Saibal Chatterjee

{{Short description|Indian film critic and writer}}

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| nationality = Indian

| awards = National Film Award

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| known_for = Founding member of FCCI

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Saibal Chatterjee is an Indian film critic, editor and documentary screenwriter. He was a columnist at BBC News,{{Cite web|url=http://vat2015.cmsvatavaran.org/know-us/team/|title=Team | CMS VATAVARAN|access-date=18 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818214840/http://vat2015.cmsvatavaran.org/know-us/team/|archive-date=18 August 2018|url-status=live}} Business Standard,{{Cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/author/search/keyword/saibal-chatterjee|title=Author - Saibal Chatterjee | Business Standard|website=business-standard.com|access-date=18 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818214640/https://www.business-standard.com/author/search/keyword/saibal-chatterjee|archive-date=18 August 2018|url-status=live}} Hindustan Times{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/topic/saibal-chatterjee|title=Saibal Chatterjee News: Saibal Chatterjee Latest News and Headlines Today | Hindustan Times|website=hindustantimes.com/|access-date=19 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819010937/https://www.hindustantimes.com/topic/Saibal-Chatterjee|archive-date=19 August 2018|url-status=dead}} and The Financial Express.{{Cite web|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/author/saibal-chatterjee/|title=Saibal Chatterjee- Latest Articles, Blogs, News|date=1 April 2016|website=The Financial Express|access-date=18 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819010822/https://www.financialexpress.com/author/saibal-chatterjee/|archive-date=19 August 2018|url-status=live}} He has also written for The Telegraph, The Times of India, and Outlook.{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/author/saibal-chatterjee/5316|title=Articles by Saibal Chatterjee|website=outlookindia.com/|access-date=18 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819010841/https://www.outlookindia.com/author/saibal-chatterjee/5316|archive-date=19 August 2018|url-status=live}} In addition, he has served as the editor of TV World; and a consultant to Zee Premiere. He presently reviews films for NDTV.https://www.ndtv.com/topic/saibal-chatterjee {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816185913/https://www.ndtv.com/topic/saibal-chatterjee |date=16 August 2018 }} NDTV He's a founder member of the Film Critics Circle of India (FCCI) and was a member of the editorial board of Encyclopædia Britannica's Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema.{{Cite book |last1=Gulazāra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC |title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema |last2=Nihalani |first2=Govind |last3=Chatterjee |first3=Saibal |date=2003 |publisher=Popular Prakashan |isbn=978-81-7991-066-5 |language=en}} He has served on the team as well as jury of a variety of international film festivals. He was the festival director of the 2019 Pondicherry International Film Festival.{{Cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/first-pondicherry-international-film-festival-in-sept-118071700468_1.html|title=First Pondicherry International Film Festival in Sept|agency=Press Trust of India|date=17 July 2018|via=Business Standard|access-date=18 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818214618/https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/first-pondicherry-international-film-festival-in-sept-118071700468_1.html|archive-date=18 August 2018|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/english/2018/jul/18/pondicherry-international-film-festival-to-showcase-more-than-100-films-starts-september-26-1845136.html|title=Pondicherry International Film Festival to showcase more than 100 films; starts September 26|website=The New Indian Express|date=18 July 2018 |access-date=19 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901211156/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/english/2018/jul/18/pondicherry-international-film-festival-to-showcase-more-than-100-films-starts-september-26-1845136.html|archive-date=1 September 2019|url-status=live}}