Pujarinee Mitra (she/her/hers) is a PhD student at Texas A&M University, College Station. Her research focuses on the mobilization of anti-fascist affects in South Asian English literature and Hindi commercial cinema from 1990-present. She has published her work in Humanities, Feminist Encounters, and Journal of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics. Her public-facing writing has appeared in Film Companion and Live Wire.

Public-facing writing:

“Guilty Pleasures and Hidden Misogyny in Sonam Kapoor’s Aisha and SRK’s Kal Ho Naa Ho,” Film Companion, December 4, 2020.

“Emotional Repression and the Home in Aami Ashbo Phirey”, Film Companion, December 1, 2020.

“The Healer in Dear Zindagi: Jehangir Khan or Shahrukh Khan?” Film Companion, November 7, 2020.

“Masculinities and Shahrukh Khan”, Film Companion, November 3, 2020.

“Revisiting Om Shanti Om: Bollywood’s  Parasocial Relationships and Social Hierarchy”, Film Companion, September 5, 2020.

“Vande Bharat Mission: My Experience from New York to New Delhi,” Live Wire, July 22, 2020.