Nishi Pulugurtha is Reader in English, Brahmananda Keshab Chandra College, Kolkata. She was a UGC Research Fellow,University of Calcutta and earned her Ph.D on Coleridge’s poetry. Her post doctoral work dealt poetry written in English by Bengalis in the nineteenth century (UGCMRP). She is now working on diasporic literature and has been awarded an Associateship at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla.

My creations

Mahanati: The Story of an Iconic Actress

Mahanati (2018), is a biopic on the life and works of Savitri who commanded high respect and adulation in the Telugu film industry for her versatile talent. A review.

Theatre and Life: Natoker Mato

The tragic end to the life of a young and versatile actress on the Bengali stage is the starting point of Debesh Chattopadhyay’s 2015 film, Natoker Mato. A review.

Bollywood And The Diaspora: Namastey London

Namastey London offers intriguing insights into the hypocrisy of NRIs, who raise their children as products of their new environment.

The Moor Recontextualized Othello to Omkara

In the play Othello stands alone, while in the Hindi film adaptation Omkara is given a full household. Instead of Venice, Omkara is set against the milieu of political and gangster warfare in the rustic interiors of Uttar Pradesh.