It is with our deepest sorrow that we inform you of the death of Dr Aruna Vasudev, early on the morning of September 5th 2024.
Founder and President Emeritus of NETPAC, the Network for the Promotion of Asia Pacific Cinema and widely referred to as “the mother of Asian Cinema.”
She was prominent as an author, scholar, programmer, filmcritic, cinema activist and founder of Cinemaya: The Asian Film Quarterly and Cinefan Film Festival. She was also a painter.
Farewell Aruna, you will be deeply missed by the NETPAC family.
Here is the trailer to the 2021 documentary by Director Supriya Suri