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Piroj Wadia

PIROJ WADIA is a journalist of long standing, she was Assistant Editor for Cine Blitz and  The Daily,  and   edited TV & Video World, India’s first & only authentic television magazine. She is  equally ardent about television as  she is about films, and critiques both. She has been keenly watching and observing television since the 1990s and has witnessed the industry’s growth and sea changes.   She has  served on the jury for the Indian Television Academy (ITA)  and the  Indian Documentary Producers’ Association (IDPA); and on the script committee of the Children’s Film Society, India (CFSI). Currently, she is  researching on the contribution of the Parsis to Indian cinema.

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