Mohimarnab Biswas

Asian & Middle Eastern Studies

425 Folwell Hall

9 Pleasant St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Collegiate Affiliation

PhD Candidate,

Educational Background & Specialties

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Educational Background

Master of Arts: South Asian Cultures and Media, University of Minnesota, 2022-2024
Master of Arts: Media & Cultural Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, 2017-19

Publications

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Biswas, Mohimarnab. “Dressing up ‘Justice’: The Cinematic Body and the Body of the Cinematic Medium in Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota (2018).” South Asian Popular Culture, vol. 22, no. 2, Feb. 2025, pp. 167–80. https://doi.org/10.1080/14746689.2024.2428865.
Biswas, Mohimarnab. “Shattering Our Idols: Understanding Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s Vision for Cinema in India.” BioScope: South Asian Screen Studies, vol. 15, no. 2, 2025, pp. 108–33. https://doi.org/10.1177/09749276241303523.
Biswas, Mohimarnab. “Bahujan Legend, Brahmanical Telling: Decoding the Lens of Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior.” Historicizing Myths in Contemporary India: Cinematic Representations and Nationalist Agendas in Popular Hindi Cinema, edited by Rutuja Deshmukh and Swapna Gopinath, Routledge, 2023, pp. 148–62.

Activities

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Indian Predator (Beast of Bangalore and Murder in a Courtroom): Research Associate on Netflix India's True crime docuseries. 2020

The Dhammachakra Turns (Co-directed with: Jyoti Nisha, Mayura Saavi and Yogiraj Bhende): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcBDHiXKA9s&list=PLUC2Cgr3Xxdxm8Aew8lB7-KvmXbFaT-5f . 2019

Awards

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Shohara Research Award, Department of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Dissertation and field research award, 2025-26
MnDrive Human in the Data Summer Fellowship, Institute of Advanced Study (IAS), University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Project title- "Food, ruins and cinema in South Asia", 2024
Graduate Summer Internship Program, College of Liberal Arts (CLA), University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 2023

Courses

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