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Lalit Mohan Joshi is a London based Indian film historian and documentary filmmaker and edits the thematic journal South Asian Cinema. He is the founder Director of South Asian Cinema Foundation (SACF) since the year 2000, an organisation committed to build Indian film culture and promoting meaningful Indian cinema in Britain and other countries.

Lalit has written and edited several books – Bollywood –Popular Indian Cinema (2001), A Door to Adoor (2006), India My India and Other Films by Yavar Abbas (2010). Published by Dakini ‘Bollywood –Popular Indian Cinema’ is Lalit’s internationally acclaimed book on the subject.

Lalit’s new book and documentary film Niranjan Pal –A Forgotten Legend (2011) is just about to be released and previewed in August during Niranjan Pal events. His documentaries Beyond Partition (2006) and Jai Ho Gulzar (2010) have won critical acclaim.

Lalit has been a Broadcast Journalist and producer with the BBC World Service (Hindi) for more than 20 years (1988- 2009) and has produced acclaimed radio and TV features on Indian Cinema.