Winning Stories
Told a story to win hearts and trophy!
Some stories win heart, some break it. More than 2,500 storytellers participate each year to grab IFP's trophy.
Hear winning stories which will make you laugh, cry, miss someone and maybe even pinch you deep within.
Season 14
Category - Spoken Word
Theme - I Built My Own World
I am From The Land of Battles
Platinum Story Of The Year
Storyteller - Garima, Delhi, India
I Am The King Of..My World!
Gold Story Of The Year
Storyteller - Rachana Patil, Mumbai, India
Ek Tha Unicorn
Silver Story Of The Year
Storyteller - Khushboo Shah, Vadodara, India
Category - Poetry
Theme - The niverse That Looks Upon Me
We'll fool the Universe
Platinum Poetry Of The Year
Poet - Sanskar Bajaj, Khamgaon, India
Mosaic
Gold Poetry Of The Year
Poet - C. Kavya Sajeev, Noida, India
Heavenly Body
Silver Poetry Of The Year
Poet - Himangini Puri, Mumbai, India
Category - Mono Act
Theme - A Birthday Wish For Someone Who Is No More
To The Man Who Once Killed Me
Platinum Poetry Of The Year
Performer - Meha Kapoor, Mumbai, India
Khatkhatana
Gold Poetry Of The Year
Performer - Japjot Singh Malhotra, Bengaluru, India
My Child Taught Me to Love Unconditionally
Silver Poetry Of The Year
Performer - Chethana Ramesh Srivatsa, Bengaluru, India
Season 13
Theme - What If? Why Not?
Category - Spoken Word
But who is loving me?
Platinum Story Of The Year
Storyteller - Nikita Karamchandani, Nashik, India
Tell Your Story
Gold Story Of The Year
Storyteller - Ashutosh Kapoor, Mumbai, India
Swahaa. Swahaa. Swahaa.
Silver Story Of The Year
Storyteller - Arti Jain, Doha, India
A Case On Combating Inhumanity
Bronze Story Of The Year
Storyteller - Paridhi Kalotara Aggarwal, Chandigarh, India
Living My Imperfect Life Perfectly
#5 Story Of The Year
Storyteller - Farida Rizwan, Bangalore, India
Theme - Trip to the Moon
Category - Poetry
Touchdown 2037
Platinum Poetry Of The Year
Poet - Amruta Ponkshe, Mumbai, India
Women in STEM
Gold Poetry Of The Year
Poet - Kusum V. Moray, Solapur, India
DARLING, OH, DARLING
Silver Poetry Of The Year
Poet - Akshara Nair, Delhi, India
The Countdown Of My Life
Bronze Poetry Of The Year
Poet - Aditi Ojha, Aurangabad, India
Chaand Ki Baatein
#5 Poetry Of The Year
Poet - Atul Kumar Verma, Pune, India
Season 11
Theme - They say I am differentCategory - Poetry
Rulebook
Platinum Poem Of The Year
Storyteller - Ananya Sahoo, Hyderabad, India
Synopsis - A piece about society's strict rules about how to grieve and how I defied them
Maria
Gold Poem Of The Year
Storyteller - Krutika Zumbra
Synopsis - The piece is from the point of view of Marie Curie who tackles the central theme of how she is an anomaly– or is she an anomaly?
Main Ek Achha Khwaab Hoon
Silver Poem Of The Year
Storyteller - Pooja Khanolkar, Sindhudurga, India
Synopsis - This poem is the manifestation of eternal soul of the human who always think positive and good for the mankind.
I Don't Mind being Different
Bronze Poem Of The Year
Storyteller - Disha Mod, Udaipur, India
Synopsis - This poem is written from the perspective of sex education and how it is treated differently in India.
Maa Kehti hai, Main sab jaisa hoon
#5 Poem Of The Year
Storyteller - Sulbha Aneja, Mumbai, India
Synopsis - Protagonist who narrates is a 20 year old boy who is struggling to explain the world that he is not that different after all. He has his mum and his self-belief by his side, to face anything and anyone in the world.
Category - Spoken Word
Lifafa
Platinum Spoken Word Of The Year
Storyteller - Shilpa Varma, Mumbai, India
Synopsis - When Mansi receives an envelope in her name, it gives her a different high. There is something nice about being known by your name. It ensures that you are an individual. Not just someone's mother or wife.
Those Magic Words
Gold Spoken Word Of The Year
Storyteller - Zaid Khan, Chennai, India
Synopsis - An awkward 17 year old goes on his first date with the girl of his dreams, but the cause for his awkwardness isn't exactly what one might expect. It's a story about a boy struggling to find internal and external acceptance.
I'm Only Human
Silver Spoken Word Of The Year
Storyteller - Deon Demamount, Baijnath, India
Synopsis - A story of a bird that flew too close to a flock of different coloured birds.
Narbhakshi Machli
Bronze Spoken Word Of The Year
Storyteller - Shubham Garg, Delhi, India
Synopsis - A boy is about to propose the love of his life and the auspicious day takes him to his haunted past when his Maachi maa was killed because she was a trangender and he was subjected to differential treatment from society.
Sumo
#5 Spoken Word Of The Year
Storyteller - Aditya Raina, Jaipur, India
Synopsis - The pace of scientific development was fast but could not exceed its scope. After 12 years of unsuccessful attempts to bridge the gap between man and machine, Adeem and his team invented a robot that was up to 95% human. Irrespective of that, the robot finds itself on the verge of an Honor killing.
Season X
Theme - What's your UtopiaDreamroll
Platinum Story Of The Year
Storyteller - Krishnakant Jonnalgadda, Mumbai, India
My Utopia isn't Imaginary
#5 Story Of The Year
Storyteller - Anubhuti Ankit Budhraja, Bhopal, India
Lukka Chippi
Top 10 Story Of The Year
Storyteller - Adrit Mishra, Mumbai, India
Season 9
Theme - Not so SuperheroAuto Mein Tiranga
Platinum Story Of The Year
Storyteller - Vijay Kakwani, Mumbai, India
Na Sheershak Na Ant
Gold Story Of The Year
Storyteller - Sujay Malik, Mumbai, India
Butter Chicken and Everyday Heroes
Silver Story Of The Year
Storyteller - Vidya Nesarikar, Pune, India
Sapna
Bronze Story Of The Year
Storyteller - Nikhil Nagpal, Delhi, India
Dear Maa
#5 Story Of The Year
Storyteller - Manasi Tiwari, Hyderabad, India
Season 8
Theme - A Short Film called My LifeAverage
Platinum Story Of The Year
Storyteller - Naina Ojha, Ghaziabad, India
Sardi ke Naam ek Raat
Gold Story Of The Year
Storyteller - Shubham Negi, Bangalore
The Character Artist
Silver Story Of The Year
Storyteller - Abhaya Mishra, Mumbai, India