Media Profile of film critic and French teacher, translator and interpreter Mr. Lalit Rao.

           A short biography of film critic Mr. Lalit Rao (FIPRESCI)

    (Member, International Federation of Film Journalists, INDIA section)

         Contact : lalitmax2022@gmail.com / lalitrao@gmail.com

          Website : https://www.filmfestivals.com/blog/lalit_rao


Mr. Lalit Rao is a veteran film critic from Jaipur, India. He is currently writing a book on 25 best French films (1990-2015). Since April 2013, he is the member of FIPRESCI, India. Apart from ''World Cinema'', he is interested in chess, foreign languages, linguistics, motorcycling, political science and philosophy. He regularly posts about cinema on social networks namely on Facebook, Linkedin, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter). He is also the associate editor of the quarterly magazine ‘‘Cinematography Art’’ published from New Delhi, India.

Mr. Lalit Rao has reported extensively on film festivals especially 'World Cinema' through more than 40 blogs and 8 videos channels. Cinema journal ‘Deep Focus’, and ‘Bangalore Film Society’ were represented by him as their correspondent in Paris, France for 2005-2006. He also presented a paper on Canadian cinema entitled ‘A brief overview of Francophone cinema in Québec’ during 20th International Conference on Canadian Studies, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, 27-29 February, 2004. Apart from writing 1000 reviews on IMDB, Mr. Lalit Rao has created ‘‘KINEMA’’, a database with information on 25,000 films. His articles in French and English have appeared in magazines and websites such as Deep Focus, Filmfestivals.com Blog, Kinoglaz, Objectif-Cinema, Sancho Does Asia and Séquences. Mr.Lalit Rao has participated thrice  in BBC polls to determine 100 greatest foreign language films, 100 greatest films directed by women and 100 greatest comedies of all time.

In 2024, he worked as the preview committee member of Indian documentary film section for India's oldest film festival for animation, documentary and short films : 18th Mumbai International Film Festival 2024. In April 2022, Mr. Lalit Rao was nominated as a jury member (short films) by Italian cinema and theater critic Ms.Paola Dei for 4th edition of Bulli Ed Eroi Concorsco Bellezza 2022 held in Sienna, Italy. In March 2022, Mr.Lalit Rao participated in 13th Bangalore International Film Festival 2022 (3-10th March, 2022) as member  of the prestigious FIPRESCI jury. His assignment included watching 12 Asian films in order to give the award to the best film. In 2021, Mr.Lalit Rao gave a message of congratulations to Iranian children on  the occasion of National Children’s Week held in Iran from October 8 to 14, 2021. In February 2017, he participated as a jury member (Kannada Cinema) during 9th Bangalore International Film Festival 2017. In 2014, he attended 19th International Film Festival of Kerala 2014 as a member of FIPRESCI jury (Malayalam Cinema). 

As a YouTuber, Mr. Lalit Rao commands a good presence on social media. Some of the major YouTube channels that he has launched are:

1) Indian Talkies 1913

2) Cinema-Poet 2008

3) Philosophy Network Channel

4) FLCC French by Lalit Rao Sir

5) Entre Jeunes 101 (CBSE French for 9th and 10th)

6) Global Royal Enfield Riders’ Domain 2024

Mr. Lalit Rao studied Master 2 at Université de Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris where he worked on ‘Distribution of Indian cinema’ in France. He is a UGC-NET qualified French language teacher, translator and interpreter. As a film critic, Mr. Lalit Rao has attended numerous film festivals in France and India !!


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