Sucharita Tyagi Explained

Sucharita Tyagi
Birth Date:1988 7, df=y
Birth Place:New Delhi, India
Education:St. Xavier's College, Mumbai

Sucharita Tyagi is an Indian film critic and former radio jockey.[1] Born and brought up in New Delhi, India, she moved to Mumbai, transitioned into web content in 2015, and records weekly review videos for Film Companion.

Early life

Sucharita Tyagi was born in New Delhi, India.[2] [3] She attended Modern School, Barakhamba Road and graduated with a major in science.[2] [3]

Career

Radio jockey (2007–14)

After graduating with a degree in Communications Studies and Journalism from the Indraprastha University, Tyagi began working as a voice over artist in New Delhi.[2] At 19, she successfully auditioned for a job as a radio jockey at a Delhi-based FM channel.[4] She worked at the Delhi stations of such channels as Red FM and Big FM, before moving to Mumbai, Maharashtra in 2010 to pursue post graduate education and further her career as a radio station host.[5]

Tyagi enrolled in a filmmaking course at the St. Xavier's College, Mumbai and simultaneously began working as programme host for the Mumbai-based FM station Radio City.[2] [5] She hosted the programme Freedom Live, which was aimed at promoting Indian independent music.[5] The show was noted for its emphasis on lesser known artists and music.[5] [6]

She received attention for a starting a fundraiser to help Nikita Shuklaa visually impaired law student; the story was picked up by several media outlets.[7] [8] [9] The campaign was widely shared and received attention from films actors and politicians based in Mumbai.[10]

YouTube (2015–present)

Tyagi continued to work with Radio City until 2017, hosting Mumbai Masala; she interviewed various Bollywood and regional artists, then joined film review website Film Companion.[6]

Tyagi's first review video was released on Film Companions YouTube channel in September 2015 under the title of "Not a Movie Review".[11] [12] [13]

Tyagi was appointed a member of the Film Critics Guild, one of India's first film critics association[12] as she continued to record weekly reviews for the "Not a Movie Review" series.[14] [4] [15] Some reviews received good amount of criticism, and sparked controversies and debates among artists and critics.[16] [17] [18] [19] [20]

Tyagi made her film acting debut with a supporting role in the 2019 short film Lutf, co-starring Mona Singh and Vinay Pathak.[21] A select few of episodes of "Not a Movie Review" were later compiled and released as a web series on Disney+ Hotstar under the same title in March 2020.[22] Later that year, Tyagi played herself in Vikramaditya Motwane's black comedy, AK vs AK; also starring Anurag Kashyap and Anil Kapoor as fictionalised versions of themselves, the production utilises a film-within-a-film narrative. AK vs AK was released on Netflix on 20 December to positive response from critics.[23]

In 2020, Tyagi launched her own clothing line in partnership with online retailer KadakMerch[24] and started her own YouTube channel, posting weekly film reviews under the title "Ghar Se Movie Review".[25] She also writes for other online media portals and publications.[12] [26] [27] [28]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Haridas . Keerthana . 2023-08-14 . FII Interviews: Sucharita Tyagi Talks About Her Journey From RJ To Film Critic, Women-Oriented Films And Censorship . 2023-10-14 . Feminism in India . en-GB.
  2. Web site: Interview, Sucharita Tyagi. Gradatory.in. Interview Portal. 24 January 2018. 17 April 2020.
  3. Web site: Interview, Sucharita Tyagi. Delhi Technological University. DTU Times. 17 April 2020.
  4. Web site: Feminist voice in a male world. Kurain. Anila. Deccan Herald. 22 March 2020. 17 April 2020.
  5. Web site: Bollywood killed the radio star: long live the radio star. Sood. Akhil. Sunday Guardian. 31 January 2015. 17 April 2020.
  6. Web site: A Conversation with Sucharita Tyagi of Film Companion and Radio City. The Bollywood Project. 12 October 2016. 17 April 2020. Spotify.
  7. Web site: A Heart-Warming Tale Of How An RJ Got Mumbai To Fund A Blind Girl's Education. Naithani. Guara. Scoopwhoop. 17 May 2017. 18 April 2020.
  8. Web site: Win for humanity: Strangers come forward to help blind girl who chose education over family. India Today. 17 May 2017. 18 April 2020.
  9. News: India Positive: Blind girl abandoned by parents, helped by RJ and strangers. Economic Times. 17 May 2017. 18 April 2020.
  10. Web site: Inspiring! This RJ and Mumbaikars helped to raise money for a visually impaired law student. The Indian Express. 16 May 2017. 18 April 2020.
  11. Web site: Welcome Back Not a Film Review, Sucharita Tyagi, Film Companion. Film Companion. YouTube. 4 September 2015. 17 April 2020.
  12. Web site: Sucharita Tyagi. The Cherry Picks. 18 April 2020.
  13. Web site: Vadlapati . Rajashekar . 14 September 2019 . VoxTalks With Sucharita Tyagi : 'You Become A Film Critic, Because You Love Movies' . 18 April 2020 . Vox Space.
  14. Web site: Kabir Singh Not a Movie Review, Shahid Kapoor, Kiara Advani, Film Companion. Film Companion. YouTube. 21 June 2019. 18 April 2020.
  15. Web site: Do Reviews Matter? Rajeev Masand, Sucharita Tyagi, Ankur Pathak, Podcast, Bollywood Uncovered. BBC. YouTube. 1 June 2020. 3 June 2021.
  16. Web site: Rangan . Bharadwaj . Kabir Singh, Article 15 Review Spoilers Let's Talk Movies . . en.
  17. Web site: Devarakonda . Vijay . Bajpayee . Manoj . Padukone . Deepika . Khurrana . Ayushman . The Best Performances Of The Decade Decoded Film Companion . . en.
  18. Web site: Vanga . Sandeep Reddy . Sandeep Vanga Reddy on his films, processes and beliefs Film Companion . . en.
  19. Web site: Vanga . Sandeep Reddy . Sandeep Reddy Vanga BASHES & TROLLS Film Critics & Their Negative Reviews Kabir Singh . . en.
  20. Web site: Bajpayee . Manoj . Why Manoj Bajpayee supports Kabir Singh! Sit With Hitlist . . en.
  21. Web site: Mona Singh, Vinay Pathak's Lutf to focus on mental health. Outlook. 18 April 2020. 8 October 2019.
  22. Web site: Not A Movie Review with Sucharita Tyagi. Disney+ Hotstar. 18 April 2020. 12 March 2020.
  23. Web site: AK vs AK. 4 June 2021. Rotten Tomatoes.
  24. Web site: Sucharita Tyagi. KadakMerch. 4 June 2021.
  25. Web site: Sucharita Tyagi. Sucharita Tyagi. YouTube. 19 April 2020.
  26. Web site: Style, Trends. Verve. Banerjee. Rushmika. 30 September 2019 . 18 April 2020.
  27. Web site: Sucharita Tyagi. The Weather Channel. 28 January 2019. 18 April 2020.
  28. Web site: Cancel Culture Began As Hyperbole, With No Real Life Impact: Film Critic Sucharita Tyagi. NDTV. 24 October 2020. 4 June 2021.

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