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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
50 Hour Filmmaking Challenge Juries
Abhishek Chaubey
Filmmaker
Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury
Filmmaker
Anjali Menon
Filmmaker
Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari
Filmmaker, Writer, Producer
Leena Yadav
Director, Editor, Writer, Producer
Madhur Bhandarkar
Director
Milan Luthria
Filmmaker
Nagesh Kukunoor
Filmmaker
Navdeep Singh
Director, Writer, Ad-maker
Pan Nalin
Filmmaker
Pradeep Sarkar
Writer & Director
Raj & DK
Writer, Director, Producer Duo
Ram Madhavani
Filmmaker
Ritesh Batra
Director
RS Prasanna
Filmmaker
Shakun Batra
Story-teller, Writer, Director, Producer
Shubhashish Bhutiani
Writer & Director
Sudhir Mishra
Filmmaker & Screenwriter
Vetrimaaran
Director, Screenwriter and Film Producer
Vipul Shah
Producer
50 Hour Music Challenge Juries
Ashwin Gopakumar
Singer, Songwriter and frontman for the Indie - pop band When Chai Met Toast
Brodha V
Rapper, Hip-Hop Music Producer
Dualist Inquiry
Musician
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
Raman Negi
Singer-Songwriter & Guitarist
Vasu Dixit
Musician & Filmmaker
7 Day Writing Challenge Juries
Apurva Asrani
Showrunner
Atika Chohan
Screenwriter
Bhavani Iyer
Writer
Gazal Dhaliwal
Writer, LGBTQ+ Activist
Hardik Mehta
Writer & Filmmaker
Hitesh Kewalya
Director & Screenwriter
Kanika Dhillon
Screenwriter & Author
Mahesh Narayanan
Filmmaker, Screenwriter, Film Editor
Niren Bhatt
Writer & Lyricist
Saiwyn Quadras
Writer
7 Day Storytelling Challenge Juries
Akhil Katyal
Creative writer, Poet, Teacher, Translator
Amandeep Singh
Writer & Storyteller
Aranya Johar
Poet, Gender Equality Activist
Hussain Haidry
Writer & Spoken Word Poet
Jidnya Sujata
Poet, Actor, Dancer
Mehak Mirza Prabhu
Storyteller
Priya Malik
Writer & Storyteller
Yahya Bootwala
Poet
7 Day Design Challenge Juries
Aaron Pinto
Visual Artist & Director
Mehek Malhotra
Designer and Visual Artist
Prasad Bhat
Aritst
Raj Khatri
Artist
Santanu Hazarika
Doodle artist, Illustrator
Srishti Gupta Roy
Illustrator/Visual Artist
Vimal Chandran
Visual Artist & Photographer