Dipankar Sarkar is an alumnus of the Film & Television Institute of India, Pune, and a freelance writer on various topics related to cinema. His articles have appeared on Scroll, The Hindu, Livemint, The Quint, The Tribune, Chandigarh, Upperstall, vaguevisages.com amongst others. He has a certificate in Film Curation: Theory and Practice from FTII, Pune, and a Research Fellowship by the National Film Archive of India.