Clare Mendonça

Clare Mendonça
Mendonça in 1939
Born1910
Died1953 (aged 43)
EducationSt. Xavier's College, Bombay
Occupation
  • Journalist
Years active1931–1953
EmployerTimes of India
Known forOne of the first female journalists of India
Notable creditFilmfare Awards were earlier called Clare Awards in her honour

Clare Mendonça (1910–1953) was a prominent film journalist in India, whose film reviews had a large readership. After her early death, she was honoured when the Clare Award, now the Filmfare Award, was instituted in 1954.

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