On IFP's
Stage

Creative Maestros from around the world

Some of the most prolific speakers from the creative world have climbed IFP's stage in the past.

IFP's programming team works throughout the year to ensure some of the best conversations happen on IFP's stage, and our speakers make them alive 🙂

In Alphabetical order

Festival Curators

Season 12 Lineup

Aakash Ranison

Photographer, Youtuber and Climate Activist

Abbas Momin

Stand-up Comedian, Writer, and Podcaster

Abhimanyu Balasubramanyam

Head of Schbang Motion Pictures, Producer, and Writer

Akash Banerjee

Founder and Host of The DeshBhakt, and Content Creator

Ankur Warikoo

Internet Entrepreneur and Content Creator

Atul Mongia

Creator, Writer, Director, Acting Mentor and Casting Director

Awez Darbar

Social Media Influencer, Choreographer, and Dancer

Ayush Shukla

Founder of Finnet Media, Content Creator and Podcaster

Cyrus Broacha

TV Anchor, Theatre Personality, Comedian, Political Satirist, Columnist, Podcaster and Author

Dhvani Solani

Editor-in-Chief at Vice India, Writer and Brand Strategist

Dr. Lakshmi Lingam

Dean and Professor of TISS's School of Media and Cultural Studies

Eureka Alphonso

CDO at Designlab, Designer and Illustrator

Funcho

Founders of Funcho Entertainment, Content Creators, Social Media Influencers

Hozaifa Sayed

Music Technology Educator and Mastering Engineer

Jaideep Sahni

Screenwriter, Lyricist and Creative Producer

Mae Mariyam Thomas

Podcaster, Journalist, Writer, and Voice Over Artist

Manav Chhabra

Co-Founder of Hashtag Ply, Social Media Influencer, Content Creator

Neville Shah

Sr. Executive Creative Director at Ogilvy and Comedian

Pooja Bhatt

Film Director, Actress, and Voice Over Artist

Ragasur

Composer, Music Producer, and Mixing & Mastering Engineer

Sharan Hegde

Influencer, Content Creator and Angel Investor

Shreyansh Pandey

Head of TVF Originals, a Showrunner, and Writer

Umakant Choudhary

Deputy Director of Film and Adventure Tourism, Madhya Pradesh Tourism

Vivin Kuruvilla

National Head of Sales & Marketing at ProMusicals and Audio Engineer

Yashraj Mukhate

Music Composer

Previously on IFP's Stage

Season 11

Aastha Khanna

Entrepreneur, Producer, Storyteller, Advocate for safety on set

Abhinav Krishnaswamy (The F16s)

Musician

Akhil Katyal

Creative writer, Poet, Teacher, Translator

Ashwin Gopakumar

Singer, Songwriter and frontman for the Indie - pop band When Chai Met Toast

Atul Churamani

Founder and Managing Director of Turnkey Music & Publishing Pvt. Ltd, the only standalone music publisher in India.

Dar Gai

Director, producer and a founder of Jugaad Motion Pictures

Lifafa

Singer, Music Producer, Songwriter, Frontman of Peter Cat Recording Co.

Neil Sadwelkar

Editor, Technology- consultant to filmmakers

Nirali Kartik

Lead Singer / Co-Founder of the band MaatiBaani and a classical vocalist

Nishant Matta

Photographer, Creative Director, Producer

Nitin Malik

Founding member, singer, songwriter for Parikrama

Rachita Taneja (Sanitary Panels)

Cartoonist

Rafael Pereira

Managing Partner, TINNUTS and Intellectual Property Strategist at the intersection of Law & Business relating to Technology, Entertainment, Arts & Culture.

Rony D’costa

Creative Director at Ramesh Sippy Entertainment

Shakun Batra

Story-teller, Writer, Director, Producer

Sneha Ramesh

Co-Founder & Content head at The Score Magazine

Sudeep Lahiri

VP - Content & Strategy at One Digital Entertainment

Suman Thakur

VP- Technical Services at Sennheiser India & Head of Technical Application Engineering

Tanya Appachu (Your insta Lawyer)

Lawyer, Content Creator

Tom Perrotta

Author of Election, Little Children, The Leftovers, and Mrs. Fletcher.

Volker Schmitt

Manager Technical Application Engineering at Sennheiser

Abhinandan Sekhri

Entrepreneur & Co-Founder of Newslaundry.

Akash Banerjee

Political Satirist & Social Media Entrepreneur

Amit Doshi

Entrepreneur & Co-Founder of IVM Podcasts

Aparna Purohit

Head of India Originals, Amazon Prime Video

Ashwin Gopakumar

Singer, Songwriter and frontman for the Indie - pop band When Chai Met Toast

Cyrus Broacha

TV Anchor, Theatre Personality, Comedian, Political Satirist, Columnist, Podcaster and Author

Gaurav Bansal

Content Creation & Brand Marketing for Business

Hrishikesh Pingle

National Product Manager (Professional Audio) at Sennheiser India.

Kavita Rajwade

Entrepreneur & Co-Founder of IVM Podcasts

Lifafa

Singer, Music Producer, Songwriter, Frontman of Peter Cat Recording Co.

Neha Dhupia

Actor & Podcast Host amongst many others

Padmanabhan NS

Artist & Label Partnership Head at Spotify India

Sanjay Gupta

Writer, Editor, Studio Head & Co-Founder of Raj Comics

Srishti Behl Arya

Director for International Originals, Netflix India

Stephen Stanford

Product Specialist & Writer-In-Residence at Celtx

Tara Bedi

Community Outreach Manager, Instagram India

Aakash Shah

Founder at One Hand Clap and Social Media Head at AIB

Amit Doshi

Entrepreneur & Co-Founder of IVM Podcasts

Aparna Purohit

Head of India Originals, Amazon Prime Video

Cyrus Broacha

TV Anchor, Theatre Personality, Comedian, Political Satirist, Columnist, Podcaster and Author

Danny Wang

Creative Director, Content Creator, GoPro

Dar Gai

Director, producer and a founder of Jugaad Motion Pictures

Guru Vaidya

Senior Solutions Consultant, Adobe Systems

Referred to by CNN as 'India's most dangerous filmmaker’, his films are urgent, politically charged, sexually explicit and will provocate and shock you. From Gandu to Garbage, one of the most controversial indie-filmmakers in India - Q.