she's had her fill. With her observational skills and a newfound passion for the visual representation of stories, she decided to join The Cinemaholic, a platform where she can express her love for words and stories.
Tamal Kundu
For as long as Tamal can remember, he has understood the reality around him through the tinted glasses of works of fiction, be it books, films, TV shows, or anime. An English graduate, he wrote articles on a wide array of topics for several years, from entertainment and pop culture to history and literature. Before that, he was an educator and a roleplay game writer and developer. It is his deeply-rooted love for performing arts and visual media that led him to become a part of the Cinemaholic team in 2020.
Stuti Gokhale
A cinephile with a passion for changing the world with her writing, Stuti fell in love with movies right in her childhood. A journalism grad as well as a trained thespian, she decided to club her two interests together to make it her profession. Stuti loves experimenting with different kinds of genres- be it Marvel or Miyazaki, but has a soft corner for biopics and moving romances. When not immersed in the world of cinema, she loves to listen to music, chill with her pets, and explore new cafes with friends. An advocate for animal rights, she worked as a Production AD before joining The Cinemaholic.
Pratik Handore
Pratik sees cinema as an effective communication tool and the best way of connecting with people. Ever since a young age, he has had an affinity towards stories across all mediums but the visual medium remains his favorite. He loves exploring the story behind the story of the films he watches. This led him to consume all sorts of pop-culture articles and eventually writing them. He has worked as a freelance scriptwriter before joining The Cinemaholic in 2021. When not watching films or binging TV shows you’ll find him quietly obsessing over philosophy or reading comic books.
Shraman Mitra
Shraman has always been interested in searching for intricate stories, whether in a movie, a game, or hidden in real life. A Philosophy major, he found his true calling in expressing himself through the magic of words. The Cinemaholic provided him with the perfect mixing bowl, which blended in his passion for writing along with a sprinkle of movies and a touch of storytelling. When not clicking away at the keyboard, he gets lost in the mechanics of a complex role-playing videogame or gets mesmerized by the latest tech on offer.
Viswa Vanapalli
Viswa’s life had always been a tale of two halves: lectures all day and the escape into films, TV shows, and books all night. Evidently, he liked the latter half better. His interests run the gamut from dramas and sitcoms to thrillers and true-crime documentaries. Equipped with a Master’s degree in Forensic Science from Syracuse University, NY, he brings a unique perspective to his writings. When he’s not binge-watching Netflix’s latest offering, you can find him cooking a new recipe or strumming an old song on his guitar.
Sumith Prasad
Ever since childhood, nothing moved Sumith more than the nuances of human existence. The passion he has to explore life and its varied conditions led him to the world of books and films. He completed Bachelor's in English Literature while delving into the filmography of Bergman, Ozu and more. As a logophile, Sumith is forever obsessed with translating visual experiences into words, which he continues to do at The Cinemaholic. He always feels at home with a book or a poem. When he is not watching classics, he is probably reading Milan Kundera or going through the catalog of Criterion Collection.
Mirza Aaqib Beg
It was the curiosity to learn more and understand the world around him that made Aaqib fall in love with books from a very young age. His love for learning grew with time and he got interested in disciplines like entrepreneurship, history, computer science, and philosophy. But at the end of the day, he felt that it was the world of fiction that truly had the power to bring positivity to our politically divided world. It was this realization that brought him closer to the world of cinema and anime. At The Cinemaholic, he relishes the opportunity to express his ideas about the things that he loves.
Naman Shrestha
Naman has always been intrigued by the world of cinema and its countless stories. After discovering that he could paint a picture with words of his own, he started appreciating the art of writing and cinema even more. A Bachelor’s degree in English Literature allowed him to notice the layers of expression that lie behind all the stories and characters with clarity. By joining The Cinemaholic, he gets to do the two things he loves the most - watching the latest movies or TV series and weaving words to express his love for them.
Kumari Shreya
Shreya loves how movies and shows make stories come to life. She has an extensive experience in theatre and likes to connect elements from her favorite stories and theorize about their existence within the fictional universe. Partial to historical, fantasy, and comedy shows, she is still not over the finale of Game of Thrones. She started writing to better express her ideas and experimented with different writing styles in her spare time, before deciding to pursue it full-time. Apart from her interest in the on-screen world, she likes listening to music, playing video games, reading novels, and trying different styles of food.
Sounak Sengupta
An ardent fan of all thriller movies, classic and contemporary, Sounak chose the keyboard over the proverbial pen to express himself. A master's degree in Literature and a library full of books helped him a lot in doing so. Before Cinemaholic, he clattered away on his keyboard, toiling for edutech and fintech companies. Crime documentaries keep him up at night (in a good way), and he has watched enough to plot the perfect crime. Not only does he research the cases he writes about, but he also loves to talk about them in detail with his friends.
Rohan Jain
A writer by day and a cinephile by night, Rohan has always been fascinated by films and tv. Stories are his way of learning about people, cultures, places, and hidden meanings of life. Halfway through his engineering, he discovered his flare for writing and decided to pursue his dreams. Having worked across various facets of the content space, such as social media, advertising, script-writing, blogging, and more, he stumbled upon The Cinemaholic, where two of his life’s passions - writing and films met. So now he spends his time bingeing films and shows and penning down his thoughts about them.
Vidhi Narula
Vidhi has a degree in Journalism and Mass Communication. Introduced to the world of movies and books by her sister, Vidhi has been a cinephile and bibliophile since high school. She loves watching movies and discussing the plethora of ideas in them. More importantly, she loves sharing her love for cinema with words and hopes to widen her horizons of the content she consumes. At Cinemaholic, she gets to make the most of her passion and skill.
Aashique Alexander
Aashique has a degree in Business and loves all forms of entertainment media. It all started with him staying up late nights to watch Dragon Ball Z as a child, to scrutinizing The Invisible Man for his English finals over reading the book. When he's not staring at the big screen, he's usually staring at a smaller screen. As a visual enthusiast & an over-analyzer, he really did get the best of both worlds when he became an SEO Analyst at The Cinemaholic.
Ayesha Gani
Ayesha has more than four years of experience working as a freelance writer for reputed publishers. She joined Cinemaholic in 2016 as a part-time writer and soon became one of the top contributors for the site. She has a keen eye for detail and loves researching as much as writing. What she also loves is trying out new tv shows. The fact that she gets to write about all the tv shows she loves is icing on the cake.
Lucy Buglass
Lucy Buglass is a Rotten Tomatoes approved film critic with a huge passion for cinema, setting up her own website Lucy Goes to Hollywood in 2017 to review films in her spare time. In 2021, she began writing film reviews for The Cinemaholic. Her favourite genres are horror, thriller and anything crime-related. When she's not writing about film and TV, you'll likely find her playing video games, reading, and trying her hand at podcasting.
Casey Chong
A self-taught writer, Casey sees cinema not only as a form of escapism but also as a place where he can translate his thoughts into words. His favorite directors include Stanley Kubrick, David Lynch, Quentin Tarantino and Johnnie To. He loves to revisit old films from time to time, particularly from the 80s and 90s era. He writes two movie blogs, including Casey's Movie Mania and ScreenHK, with the latter devoted mostly to Hong Kong cinema. For the last 8 years, he's been working as a freelancer, where he writes articles and reviews for various websites, covering topics from films to food, tech and health. He also can be seen contributing film reviews for The Cinemaholic.
Nicole Ackman
Nicole has been passionate about storytelling from a young age, from movies to theatre to literature. She holds a Bachelors in History and Communications from Elon University and a Masters in Culture, Policy, and Management from City University of London. She is currently pursuing her Masters in Public History at North Carolina State University and loves using her knowledge of history to inform her opinions on period dramas. When she’s not at a theatre or watching the latest Jane Austen adaptation, she loves going to museums and playing Jackbox games with friends. Nicole is excited to be a part of the Cinemaholic team as a reviewer.
