IFP Season 15: Abhishek Bachchan, Shahid Kapoor, Parvathy Thiruvothu be part of speaker line-up

Actor Abhishek Bachchan. | Photo Credit: PTI

The speaker line-up for the fifteenth version of the multi-disciplinary arts competition IFP was unveiled on November 18 by the organisers. The competition returns this 12 months to host conversations, masterclasses, performances, and cultural experiences.

The classes will embrace audio system from the Indian movie trade in a various vary of matters. Abhishek Bachchan and Shoojit Sircar shall be partaking in a dialog titled ‘Becoming Arjun’, talking about their movie, I Want to Talk (2024).

Shahid Kapoor will take the stage for a session centred on his craft and his connection to cinema. Parvathy Thiruvothu and Richa Chadha shall be becoming a member of for a dialogue titled, ‘Redefining the Everyday Heroine’.

Some of the opposite classes within the Film and Streaming class embrace, ‘20 Questions: How I Made My First Feature’ by Aranya Sahay, Shazia Iqbal; Vaibhav Munjal Podcast LIVE ft. Siddhant Chaturvedi; ‘Being the Future of Indian Cinema’ with Adarsh Gourav, Vishal Jethwa, Nitanshi Goel, Zahan Kapoor; ‘10 Things We Learned While Contemporising Indian History’ with Hansal Mehta and Sameer Nair moderated by Siddharth Basu, and ‘Behind The Scene: I Am Not an Actor’ with Aditya Kriplani and Nawazuddin Siddiqui.

Editor Namrata Rao shall be in a dialog with Kaira in a session titled ‘How I Create Magic on The Editing Table’. Filmmakers Vasan Bala and Hardik Mehta will interact in a dialogue about ‘Craft, Creativity, and Absolute Cinema’ whereas actors Vijay Varma and Fatima Sana Shaikh shall be speaking about their upcoming movie, Gustaakh Ishq with Swati Chopra in a session titled, ‘Bringing again old-school romance’.

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Director Gurinder Chadha may even be discussing her movie, Christmas Karma, in a session titled ‘Making of a masala musical’ and seasoned actors Adil Hussain and Neeraj Kabi shall be holding a chat on ‘Sculpting sensible characters’.

The competition additionally options conversations and masterclasses within the class of music, tradition, digital, literature, performing arts, design and pictures and meals. It is ready to happen in Mumbai’s Mehboob Studios on November 29 and 30.

Published – November 18, 2025 06:18 pm IST

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