Dinesh Raheja

Dinesh Raheja has written on cinema for over 25 years. Raised on a staple diet of two films a week, Raheja is currently the Editor of Bollywood News Service. In his long and prolific career as a writer, he has worked as the Editor of Movie magazin (1988-1999), been a columnist for Sunday Mid-day, Channel Editor of India Today's online film section and written scripts for television. Raheja has also authored two books on cinema, The Hundred Luminaries of Hindi Cinema (1996) and Indian Cinema, The Bollywood Saga (2004). Recently, Raheja has started a weekly open discussion group called, ‘Let's Talk Over Chai' that enables professionals from myriad spheres to exchange opinions on trenchantly topical issues and, of course, Raheja's first love, cinema