Film Critics Circle of India (FCCI) is a society comprising notable film critics from all the major film producing states of India.
At the AGM, conducted at the International Film Festival of India—2013, Subhash Ghai said, "You are in a highly responsible profession. You have the responsibility to look into the growth of civilization and of the next generation. We filmmakers look upon you as God. So guide us in your reviews, tell us where we lack, and how we can improve. But do not mock us. Creative people are extra sensitive, so talk like a mother, not like an opponent."
FCCI Award for the Best Indian Film of 20161: Thithi (directed by Raam Reddy)FCCI Award for the Best Indian Film of 20152: Court (directed by Chaitanya Tamhane)FCCI Award for Best Indian Film at ALIIFF-2016: The Violin Player (directed by Bauddhayan Mukherji). “For the sensitive portrayal of conflict between the artistic vision of ideal life and harsh realities of the contemporary city life, depicted in an innovative and minimalistic style.” FCCI Award for Best Debut Director at HBFF-2016: Debesh Chattopadhyay (Natoker Moto). “For the sensitive cinematic portrayal of the struggle of a dedicated artistic soul in a powerful visual odyssey that reinforces cinema, theater and lived life.” FCCI Special Mention Award at HBFF-2016: Cinemawala (directed by Kaushik Ganguly). “For directing the spotlight on the grave crisis engulfing the celluloid art with the inevitable march of technology.”
1Best Indian film released in India in 2016 and/or released outside India in 2016
2Best Indian film theatrically released in India in 2015
ALIIFF-2016: Impact of social media on critics
Baradwaj Rangan: "Social media has taken away the aspect of word-of-mouth and has kind of separated it from film criticism, which is, I think, the best thing that has ever happened, because, far too often, people mistake film criticism from something that should tell them whether or not they should go watch a film."
Mayank Shekhar: "As Baradwaj pointed out, film criticism has various approaches - historical, social... The journalistic approach has traditionally been about newly-released films. The reader basically just wants to know if the reviewer at the end of the day liked the film or not."
IFFI-2014: Does technology kill good cinema and sensitivity?
M.K. Raghavendra: "Kubrick’s futuristic masterpiece '2001: A Space Odyssey' was made in 1968. In the last forty-six years nobody has made a film with a similarly profound influence on how we think, despite the revolutionary changes in technology. Emotions do not need fresh technology, and some stories are never remade".
Rashmi Doraiswamy: "Films today are shot and edited non-linearly; even a piece of music is recorded non-continuously, with stops between each line of singing. Original is no more relevant in this synthetic culture of packaged entertainment. Reality and technology both are fragmented to today’s connected generation, influencing each other".
Ashok Rane: "In an industry where the producers want to use magic technologies without even thinking about story, plot or characters, technology is doing more harm than benefit. There is a growing tendency where even low budget films try to use chroma and multi-point tracking, most of the time in pathetic ways".
100 Years of Indian Cinema /Premendra Mazumder25 Loka Cinemakal /G.P. RamachandranA Life in Veil: Suchitra Sen /Ratnottama SenguptaAlivinte Mandarangal /Madhu EravankaraAsian Film Journeys: Selections from Cinemaya /Rashmi Doraiswamy, et al.Asoumiya Chalachitrar Chaa-Pohar /Apurba SarmaBarley Vayalukale Ulaykkunna Kattu /Madhu EravankaraBeing and Becoming: the Cinemas of Asia /Rashmi Doraiswamy, et al.Cinema Talkies /C. S. VenkiteswaranCinemayum Malayaliyude Jeevithavum /G.P. RamachandranCinemayum Prathaiyayasasthravum /V. K. JosephCinemchi Goshta /Anil ZankarConversations with Mani Ratnam /Baradwaj RanganDesham Pauratwam Cinema /V. K. JosephDispatches from the Wall /Baradwaj RanganEchoes and Eloquences: the Life and Cinema of Gulzar /Saibal ChatterjeeEncyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema /Anil Zankar, Ratnottama Sengupta, Saibal Chatterjee, et al.Encyclopedia of Postcolonial Literatures, Ed 2, Vol 1 /Rashmi Doraiswamy, et al.Film Society Movement: a Success of Failure /Premendra MazumderGuru Dutt: Through Light and Shade /Rashmi DoraiswamyHindi Commercial Cinema: Changing Narrative Strategies in Frames of Mind: Reflections on Indian Cinema /Rashmi Doraiswamy, et al.Idiocy and Civilisation: A Study of Dostoevsky’s The Idiot in The Russian Enigma /Rashmi Doraiswamy, et al.Hollywood Bollywood: the Politics of Crossover Films /Saibal Chatterjee, Utpal Borpujari, et al.Image and Imagination: Reconstructing the Nation, in ‘India: A National Culture /Rashmi DoraiswamyIndia: a National Culture /Rashmi Doraiswamy, et al.Indian Cinemayil Ninnu Indiaye Kandethumpol /G.P. RamachandranIndian Film Culture: Indian Cinema /Amit Khanna, Dalton L, Ganesh Matkari, Manoj Barpujari, Premendra Mazumder, Rashmi Doraiswamy, Siladitya Sen, Sukanya Verma, et al.Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro: Seriously Funny Since 1983 /Jai Arjun SinghKaalathinte Adarukal /Madhu EravankaraKing Khan /Deepa GahlotLoka Cinema Kazhchayum Sthalakaalangalum /G.P. RamachandranLoka Cinema Yathrakal /G.P. RamachandranLoka Cinemayude Moonnam Kannu /Madhu EravankaraMalayala Cinema Padanangal /C. S. VenkiteswaranMalayala Cinema: Desam, Bhasha, Samskaram /G.P. RamachandranCinemayile Avismaraneeyar /Madhu EravankaraCinemayum Sahithyavum /Madhu EravankaraMughal-e-Azam: Legend as Epic /Anil ZankarPopcorn Essayists, The /Jai Arjun SinghPost-Soviet Condition: Chingiz Aitmatov in the ’90s, The /Rashmi DoraiswamyReflections on Indian Cinema /Rashmi Doraiswamy, et al.Handbook of Indian Cinemas /Anil Zankar, et al.Yathrakal: KR Mohanante Cinema /C. S. VenkiteswaranKapoor (The Legends of Indian Cinema) /Deepa Gahlot25 Daring Women of Bollywood /Deepa Gahlot2: 50 Films that Deserve a New Audience /Deepa GahlotTharasancharangal /C.S. VenkiteswaranMachu-Machu, Shaktam Makhal-Makhal /R.K. Bidur SinghWorld of Hrishikesh Mukherjee, The /Jai Arjun SinghFederation of Film Societies of IndiaFilm Federation of IndiaIndian body of FIPRESCIIndian Film Critics Association 
