FOUNDER & CRITIC-IN-CHARGE
Shailik Bhaumik
EDITOR
Rupanjali Pramanik
GRAPHICS
Soumitra Das
Neha Giri
WRITERS
Adva Reichman, Barry John Terblanche, Anushka Dutta, Rohan Bhattacharya, Saborno Sinha,
Rich Monetti, Gaurav Dutta, Snigdha Sen, Poulami Sengupta
Rupanjali Pramanik
- EDITOR
- Kolkata
Rupanjali Pramanik, born in Asansol, passed schooling from Loreto Convent and completed Masters with Linguistics from Jadavpur University. She is an enthusiast and eager to explore. She is presently the Editor-in-Chief of Cult Critic Magazine. She is a trained classical dancer and won many awards in this stream. She is also a passionate actor and writer.
Sayantan Mukherjee
- WRITER
- Kolkata
Sayantan Mukherjee is a teacher, writer and professional video editor based in Kolkata, India. He serves as the Chief-Editor of Cult Critic Film Magazine. He serves as teacher at Lakshmipat Singhania Academy and as Visiting Faculty in Aliah University. He also works for EMMRC, St. Xavier’s College as anchor and editor of numerous MOOC programmes made for UGC, India.
Adva Reichman
- WRITER
- Israel
An Israeli writer-director based in Los Angeles; her latest film, Something to Live For deals with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and was screened at prestigious festivals. While in Israel, she worked in the Israeli news and on documentaries. She is a graduate of the TV & Film Production MFA program at USC School of Cinematic Arts.
Rich Monetti
- WRITER
- Kolkata
Rich Monetti was born in the Bronx and grew up in Somers, New York. He went onto study Computer Science and Math at Plattsburgh State. But after about a decade in the field, he discovered that writing was his real passion. He's been a freelancer since 2003 and is always looking for the next story. Rich also dabbles with screenwriting and stays active by playing softball and volleyball.
Rohan Bhattacharya
- WRITER
- Kolkata
Rohan Bhattacharya is a video editor, filmmaker and writer. His film Komorebi won the second prize in ‘South Asia Japanese Language Short Film Competition,’ organized by The Japan Foundation, New Delhi and his latest film “Tsubaki” has been screened at the Tokyo Short Film Festival in Japan. His production house Sunkaku Productions makes movies in Japanese language to create a bridge of culture between India and Japan.
Sabarno Sinha
- WRITER
- Kolkata
Sabarno Sinha is an undergraduate student of English at Jadavpur University, Kolkata. He was active in the debating and MUN circuit in Kolkata. Sabarno frequently writes short stories, poems and screenplays for short films. A lover of world cinema, Sabarno finds pleasure in watching contemporary as well as classic films from Japan, Italy and Germany among others.
Anushka Dutta
- WRITER
- Kolkata
Anushka Dutta is a student of English Honours, and a part-time content writer. A writer, singer and an artist; they have worked as an ambassador for Japan Film Festival in 2020 organized in Kolkata, India. They are a professional singer and have done playback singing in movies.
Gaurav Dutta
- WRITER
- Kolkata
Gaurav Dutta is a B.com graduate from Kolkata, schooling from St. josephs college having a passion for writing since childhood and a love for coding and gaming at the same time!
Barry John Terblanche
- WRITER
- Kolkata
Barry John Terblanche, a once professional produced screenwriter across all genres and formats. Now, since 2018, he had moved his attention to film production, he is an acclaimed independent film screener, reviewer, and critic for a few international film magazines. Also, a competition judge across top film festivals.
Shailik Bhaumik
- FOUNDER & CRITIC-IN-CHARGE
- Kolkata, Los Angeles
Shailik Bhaumik is an Indian Filmmaker, Inventor & Entrepreneur. He is the founder and chairman of Alzebra, Inc., a tech conglomerate having its office in India, Singapore & US. Bhaumik is known for his films Dasein (2015) & Burning Butterflies (2023). Bhaumik is the founder of Cult Critic, CICFF, RSTMP and the inventor of World Film Communities Network (WFCN), a system integration platform for film industry professionals.