Ruchir Joshi

Ruchir Joshi

About The Author

Ruchir Joshi is a writer, columnist and filmmaker based in Calcutta. He won the Crossword Book Award 2025 for Fiction (Jury Award) for his novel The Great Eastern Hotel

About The Author

Ruchir Joshi is a writer, columnist and filmmaker based in Calcutta. He won the Crossword Book Award 2025 for Fiction (Jury Award) for his novel The Great Eastern Hotel

  • Outlook Anniversary Issue: Navigating The Nation Factory

    Today, as we struggle to push back against poisonous ideas of the divine, even as we struggle to find love and sahanubhuti to navigate our very harsh realities, the film does what the very best art should–it presses sharply on our pain points and briefly manages to release them.

    BY Ruchir Joshi 3 January 2026

    Real/Reel: A screen grab from the film Stalker