Amaresh Misra is a film writer, author, and historian based in India. Some of his accomplishments include: 1. Writing the script for the Hindi film "Bullett Raja" and consulting on other films. 2. Working as a film critic for Outlook Magazine and contributor to major Indian newspapers. 3. Researching and writing on historical films and figures from India. 4. Authoring several published books on Indian history and culture that have received critical acclaim.

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Film writer, author and Historian
Brief Profile
I. Films and Television
 Script Writer of the Hindi film starring Saif Ali Khan “Bullett Raja”
directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia
 Co-consultant on films for Dhulia productions: Paan Singh Tomar,
Charas and Saheb Bibi Ghulam
 Film Critic for Outlook Magazine for 2 years- reviewed English and
Hindi movies, latest releases
 Contributor to Edit Page of all major news dailies- Times of India,
Hindustan Times, Amar ujala, Hindustan, Rajasthan Patrika, Indian
Express, Asian Age etc on films and politics
 Researcher and Writer consultant on historical film on Changez Khan
to be directed by Akbar Khan
 Historian and consultant Writer on films on Uttar Pradesh context or
Historical personalities: Azeezun the courtesan, Nadira Babbar on
1857, MangalPandey and others
 Wrote a fictionalseries “Jasoos Vijay” for BBC India that won awards.
 Wrote and directed “ Rumani Kisse”, a five part television series for
Zee Television.
 Wrote and Directed “Indian History through Cinema- 1947-1985“ a
fast paced documentary for Kaleidoscope Entertainment, produced
by Bobby Bedi.

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a) The project was meant to reveal various aspects of Post-
Independence India through a merger of documentary/non-fiction
images captured by Films Division with images from popular Hindi
cinema.
b) Through this collision, of film in both, non-fiction and fiction format, a
new kind of narrative, based on film history creating socio-political
history of contemporary India was evolved.
c) The project involved extensive research in National film archives
and historicaldata available in libraries.
d) Political events of this period were covered through the cinematic
journey of those times; visited the archives in Pune, Delhi,
Lucknow- analyzed and watched over 3000 films.
 I am an Encyclopedia of Hindi films released from 1950s till 1990s
through avid viewing and re-viewing!
 Assisted and worked with Muzaffar Ali on a film titled `Daaman’.
 Directed “Bihar ki Kahani”, a short film on Bihar.
 Directed `Ganga YamuniTehzeeb”, a film on India’s composite
culture.
 Creative Director at “Reel Life entertainment” (film production) from
2006 till 2010
II. Author of Published Books

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 War of Civilizations: 1857 A.D, 2008- it is a 2 volume, 2000 page
work that covers India and its regional uprisings. It is the only book by
an Indian and from an Indian perspective on the subject since 1950. It
has unearthed, revealed, and questioned various theories that have
been prevalent about the subject. It has won several awards and
recognitions.
It was applauded by ‘London Guardian’ and University of Edinburgh as
extraordinary work on the subject.
 Lucknow: Fire of Grace” published by Harper Collins India, 1998
The non-fiction book is the first full length, historical and contemporary
narrative, covering a time span of more than 250 years, from 1722 to
the present, of Indian subcontinent’s most fascinating city culture.
Besides giving a highly readable, story of events, it redefines the Indo-
Persian, Lucknaviway of beauty, politics, cuisine, fashion, architecture,
money making, sensation, `ada’, `zaban’, honor and culture as
authentic Indianness—as opposed to Hindutva, Jinnah’s two nation
theory and Nehruvian `pseudo-anglicized’ secularism.
 A novel “The Minister’s Wife”, published by PENGUIN in 2002.

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A hard-boiled, fast paced narrative about sexual and political corruption in
contemporary India; an erotic thriller set against the backdrop of caste
conflicts, mafia intrigue and the amorality of a world driven purely by
ambition and wealth.The novel was in India’s top ten for three months;
critics hailed it as India’s first HARDBOILED NOVEL. Till date 25,000
copes have been sold equaling ShobhaDe’s record.
 Mangal Pandey: True Story of an Indian Revolutionary
Published in August 2005 by Rupa, this non-fiction book was hailed as a
true account of Mangal Pandey’’s life; pitted against the Ketan Mehta film,
it was seen as more authentic—it sold more than 10,000 copies, a record
of sorts.
Academic Positions Held
 Former Member of the Governing Council of ICSSR – Indian
Council for Social Science Research. It is India’s premier body in
social and economic change policy making. It has over 30 institutes
and universities under its aegis.
 Visiting faculty to many Universities in USA and India on Modern
Indian history, Art and Cinema and Sociology of politics
Past Experience:
1. Times Of India (1991-1999)

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 Political commentator on north India
 Analysis of trends in cinema and entertainment
Education
1. Masters of Arts, in Modern Indian History,Allahabad University,
2. Bachelors of Arts, in English Literature, Political Science and
Modern History, Allahabad University