# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/aruna-vasudev
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:46:46.124Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/aruna-vasudev"
name: "Aruna Vasudev"
slug: "aruna-vasudev"
description: "Aruna Vasudev was an Indian critic, author, editor, painter, and maker of documentaries who was considered an eminent scholar on Asian cinema, and was described as the \"mother of Asian Cinema\"."
tagline: "Indian writer (1936–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aruna_Vasudev01.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1936-11-01"
deathDate: "2024-09-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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sources:
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    title: "ਅਰੁਣਾ ਵਾਸੂਦੇਵ"
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    title: "Aruna Vasudev"
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  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aruna_Vasudev"
    title: "Aruna Vasudev"
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  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%81"
    title: "آرونا واسودف"
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    title: "Aruna Vasudev"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Aruna Vasudev"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump