Taran Adarsh#Career

{{Short description|Indian film critic, trade analyst (born 1965)}}

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| name = Taran Adarsh

| image = Taran Adarsh (cropped).jpg

| caption = Adarsh in 2016

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|6|13|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Bombay, Maharashtra, India

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| occupation = {{Hlist | Film critic | trade analyst}}

| years_active = 1980–present

| spouse =

| relatives = Komal Nahta (cousin)

}}

Taran Adarsh (born 13 June 1965) is an Indian film critic and trade analyst.{{cite book |last1=Sen |first1=Meheli |title=Haunting Bollywood: Gender, Genre, and the Supernatural in Hindi Commercial Cinema |date=1 March 2017 |publisher=University of Texas Press |isbn=978-1-4773-1160-8 |page=216 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cq70DQAAQBAJ&pg=PA216 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Devasundaram |first1=Ashvin Immanuel |title=Indian Cinema Beyond Bollywood: The New Independent Cinema Revolution |date=25 October 2018 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-351-25424-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m_l0DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT259 |language=en}} He is best known for giving trade figures and box office updates on social media, as well as his reviews for Bollywood Hungama.{{cite book |last1=Rai |first1=Amit S. |title=Untimely Bollywood: Globalization and India's New Media Assemblage |date=27 May 2009 |publisher=Duke University Press |isbn=978-0-8223-9233-0 |page=128 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6uQe_M8W1c4C&pg=PA128 |language=en}}

Career

Taran Adarsh started his journalism career at the age of 15 with Trade Guide, a weekly box office magazine. In 1994, Adarsh produced and wrote the Bollywood film-based TV serial Hello Bollywood, starring Shehzad Khan and Kashmera Shah. He continued his work on Trade Guide alongside. He is currently an active film critic, journalist and trade analyst on Bollywood Hungama, a Bollywood entertainment website.{{Cite web |last=Ghosh |first=Pratik |date=14 March 2008 |title=Films: interview with Taran Adarsh |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/films-interview-with-taran-adarsh/story-uuhS84uJpUuDX5o7xdEwZM.html |access-date=2008-03-14 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}

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