IFP'S
STAGE
Season 11 Line-up coming soon
Some of the most prolific speakers from the world of films, literature, music and digital 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 orderFestival Creative Director
Previously on IFP's Stage
Aahana Kumra
Actor
Aakash Shah
Founder at One Hand Clap and Social Media Head at AIB
Aaron Pinto
Visual Artist & Director
Aastha Atray Banan
Journalist, Author, Podcaster
Abe Kislevitz
Creative Director of Media, GoPro HQ
Abhilash Thapliyal
Actor, RJ, Host
Abhinandan Sekhri
Entrepreneur & Co-Founder of Newslaundry.
Abhishek Banerjee
Actor & Casting Director
Abhishek Chaubey
Filmmaker
Abish Mathew
Comedian & YouTuber
Adhiraj Bose
Director and Writer
Adil Hussain
Actor
Aditi Srivastava
Co-Founder at Pocket Aces
Aditya Varma
Filmmaker and Director of Photography
Ahsaas Channa
Actor
Ajay Bahl
Filmmaker & Producer
Ajay Chacko
Co-Founder & CEO at Arre
Ajit Andhare
Producer
Akanksha Dua
Director
Akash Banerjee
Political Satirist & Social Media Entrepreneur
Aki Spadaro
Musician
Akshat Ghildiyal
Screenwriter
Alankrita Shrivastava
Filmmaker
Alexander Payne
Filmmaker
Ali Fazal
Actor
Alok Sharma
Artist & Co-Founder of Indusverse
Amandeep Singh
Writer & Storyteller
Ambi Parameswaran
Brand Coach & Strategist
Amit Doshi
Entrepreneur & Co-Founder of IVM Podcasts
Amit Sharma
Filmmaker
Amit Shetty
Senior Director, Product.
Amol Parashar
Actor
Amritpal Singh Bindra
Producer
Anand Gandhi
Filmmaker
Anand Pandit
Producer
Anand Rathi
Photographer
Anand Tiwari
Filmmaker
Anant Singh Bhatu
Actor & Writer
Ananth Mahadevan
Screenwriter & Actor
Andaleeb Wajid
Author
Andrew Jones
Sound Mixer & Brand Developer at Deity
Angad Singh Ranyal
Comedian
Anirban Dhar
Filmmaker
Anirudh Pandita
Founder, Pocket Aces
Anisha Rickshawali
Youtuber
Anjali Menon
Filmmaker
Anjum Rajabali
Screenwriter
Ankit Rihal
Entertainment Partnerships at Facebook
Ankur Pathak
Entertainment Editor at HuffPost, India
Ankush Bahuguna
Actor & Content Creator
Anupama Chopra
Film Critic 7 Author
Anurag Kumar
CCO at Tata Sky India
Anuvab Pal
Comedian & Writer
Anuya Jakatdar
Writer
Aparna Purohit
Head of India Originals, Amazon Prime Video
Aparshakti Khurana
Actor
Apurva Asrani
Filmmaker & Editor
Aranya Johar
Spoken Word Poet
Arati Kadav
Filmmaker
Arjun Kartha
Photographer & Filmmaker
Arunabh Kumar
Founder of TVF & Indusverse
Aseem Chhabra
Film Journalist & Writer
Asheema Vardaan
Actor
Ashi Dua
Producer
Ashim Ahluwalia
Filmmaker
Ashish Chanchlani
YouTuber & Content Creator
Ashish Shakya
Comedian
Ashutosh Gowariker
Filmmaker
Ashvini Yardi
Producer
Ashwin Gopakumar
Frontman & Founding Partner of When Chai Met Toast
Ashwin Sanghi
Author
Ashwin Suresh
Founder - Pocket Aces
Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari
Filmmaker, Writer, Producer
Atika Chohan
Screenwriter
Avinash Tiwary
Actor
Ayushmann Khurrana
Actor
Azeem Banatwalla
Comedian
Baradwaj Rangan
Film Critic & Editor
Barkha Singh
Actor & Content Creator
Bejoy Nambiar
Filmmaker
Benny Dayal
Singer
BeYouNick
YouTuber & Content Creator
Bharathi Pradhan
Author & Journalist
Bhavesh Mandalia
Filmmaker & Writer
Bhawana Somaya
Journalist
Bhumi Pednekar
Actor & Climate Change Warrior
Bhuvan Bam
Comedian & YouTuber
Biswapati Sarkar
Writer & Director
Brodha V
Rapper & Producer
CarryMinati
YouTuber & Content Creator
Cauvery Rajagopal
Entrepreneur
Chaitanya Chinchilikar
Vice President – Business Development, Whistling Woods International Ltd,
Chetan Mahajan
Writer
Chetna Vasishth
YouTuber & Educator
Chhitra Subramaniam
Senior Vice President Creative & Production at Kross Pictures, Inc.
Chinni Nihalani
Creative Director- Promoshop
Chirag Ratna Singh
Writer
Cyrus Broacha
Content Creator
Daniel Jain Raj
Vlogger
Danny Wang
Creative Director, Content Creator, GoPro
Dar Gai
Director, producer and a founder of Jugaad Motion Pictures
David Jones
Author
Devaiah Bopanna
Writer & Actor
Devang Pathak
Writer & Journalist
Devdutt Patnaik
Writer & Illustrator
Dhruv Rathee
YouTuber & Educator
Dhruv Sehgal
Actor
Dia Mirza
Actor
Dilshad Nanji
Coolab Media
Dinesh Vijan
Producer
Dinkar Dwivedi
Musician & Creative Director
Divya Dutta
Actor
Divyenndu
Actor
Dolly Singh
Content Creator
Durin Gleaves
Product Manager of Audio at Adobe
Faraz Ansari
Filmmaker
Farhad Karkaria
Show Host
Faridoon Shahryar
Journalist & Writer
Flying Beast
Commercial Pilot & Digital Creator
Gajraj Rao
Actor & Ad-Filmmaker
Garima Kunzru
Content Creator
Gaurav Bansal
Content Creation & Brand Marketing for Business
Gaurav Gera
Comedian and Actor
Gaurav Sharma
Creative Director & Producer
Gautham Menon
Filmmaker, Screenwriter, Producer
Gazal Dhaliwal
Screenwriter
Gopal Datt
Actor
Gorky M
Director, Photographer & Producer
Gregg Barbanell
Foley Artist
Gulshan Devaiah
Actor
Guneet Monga
Producer
Gurmehar Kaur
Activist & Author
Gurpreet Singh
Co-Founder & COO at One Digital Entertainment
Gursimran Khamba
Comedian
Guru Vaidya
Senior Solutions Consultant, Adobe Systems
Hansal Mehta
Filmmaker
Hardik Mehta
Writer & Filmmaker
Harinder Sikka
Director & Author
Harpreet Baccher
Founder- The Wedding Story
Harsh Beniwal
YouTuber
Harsh Mayar
Actor
Helen Silvester
Director West India
Hiral Malde
Co-Founder at Hashtag Connect
Hitesh Kewalya
Director & Screenwriter
Hrishikesh Pingle
National Product Manager (Professional Audio) at Sennheiser India.
Hussain Haidry
Writer & Spoken Word Poet
Irshad Kamil
Lyricist
Ishaan Khatter
Actor
Ishita Gandhi
Artist
Ishita Moitra
Screenwriter
Jai Undurti
Artist & Author
Jaideep Ahlawat
Actor
Janice Sequeira
Content Creator & Anchor
Javed Akhtar
Writer & Lyricist
JD Majethia
Producer and Writer
Jidnya Sujata
Poet, Actor, Dancer
Jim Sarbh
Actor
Jordindian
Content Creators
Juhi Chaturvedi
Screenwriter
Jyoti Kapur Das
Filmmaker
Kabir Akhtar
Editor & Director
Kalpesh Revawala
Technical Artist
Kamna Chandra
Writer
Kanan Gill
Comedian & Actor
Kaneez Surka
Actor
Kanika Dhillon
Screenwriter & Author
Kanu Behl
Filmmaker
Karan Anshuman
Writer & Director
Karan Singh
Chief Operating Officer of Percept Live.
Karan Singh Magic
Psychological Illusionist
Karan Talwar
Filmmaker & Artist
Karthik Ganesh
Cinematographer
Karthik Nagarajan
Filmmaker & Educator
Karthik Subbaraj
Filmmaker & Writer
Kartik Aaryan
Actor
Kartik Krishnan
Creative Director, Dice Media
Kartik Shah
Music Composer
Karuna Vishwanath
Cinematographer
Kaushik Mukherjee
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.
Kavita Rajwade
Entrepreneur & Co-Founder of IVM Podcasts
Kelvin Cheung
Chef
Kevin Lee
Writer & Editor at Yuvaa
Khushboo Ranka
Screenwriter
Kiku Sharda
Comedian & Actor
Kiran Manral
Author
Kirti Kulhari
Actor
Kriti Kharbanda
Actor
Kshitij Sheetak
Filmmaker & Photographer
Kubbra Sait
Actor & Host
Kunal Kapoor
Actor
Kunal Kohli
Actor & Director
Kunal Roy Kapoor
Actor
Kusha Kapila
Content Creator
Lalitha Suhasini
Journalist
Lifafa
Artist
Maanvi Gagroo
Actor
Madhu Trehan
Journalist
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan
Actor & Advocate
Makarand Deshpande
Actor
Mallika Dua
Actor, Writer & Comedian
Manan Desai
Comedy Factory
Manasi Parekh
Actor & Producer
Manish Mundra
Producer
Manisha Lakhe
Film Critic & Poet
Manoj Bajpayee
Actor
Mantra
Artist
Manu Joseph
Author
Manu Pillai
Author v
Matt Ma
GoPro Creative Producer
Mauli Singh
Producer
Mayank Shekhar
Film Critic
Mayur Puri
Filmmaker & Actor
Meenakshi Shedde
Film Critic & Journalist
Meghna Pant
Author & Journalist
Mehak Mirza Prabhu
Storyteller
Mikey McCleary
Music Composer & Producer
Mikhil Musale
Filmmaker
Mira Nair
Filmmaker
Miten Udeshi
Ch4 Studios
Mithila Palkar
Actor
Mohar Basu
Journalist
Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub
Actor
Mounica Tata
Writer & Illustrator
Mukesh Chhabra
Casting Director & Filmmaker
Naezy
Rapper
Nagesh Kukunoor
Filmmaker
Namrata Rao
Editor, Actor & Director
Naseeruddin Shah
Actor
Navdeep Singh
Filmmaker
Naveen Kasturia
Actor
Navjot Gulati
Writer & Filmmaker
Navzar Eranee
Director, Founder at Walkabout Films, Co-Founder at IncInk Records
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Actor
Neel Adhikari
Composer
Neha Dhupia
Actor & Podcast Host amongst many others
Neil Sadwelkar
Editor, Technology- consultant to filmmakers
Nidhi Bisht
Actor & Casting Director
Nidhi Singh
Actress
Niels Stevens
Senior Solution Consultant - Adobe UK
Nikhil Jain
Content Creator
Nikhil Mehrotra
Writer & Director
Nikhil Taneja
Entrepreneur
Nikita Deshpande
Author
Nikkhil Advani
Filmmaker
Nirali Kartik
Musician
Niren Bhatt
Writer & Lyricist
Nirmika Singh
Executive Editor, Rolling Stone India
Nitesh Tiwari
Filmmaker
Nitin Baid
Editor
Novoneel Chakraborty
Author
Nupur Sharma
Editor at Indusverse Graphic Novels
Omung Kumar
Film Director
Padmanabhan NS
Artist & Label Partnership Head at Spotify India
Pankaj Bhadouria
Chef
Pankaj Tripathi
Actor
Parvin Dabas
Actor & Producer
Patrick Graham
Filmmaker
Penn Masala
Acapella Group
Pooja Dhingra
Pastry Chef & Entrepreneur
Pooja Ladha Surti
Writer and Editor
Prahlad Kakkar
Filmmaker
Prajakta Koli
YouTuber & Content Creator
Prashant Godbole
Ad-Filmmaker
Pratik Gandhi
Actor
Pratik Sinha
Journalist
Pratish Nair
Founder- Prahlad Kakkar School of Branding & Entrepreneurship
Priti Shahani
Producer
Priyam Saha
Content Creator
Priyanka Khimani
Lawyer - Co-Founder & Lead Partner of Anand & Anand & Khimani
Pulkit Kochar
Content Creator
Pulkit Samrat
Actor
Rachita Arora
Singer & Music Composer
Radhakrishanan Chakyat
Photographer
Radhika Madan
Actor
Raghav Gupta
MD- Coursera
Raghu Karnad
Journalist
Rahul Desai
Film & TV Critic
Rahul Singh Datta
Artist & Director
Raj Khatri
Artist
Raj Nidimoru
Writer, Director & Producer
Raj Shekhar
Lyricist & Poet
Raja Sen
Film Critic
Rajeev Masand
Film Critic & Journalist
Rajesh Krishnan
Storyteller
Rajiv Menon
Filmmaker
Rajkummar Rao
Actor
Rajshri Deshpande
Actor
Rakhee Vaswani
Chef and proprietor at Palate Culinary Studio
Ramit Batra
Photographer
Rangita Pritish Nandy
Producer & Showrunner
Ranveer Allahbadia
Content Creator
Rashmi Agdekar
Actor
Rasika Dugal
Actor
Ratna Pathak Shah
Actor, Director & Educator
Ravi Jadhav
Filmmaker
Ravina Rawal
Founder & Editor at Dead Ant
Ravinder Singh
Author
Renil Abraham
Film Critic & Talk Show Host
Resul Pookutty
Sound Designer & Editor
Revathi Pillai
Actor
Ritika Bhatia
Media & Communications Specialist
Ritvik Sahore
Actor
Ritviz
Musician
RJ Nyssha
Radio Presenter, Poet & Digital Creator
RJ Rohini
Digital Host & Content Creator
Rochelle D’Silva
Spoken Word Artist
Rohini Ramnathan
Digital Host & Content Creator
Ron NG
GoPro Trainer
RS Prasanna
Filmmaker
Ruchir Arun
Cinematographer
Rudrani Chattoraj
Anchor & Journalist
Saameer Mody
Pocket Films
Sachin Mohite
Filmmaker & Producer
Sagar Ballary
Filmmaker
Samdish Bhatia
Anchor and Creator at ScoopWhoop Unscripted. Runs around parks chasing old people and occasionally chills with veteran politicians.
Sameer Nair
CEO, Applause Entertainment
Sameer Pitalwalla
CEO, Culture Machine
Sameer Saxena
Producer & Writer
Samit Basu
Novelist & Filmmaker
Sandeep Modi
Filmmaker
Sanjay Gupta
Writer, Editor, Studio Head & Co-Founder of Raj Comics
Sanjyot Keer
Chef & Content Creator
Saqib Saleem
Actor
Saransh Goila
Chef
Sattvik Mishra
CEO & Co-Founder, ScoopWhoop
Satyanshu Singh
Writer & Filmmaker
Saumin Patel
Illustrator
Saurabh Dwivedi
Journalist
Savita Singh
Cinematographer
Sayani Gupta
Actor
Sejal Kumar
Content Creator
Shabana Azmi
Actor & Activist
Shaheen Bhatt
Author & Mental Health Advocate
Shalmali Kholgade
Musician
Shantanu Shrivastava
Writer
Sharan Sharma
Filmmaker
Sharin Bhatti
Entrepreneur & Content Creator
Shashank Khaitan
Writer & Filmmaker
Shatrujeet Nath
Author
Sheeba Chadha
Actor
Shikha Talsania
Actor
Shlok Sharma
Filmmaker
Shreemi Varma
Writer & Journalist
Shreya Dhanwanthary
Actor & Model
Shreyasi Sharma
Content creator
Shriya Pilgaonkar
Actor
Shruti Madan
Writer
Shweta Tripathi Sharma
Actor
Siddhant Karnick
Actor
Siddharth Anand Kumar
Entrepreneur
Siddharth Mahadevan
Music Composer
Sidharth Jain
Founder & Chief Storyteller at India's First Story Company and India's No.1 Book to Screen Adaptation Company - The Story Ink.
Simar Singh
Spoken Word Poet & Founder of UnErase Poetry
Smita Singh
Writer & Director
Sneha Khanwalkar
Music Director
Sneha Menon Desai
Journalist
Somnath Sen
Director & Writer
Sona Mohapatra
Singer & Music Composer
Sonal Mehrotra Kapoor
Anchor & Editor at NDTV India
Sonali Gupta
Clinical Psychologist
Sonam Nair
Director
Sorabh Pant
Comedian
Spandan Mishra
Screenwriter
Srinivas Mohan
VFX Supervisor
Srishti Behl Arya
Director for International Originals, Netflix India
Stephen Stanford
Product Specialist & Writer-In-Residence at Celtx
Sucharita Tyagi
Film Critic
Sucheta Dalal
Journalist & Author
Suchin Mehrotra
Film Journalist
Sudeep Chatterjee
Cinematographer
Sudhir Mishra
Filmmaker & Screenwriter
Sudhish Kamath
Film Critic
Sudip Sharma
Screenwriter
Suhasini Mani Ratnam
Actor & Director
Sukhnidh Kaur
Entrepreneur
Sumeet Vyas
Actor & Writer
Sumit Arora
Screenwriter
Sumukhi Suresh
Actor & Comedian
Suresh Eriyat
Filmmaker & Animator
Swara Bhaskar
Actor
Sweta Bothra
Psychologist
Tahira Kashyap Khurrana
Writer & Director
Tanmay Bhat
Comedian & YouTuber
Tanuja Chandra
Director and Writer
Tara Bedi
Community Outreach Manager, Instagram India
Tara Khandelwal
Writer & Editor
Tarsame Mittal
Founder - TM Talent Management
Tarun Tripathi
Creative Strategist
Tashan Mehta
Author
Terrie Samundra
Filmmaker & Screenwriter
Tess Joseph
Filmmaker & Casting Director
Vaibhav Bundhoo
Music Composer
Vaibhav Munjal
Filmmaker
Vandana Kataria
Production Designer & Director
Varun Duggirala
"Entrepreneur by day. Podcast host by evening & Writer by night. Full time Content Chief @ The Glitch, janitor and dad."
Vasan Bala
Actor & Writer
Vicky Kaushal
Actor
Vikramaditya Motwane
Filmmaker
Vikrant Massey
Actor
Vinay Shukla
Writer & Filmmaker
Vineet Kanabar
Head, Content & Partnerships, Wavemaker
Vinod Kumar Vijayakumar
Vlogger
Viraj Ghelani
Content Creator
Viraj Sheth
Entrepreneur
Viral Thakkar
Founder and Creative Director of Fluiidmask Studio.
Vishal Menon
Film Critic
Vivek Tejuja
Author
When Chai Met Toast
Musical Band
Yahya Bootwala
Poet
Yashaswini Dayama
Actor
Zain Memon
Entrepreneur