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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 11

Theme - They say I am different

Category - 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 Utopia

Dreamroll

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 Superhero

Auto 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 Life

Average

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

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