Ashanti Omkar is a UK-based print/broadcast journalist, compère, consultant and curator who has interviewed a number of film personalities, from AR Rahman and Akon to Aamir Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Freida Pinto, Mani Ratnam, Priyanka Chopra and many more. She is a contributing editor for BBC Publishing (Immediate Media) and Cineworld Unlimited Magazine and is London correspondent for a number of other publications. She is a repeat judge on UK’s biggest inter-university competition, Face Off, curates and comperes at places like The O2 London Mela, BAFTA, Queen Elizabeth Hall, The O2 et al. She works closely with the marketing team for the London Indian Film Festival.