Udaya Tara Nayar

Udaya Tara Nayar is a film journalist in India.

Career

Early career In 2000, Nayar once again left Screen to help raise her grandchildren. It was at this time that Dilip Kumar approached her to write his biography, The Substance and the Shadow,

Awards and honours

Nayar has won the following honours, recognitions and awards for her contribution to cinema journalism: Head of the National Jury for Books in the National Film Awards three times 1996, 1998 and 2004. Member of the Script Advisory Committee of Children's Film Society, India in 1998-1999. Member of the Advisory Council of Film and Television Institute of India in 1998-1999. Head of the Jury for the Aravindan Awards in Kerala. Honoured by the Chief Minister of Kerala, Shri A.K. Antony as a Global Malayalee in 2000, an award bestowed on distinguished Malayalees for their contribution to social betterment. The Best Junior Citizen award by the South Bombay Jaycees Committee in 1989 for creating a healthy trend in clean journalism. The Salaam Bombay Magazine award for the Best Cinema Journalist in 1989. The K.A. Abbas Memorial Award for Excellence in Film Journalism in 1989. The Priyanka Gandhi Award for Excellence in Film Journalism and championing of clean film journalism in 2004, given by the World of Priyanka Gandhi magazine. The 50th National Film Awards, presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, were announced by a committee headed by Prakash Jha, Rajiv Mehrotra and Udaya Tara Nayar for the feature films, non-feature films and books written on Indian cinema.