Manjusha Radhakrishnan is a prominent entertainment journalist and movie critic based in the United Arab Emirates for the last 17 years. As an Assistant Editor of Gulf News tabloid!, the largest English daily in the UAE, her love affair with the world of Bollywood films and fashion has been a tenacious and empowering one. She has also covered Bollywood film award nights including the International Indian Film Academy Awards around the globe in Europe and North America and Zee Cine Awards multiple times in the United Kingdom and Macau.
She has also been a guest on CNN with prominent news anchor Becky Anderson on her show to discuss Bollywood breaking news such as Salman Khan’s black buck conviction. Her panel discussions at the annual Economic Times conclave with National Award-winning actors such as director Kabir Khan and cricketer Harbhajan Singh is also a highlight in her career. She has also been featured on the cover of Xpedition Magazine as UAE’s 50 most influential icons in this region. She’s also the Bollywood expert for Dubai TV’s entertainment programme Insider Arabia and talks movies and Hindi cinema regularly in their hit show.Her in-depth interviews with Indian actors including Deepika Padukone, Alia Bhatt, Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Ranbir Kapoor and Ayushmann Khurrana have added colour to daily editions of tabloid!, the entertainment segment of Gulf News. She has also interviewed Hollywood legends such as Morgan Freeman and icons such as Priyanka Chopra.