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Jury Members
Helming the reins!
Some of the most prolific creators from fields of films, music, storytelling, design and writing have helmed as IFP's jury and viewed more than 14,000 short films, heard over 2,000+ music tracks, read over 5,000 scripts and viewed more than 6,500 designs to choose the next generation of creators.
In Alphabetical order
Filmmaking Challenge Juries
Abhishek Chaubey
Filmmaker
Alankrita Shrivastava
Showrunner
Amit Sharma
Director
Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury
Filmmaker
Anjali Menon
Filmmaker
Anvitaa Dutt
Director & Writer
Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari
Filmmaker, Writer, Producer
Bejoy Nambiar
Filmmaker
Devashish Makhija
Director & Screenwriter
Gautham Vasudev Menon
Filmmaker
Guneet Monga Kapoor
Producer
Habib Faisal
Film Director
Hansal Mehta
Filmmaker
Jeo Baby
Director
Kabir Khan
Filmmaker
Ketan Mehta
Filmmaker
Komal Nahta
Filmmaker
Leena Yadav
Filmmaker
Lijo Jose Pellisery
Filmmaker
Madhur Bhandarkar
Director
Milan Luthria
Filmmaker
Nagesh Kukunoor
Filmmaker
Nagesh Kukunoor
Filmmaker
Nandini Reddy
Filmmaker
Navdeep Singh
Director, Writer, Ad-maker
Nikkhil Advani
Filmmaker
Omung Kumar
Filmmaker
Onir
Filmmaker
Pan Nalin
Filmmaker
Pradeep Sarkar
Writer & Director
Rahul Dholakia
Filmmaker
Raj & DK
Writer, Director, Producer Duo
Ram Madhavani
Director, Producer & Creator
Rima Das
Filmmaker
RS Prasanna
Filmmaker
Sanjay Gadhvi
Filmmaker
Selvaraghavan
Director
Shakun Batra
Filmmaker & Writer
Shubhashish Bhutiani
Writer & Director
Shyam Benegal
Filmmaker
Sooni Taraporevala
Director, Screenwriter
Sriram Raghavan
Filmmaker
Sudhir Mishra
Filmmaker & Screenwriter
Tigmanshu Dhulia
Filmmaker
Umesh Shukla
Filmmaker
Vetrimaaran
Director, Screenwriter and Film Producer
Vikramaditya Motwane
Filmmaker
Vipul Shah
Producer
Music Challenge Juries
Amit Kilam
Musician
Arivu
Rapper, Songwriter
Ashwin Gopakumar
Singer, Songwriter and frontman for the Indie - pop band When Chai Met Toast
Brodha V
Rapper, Hip-Hop Music Producer
Darbuka Siva
Music Composer
Dualist Inquiry
Musician
Kaam Bhari
Rapper
Lifafa
Singer, Music Producer, Songwriter, Frontman of Peter Cat Recording Co.
Lisa Mishra
Musician
Naezy
Rapper
Nirali Kartik
Lead Singer / Co-Founder of the band MaatiBaani and a classical vocalist
Nitin Malik
Founding member, singer, songwriter for Parikrama
OAFF
Music Composer & Producer
Raja Kumari
Singer & Songwriter
Rajan Batra
Musician
Raman Negi
Singer-Songwriter & Guitarist
Rashmeet Kaur
Singer & Songwriter
Shalmali Kholgade
Singer & Songwriter
Shor Police
Bollywood-International Pop Duo
Sneha Khanwalkar
Music Director
Sushin Shyam
Music Composer
Swanand Kirkire
Singer, Lyricist, Writer and Actor
Tech Panda & Kenzani
Music Producers
Vasu Dixit
Musician & Filmmaker
Writing Challenge Juries
Abbas Tyrewala
Screenwriter, Director, Lyricist
Advaita Kala
Screenplay Writer
Aleesha Matharu
Journalist
Anand Neelakantan
Author, screenwriter, Columnist
Anuja Chauhan
Author
Apurva Asrani
Showrunner
Atika Chohan
Screenwriter
Bhavani Iyer
Writer
Gazal Dhaliwal
Writer, LGBTQ+ Activist
Hardik Mehta
Writer & Filmmaker
Hemanth Rao
Writer, Director
Hitesh Kewalya
Director & Screenwriter
Ira Mukhoty
Author
Janice Pariat
Author & Storyteller
Kanika Dhillon
Screenwriter & Author
Madhu Trehan
Author, Journalist
Mahesh Narayanan
Filmmaker, Screenwriter, Film Editor
Niren Bhatt
Writer & Lyricist
Saiwyn Quadras
Writer
Sandeep Modi
Showrunner
Tanushree Podder
Author
Urmi Juvekar
Screenwriter, Producer, Director, NFDC Consultant
Yashica Dutt
Author & Journalist
Performing Arts Challenge Juries
Akhil Katyal
Creative writer, Poet, Teacher, Translator
Amandeep Singh
Spoken Word Artist
Aranya Johar
Poet, Gender Equality Activist
Arundhathi Subramaniam
Poet & Author
Azhar Iqbal
Poet
Dolly Thakore
Theatre Artist
Hussain Haidry
Writer & Spoken Word Poet
Jidnya Sujata
Poet, Actor, Dancer
Lillete Dubey
Theatre Artist & Actor
Manoj Shah
Theatre Director
Mehak Mirza Prabhu
Storyteller, Scriptwriter, Mentor, and Life Story Coach
Nidhi Narwal
Poet & Author
Priya Malik
Writer & Storyteller
Puneet Sharma
Poet, Screenwriter
Rakesh Tiwari
Spoken Word Poet
Simar Singh
Writer, Comedian
Sonnet Mondal
Indian Poet, Editor, and Author
Swastika Rajput
Storyteller & Poet
Yahya Bootwala
Poet
Design Challenge Juries
Aaron Pinto
Visual Artist & Director
Chaaya Prabhat
Illustrator
D. Udaya Kumar
Designer
Gopi Prasannaa
Designer
Jasjyot Singh Hans
Illustrator
Jayesh Joshi
Digital Artist
Jayesh Sachdev
Designer
Maanvi Kapur
Visual Artist
Mounica Tata
Writer & Illustrator
Munz TDT
Creative Head, Dunzo
Prasad Bhat
Aritst
Rahul Saini
Designer
Raj Khatri
Artist
Rob
Visual Artist
Sabari Venu
Art Director & Animator
Santanu Hazarika
Doodle artist, Illustrator
Saptarshi Prakash
Director of Design (Swiggy) and UI/UX Designer
Shreeya Malpani
Design Lead, Cult Fit
Srishti Guptaroy
Illustrator/Visual Artist
Varun Gupta
AI Artist
Vimal Chandran
Visual Artist & Photographer
Photography Challenge Juries
Arjun Mark
Photographer
Avani Rai
Photographer
Harpreet Bachher
Photographer
Radhakrishnan Chakyat
Photographer
Sasha Jairam
Fashion & Advertising Photographer
Subrata Biswas
Photojournalist
Tarun Chouhan
Photographer