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In Alphabetical order
Season 12 Lineup
Announcing on Aug 15, 2022
Previously on IFP's Stage
Season 11
Aahana Kumra
Actor
Aastha Atray Banan
Editor, Podcaster & Writer
Aastha Khanna
Entrepreneur, Producer, Storyteller, Advocate for safety on set
Aastha Tiku
Writer
Aayush Tiwari
Talent Head, Monk E
Abhinandan Sridhar
Writer
Abhinav Krishnaswamy (The F16s)
Musician
Abish Mathew
Comedian & YouTuber
Achowe
Ad-Filmmaker
Aditya Balani
Co-Founder GMI
Akhil Katyal
Creative writer, Poet, Teacher, Translator
Akshata Samant
Showrunner
Alam Khan
Actor
Alankrita Shrivastava
Showrunner
Amandeep Singh
Writer & Storyteller
Amish Tripathi
Author, Diplomat and Columnist
Andaleeb Wajid
Author
Anjana Vaswani
Journalist
Ankur Pathak
Journalist
Ankur Tewari
Lyricist/ Musician
Anmol Ahuja
Casting Director
Anpu Varkey
Artist
Anuja Chauhan
Author
Anurag Tagat
Journalist
Anuv Jain
Musician
Aparna Sud
Production Designer
Apurva Asrani
Showrunner
Aranya Johar
Poet, Gender Equality Activist
Ashwin Gopakumar
Singer, Songwriter and frontman for the Indie - pop band When Chai Met Toast
Ashwin Suresh
Founder - Pocket Aces
Asif Kapadia
Filmmaker
Atul Chouthmal
Storyboard Artist
Atul Churamani
Founder and Managing Director of Turnkey Music & Publishing Pvt. Ltd, the only standalone music publisher in India.
Avichal Singh
Game Designer
Ayush Mehra
Actor
Baradwaj Rangan
Film Critic & Editor
BeYouNick
YouTuber & Content Creator
Bhanu Pratap Singh
Writer Director
Bhavna Roy
Author
Bhuvan Bam
Comedian & YouTuber
Brodha V
Rapper, Hip-Hop Music Producer
Chhavi Sachdev
Podcaster
Dar Gai
Director, producer and a founder of Jugaad Motion Pictures
Derek D’Souza
Artist
Dev Raiyani
Arist
Devaiah Bopanna
Ad-Filmmaker
Dheer Momaya
Director
Dhruv Sehgal
Actor
Dolly Singh
Content Creator
Dualist Inquiry
Musician
Emily Flake
New Yorker cartoonist Emily Flake
Emma Donoghue
Writer and Screenwriter
Emraan Hashmi
Actor
Garima Kunzru
Content Creator
Gayatri Bhardwaj
Artist
Gazal Dhaliwal
Writer, LGBTQ+ Activist
Guneet Monga
Producer
Gurmehar Kaur
Writer
Hanif Kureshi
Aritst
Hanita Bhambri
Musician
Hanumankind
Musician
Hardik Mehta
Writer & Filmmaker
Harsh Mittal
Marketing Head - Punjab Tourism
Hemant Bhandari
Producer
Himank Gaur
Director
Hozaifa Sayed
Music Technologist
Hussain Haidry
Writer & Spoken Word Poet
Jai Undurti
Writer
Jasleen Royal
Musician
Jay Krishnan
Director
Jay Pei
Musician
Jerin Paul
Cinematographer
Kamiya Jani
Founder of Curly Tales
Kanika Dhillon
Screenwriter & Author
Karan Kanchan
Musician
Kausar Munir
Lyricist / Screenwriter
Kayan
Musician
Kevin Lee
Editor in Chief at Yuvaa
Khushboo Ranka
Filmmaker
KissNuka (Anushka Manchanda)
Musician
Laurie Pressman
VP of Pantone
Leena Yadav
Director, Editor, Writer, Producer
Lifafa
Singer, Music Producer, Songwriter, Frontman of Peter Cat Recording Co.
Lisa Mishra
Musician
Mahesh Narayanan
Filmmaker, Screenwriter, Film Editor
Maitrayanee Mahanta
Content Creator
Manjul
Cartoonist
Manoj Shah
Theartre Director
Marianne Krawczyk
Screenwriter
Masoom Minawala
Fashion Entreprenuer
Mayank Shekhar
Film Critic
Mayur More
Actor
MC Altaf
Musician
Mehek Malhotra
Designer and Visual Artist
Mita Kapur
Writer
Mithila Palkar
Actor
Mohar Basu
Journalist
Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub
Actor
Nadine Strossen
Former President of ACLU
Naman Sarawagi
Founder of Refrens
Navdeep Singh
Director, Writer, Ad-maker
Neil Sadwelkar
Editor, Technology- consultant to filmmakers
Niharika NM
Content Creator
Nikhil Taneja
Entrepreneur
Nikita Dutta
Actor
Nikkhil Advani
Filmmaker
Nirali Kartik
Lead Singer / Co-Founder of the band MaatiBaani and a classical vocalist
Nirmika Singh
Music Critic
Nischay Parekh
Musician
Nishant Matta
Photographer, Creative Director, Producer
Nitin Malik
Founding member, singer, songwriter for Parikrama
Osheen Siva
Artist
Osho Jain
Musician
Pragash Vengatesan
Founder & Managing Director
Pranit Sahni
Director
Prasad Bhat
Aritst
Prateek Kuhad
Musician
Prateek Vats
Filmmaker
Praveen Kandregula
Director of Cinema Bandi (Netflix)
Puneet Batra
Writer
Pushpendra Nath Misra
Ad - Filmmaker
R. Madhavan
Actor and Filmmaker
Rachita Taneja (Sanitary Panels)
Cartoonist
Rafael Pereira
Managing Partner, TINNUTS and Intellectual Property Strategist at the intersection of Law & Business relating to Technology, Entertainment, Arts & Culture.
Raghav Meattle
Musician
Raghav Subbu
Director
Raj Shamani
Investor & Creator
Ranjan Raj
Actor
Ranveer Allahbadia
Entrepreneur
Ravina Rawal
Founder, Editor at Dead Ant
Ravinder Singh
Author
Renil Abraham
Film Critic & Talk Show Host
Revathi Pillai
Actor
Ritviz
Musician
Rohan Joshi
Comedian
Rohit Gupta
Filmmaker
Rohit Raj
Entrepreneur
Ronnie lahiri
Producer
Rony D’costa
Creative Director at Ramesh Sippy Entertainment
Ruchi Narain
Ad-Filmmaker
Ruhee Dosani
Content Creator
Sakshi Shivdasani
Content Creator
Saloni Gaur
Comedian
Sameer Ramesh
Co-founder of MyCaptain
Santanu Hazarika
Doodle artist, Illustrator
Satish Acharya
Cartoonist
Sayani Gupta
Actor
Seema Pahwa
Director
Shakun Batra
Story-teller, Writer, Director, Producer
Shalmali Kholgade
Musician
Sharin Bhatti
Content Creator
Shoojit Sircar
Director
Shreya Mehta
Actor
Shubhangi Swarup
Writer
Siddhant More
Ad-Filmmaker
Siddharth Gupta
Creator of Kitabi Karwan
Siddhesh Gautam
Visual Designer
Sidhant Gandhi
Designer
Sidharth Jain
Co-founder of The Story Ink (TSI)
Sneha Ramesh
Co-Founder & Content head at The Score Magazine
Srishty Ranjan
Activist
Suchin Mehrotra
Film Journalist
Sudeep Lahiri
VP - Content & Strategy at One Digital Entertainment
Sukanya Agrawal
Music Journalist
Suman Thakur
VP- Technical Services at Sennheiser India & Head of Technical Application Engineering
Swanand Kirkire
Lyricist
Taapsee Pannu
Actor
Taneesha Mirwani
Content Creator
Tanya Appachu (Your insta Lawyer)
Lawyer, Content Creator
Tara Khandelwal
Writer & Editor
Tarini Shah
Content Creator
Tarsame Mittal
Founder - TM Talent Management
Tarun Khiwal
Fashion Designer
Tej Brar
Entrepreneur
Tom Perrotta
Author of Election, Little Children, The Leftovers, and Mrs. Fletcher.
Tuheena Raj (Wordsofworth)
Writer
Umesh Bist
Screenwriter
Urvi Singh
Actor
Vicky Kaushal
Actor
Vikram Bawa
Photographer
Vikramaditya Motwane
Filmmaker
Vir Das
Comedian, Actor
Vishakha Singh
VP of WazirX
Volker Schmitt
Manager Technical Application Engineering at Sennheiser
William Seighart
Poet
Season 10
Aastha Atray Banan
Editor, Podcaster & Writer
Abe Kislevitz
Creative Director of Media, GoPro HQ
Abhinandan Sekhri
Entrepreneur & Co-Founder of Newslaundry.
Abhishek Banerjee
Actor & Casting Director
Adil Hussain
Actor
Aditya Varma
Filmmaker and Director of Photography
Ahsaas Channa
Actor
Akash Banerjee
Political Satirist & Social Media Entrepreneur
Aki Spadaro
Musician
Alankrita Shrivastava
Showrunner
Alok Sharma
Artist & Co-Founder of Indusverse
Amit Doshi
Entrepreneur & Co-Founder of IVM Podcasts
Amol Parashar
Actor
Amritpal Singh Bindra
Producer
Anand Tiwari
Filmmaker
Anant Singh Bhatu
Actor & Writer
Andrew Jones
Sound Mixer & Brand Developer at Deity
Anjum Rajabali
Screenwriter
Ankur Pathak
Journalist
Ankush Bahuguna
Actor & Content Creator
Anurag Kumar
CCO at Tata Sky India
Aparna Purohit
Head of India Originals, Amazon Prime Video
Apurva Asrani
Showrunner
Aranya Johar
Poet, Gender Equality Activist
Arati Kadav
Filmmaker
Arjun Kartha
Photographer & Filmmaker
Arunabh Kumar
Founder of TVF & Indusverse
Aseem Chhabra
Film Journalist & Writer
Ashvini Yardi
Producer
Ashwin Gopakumar
Singer, Songwriter and frontman for the Indie - pop band When Chai Met Toast
Avinash Tiwary
Actor
Baradwaj Rangan
Film Critic & Editor
Barkha Singh
Actor & Content Creator
Bejoy Nambiar
Filmmaker
BeYouNick
YouTuber & Content Creator
Bhavesh Mandalia
Filmmaker & Writer
Bhumi Pednekar
Actor & Climate Change Warrior
Brodha V
Rapper, Hip-Hop Music Producer
Cauvery Rajagopal
Entrepreneur
Chetna Vasishth
YouTuber & Educator
Cyrus Broacha
Content Creator
Daniel Jain Raj
Vlogger
David Jones
Author
Dhruv Rathee
YouTuber & Educator
Divyenndu
Actor
Dolly Singh
Content Creator
Durin Gleaves
Product Manager of Audio at Adobe
Gajraj Rao
Actor & Ad-Filmmaker
Garima Kunzru
Content Creator
Gaurav Bansal
Content Creation & Brand Marketing for Business
Gautham Menon
Filmmaker, Screenwriter, Producer
Gorky M
Director, Photographer & Producer
Gregg Barbanell
Foley Artist
Guneet Monga
Producer
Hansal Mehta
Filmmaker
Hrishikesh Pingle
National Product Manager (Professional Audio) at Sennheiser India.
Jai Undurti
Writer
Jaideep Ahlawat
Actor
Janice Sequeira
Content Creator & Anchor
Jim Sarbh
Actor
Kabir Akhtar
Editor & Director
Kalpesh Revawala
Technical Artist
Karan Anshuman
Writer & Director
Karthik Nagarajan
Filmmaker & Educator
Karthik Subbaraj
Filmmaker & Writer
Kartik Shah
Music Composer
Kavita Rajwade
Entrepreneur & Co-Founder of IVM Podcasts
Kevin Lee
Editor in Chief at Yuvaa
Kirti Kulhari
Actor
Kriti Kharbanda
Actor
Kshitij Sheetak
Filmmaker & Photographer
Kusha Kapila
Content Creator
Lalitha Suhasini
Journalist
Lifafa
Singer, Music Producer, Songwriter, Frontman of Peter Cat Recording Co.
Maanvi Gagroo
Actor
Madhu Trehan
Journalist
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan
Actor & Advocate
Mantra
Artist
Manu Pillai
Author v
Mayank Shekhar
Film Critic
Mikey McCleary
Music Composer & Producer
Mira Nair
Filmmaker
Mohar Basu
Journalist
Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub
Actor
Mounica Tata
Writer & Illustrator
Navjot Gulati
Writer & Filmmaker
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Actor
Neha Dhupia
Actor & Podcast Host amongst many others
Niels Stevens
Senior Solution Consultant - Adobe UK
Nikhil Mehrotra
Writer & Director
Nikhil Taneja
Entrepreneur
Nirmika Singh
Music Critic
Nupur Sharma
Editor at Indusverse Graphic Novels
Padmanabhan NS
Artist & Label Partnership Head at Spotify India
Pankaj Tripathi
Actor
Penn Masala
Acapella Group
Prashant Godbole
Ad-Filmmaker
Pratik Gandhi
Actor
Pratik Sinha
Journalist
Pulkit Samrat
Actor
Rachita Arora
Singer & Music Composer
Radhakrishnan Chakyat
Photographer
Rahul Singh Datta
Artist & Director
Raja Sen
Film Critic
Rajeev Masand
Film Critic & Journalist
Rajesh Krishnan
Storyteller
Rajiv Menon
Filmmaker
Rangita Pritish Nandy
Producer & Showrunner
Ranveer Allahbadia
Entrepreneur
Rashmi Agdekar
Actor
Rasika Dugal
Actor
Ratna Pathak Shah
Actor, Director & Educator
Renil Abraham
Film Critic & Talk Show Host
Resul Pookutty
Sound Designer & Editor
Revathi Pillai
Actor
RJ Nyssha
Radio Presenter, Poet & Digital Creator
Rohini Ramnathan
Digital Host & Content Creator
Ron NG
GoPro Trainer
Rudrani Chattoraj
Anchor & Journalist
Sameer Nair
CEO, Applause Entertainment
Samit Basu
Novelist & Filmmaker
Sandeep Modi
Filmmaker
Sanjay Gupta
Writer, Editor, Studio Head & Co-Founder of Raj Comics
Sanjyot Keer
Chef & Content Creator
Satyanshu Singh
Writer & Filmmaker
Saumin Patel
Illustrator
Saurabh Dwivedi
Journalist
Sayani Gupta
Actor
Sejal Kumar
Content Creator
Shabana Azmi
Actor & Activist
Shaheen Bhatt
Author & Mental Health Advocate
Sharan Sharma
Filmmaker
Sharin Bhatti
Content Creator
Sheeba Chadha
Actor
Shreya Dhanwanthary
Actor & Model
Shweta Tripathi Sharma
Actor
Siddharth Anand Kumar
Entrepreneur
Smita Singh
Writer & Director
Sneha Khanwalkar
Music Director
Sonal Mehrotra Kapoor
Anchor & Editor at NDTV India
Sonali Gupta
Clinical Psychologist
Sonam Nair
Director
Srinivas Mohan
VFX Supervisor
Srishti Behl Arya
Director for International Originals, Netflix India
Stephen Stanford
Product Specialist & Writer-In-Residence at Celtx
Sucheta Dalal
Journalist & Author
Suchin Mehrotra
Film Journalist
Sudhir Mishra
Filmmaker & Screenwriter
Sudhish Kamath
Film Critic
Sudip Sharma
Screenwriter
Suhasini Mani Ratnam
Actor & Director
Sukhnidh Kaur
Entrepreneur
Sumeet Vyas
Actor & Writer
Suresh Eriyat
Filmmaker & Animator
Sweta Bothra
Psychologist
Tara Bedi
Community Outreach Manager, Instagram India
Terrie Samundra
Filmmaker & Screenwriter
Vaibhav Bundhoo
Music Composer
Vikrant Massey
Actor
Vinod Kumar Vijayakumar
Vlogger
Viraj Sheth
Entrepreneur
Vishal Menon
Film Critic
When Chai Met Toast
Musical Band
Yahya Bootwala
Poet
Season 9
Aakash Shah
Founder at One Hand Clap and Social Media Head at AIB
Aaron Pinto
Visual Artist & Director
Abhishek Chaubey
Filmmaker
Abish Mathew
Comedian & YouTuber
Ahsaas Channa
Actor
Ajay Bahl
Filmmaker & Producer
Ajit Andhare
Producer
Amandeep Singh
Writer & Storyteller
Amit Doshi
Entrepreneur & Co-Founder of IVM Podcasts
Anand Gandhi
Filmmaker
Anand Rathi
Photographer
Andaleeb Wajid
Author
Ankur Pathak
Journalist
Anupama Chopra
Film Critic 7 Author
Anuya Jakatdar
Writer
Aparna Purohit
Head of India Originals, Amazon Prime Video
Aparshakti Khurana
Actor
Apurva Asrani
Showrunner
Aranya Johar
Poet, Gender Equality Activist
Asheema Vardaan
Actor
Ashim Ahluwalia
Filmmaker
Ashish Shakya
Comedian
Atika Chohan
Screenwriter
Baradwaj Rangan
Film Critic & Editor
BeYouNick
YouTuber & Content Creator
Cyrus Broacha
Content Creator
Danny Wang
Creative Director, Content Creator, GoPro
Dar Gai
Director, producer and a founder of Jugaad Motion Pictures
Devang Pathak
Writer & Journalist
Devdutt Patnaik
Writer & Illustrator
Dinesh Vijan
Producer
Dinkar Dwivedi
Musician & Creative Director
Divya Dutta
Actor
Faraz Ansari
Filmmaker
Farhad Karkaria
Show Host
Faridoon Shahryar
Journalist & Writer
Flying Beast
Commercial Pilot & Digital Creator
Gaurav Gera
Comedian and Actor
Gaurav Sharma
Creative Director & Producer
Gulshan Devaiah
Actor
Guru Vaidya
Senior Solutions Consultant, Adobe Systems
Harinder Sikka
Director & Author
Harsh Mayar
Actor