Associate Professor at the Faculty of Letters, University of Craiova, Romania. Her research covers several areas across the humanities, including gender studies, postcolonialism and exile.

Former professor of Film Direction at the Film & Television Institute of India (FTII),

German film producer with over 30 years of experience in the business and art of feature film, TV, advertising and corporate film production, right from conception to development, production, sales and distribution stages.

Professor, & Executive Director of the Centre for Visual and Performing Arts at RV University. Worked with The Hindu for 20 years as Deputy Editor, heading the culture and education pages. Published over 1500 newspaper articles. Served as the Editor of the Karnataka Sahitya Academy literary journal, Aniketana. Edited ten books.

Former artistic director of the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK). Former vice chairperson of the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy. And co-founder of the Women in Cinema Collective.

Winner of 7 National Film Awards; 6 for filmmaking, and 1 for Best Writing on Cinema. Author of 3 books in Malayalam. Officially associated while shooting Ang Lee’s Life of Pi.

Winner of the House of Illusions award for Best Student Short Fiction Film at Kautik 2023 and the Best Short Fiction Film award at the Mumbai International Student Film Festival. Graduate of the Gdynia Film School, as well as the Film Pre-School at the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Directing and the Academy of Music.

Ratan Sil Sarma is primarily a film colorist and film editor. He started out as a promo producer for such places as Network 18 (3 years), before donning the role of the production head at Focus Hifi (9 years). He presently owns his own post production company, Box Digital India. His directorial debut won the Best Children’s Film at the Prag Cine Awards.

Award-winning Spanish musician—keyboard player of the Lie Detectors band, winner of the Best Original Soundtrack Award for ‘Cirilo’ at the Videocorto Nettuno Festival, and music composer of ‘Magoado’, nominated at the International Film Festival of India. He is presently cutting an album with Spanish superstar singers.

Writes on cinema and literature in a variety of journals and newspapers, and is a Govt. of Assam & British Council teacher holding a PhD on TS Eliot. She is the granddaughter of Uday Chandra Bhagawati, a doyen and one of the pioneers of the erstwhile NE traveling drama troupes.

Reviews contemporary Hindi, Malayalam, and Tamil films for Rediff. Previously, he reviewed for the Huffington Post.

Reviews films for High on Films, Digital Mafia Talkies, and Film Fugitives. Additionally, he does film podcasts.

Former artistic director of the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK). Former vice chairperson of the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy. And co-founder of the Women in Cinema Collective.

Former professor of Film Direction at the Film & Television Institute of India (FTII),

Cinemagrapher of Panipat, Mohenjo Daro, PK, 3 Idiots, Johnny Gaddaar, Lage Raho Munna Bhai…

Cinematographer of Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, Badlapur, Wake Up Sid, Lagaan, Khamoshi, Saathiya, Veer-Zaara…

Editor of Dhobi Ghat. First assistant editor of Ghajini.

Double National Award winning film editor. Editorof Page 3, Jhankaar Beats, Raghu Romeo, Jhalki, Bheja Fry, RK/RKAY.

Dialogues writer /lyricist /actor. Triple National Award winner: Best Supporting Actor, for Chumbak; & Best Lyrics, for 3 Idiots, and Lage Raho Munna Bhai.

TV series writer. Known for Aranyak, Dum Maaro Dum, and Haqeeqat.

Padma Shri winning actor-director. Donned the titular role in the TV series ‘Chanakya’

Actor-director. Winner of the Best Italian Docu at Roma CineDoc, and Critics Prize at Akab Film Festival. Acted in “Inferno” starring Tom Hanks.

Former FTII director. Double National Film Award winner; one for cinematography, and another for film direction. Cinematographer of Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa, Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro, Katha, and Sparsh.

American Actor/ writer /director. Has served as judge for Miss South Asia & Miss India America pageant, & President of the Barnard/Columbia Filmmakers Club started by Brian De Palma.

PSBT mentor /evaluator. Associate director: The Inner Path Festival of Buddhist Art, Film & Philosophy. Recipient: Commonwealth Broadcasting Association’s Miller Award.

Triple Green Oscar Award, National Film Award, and V. Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award winning documentary filmmaker.

Cinematographer of M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story; Baby; Vihir; and Ko: Yad, Recipient of National Film Award for Best Cinematography, and Asia Pacific Screen Award for Achievement in Cinematography.

Nominee for the Cinema Fairbindet Prize at the Berlin International Film Festival. Winner of two National Film Awards, and a Golden Kapok Award at the Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival.

Former festival director of the Pondicherry International Film Festival. National Award winning film critic. Author of a book on Gulzar. Co-editor of a book on films. And documentary scriptwriter. He has been a staff writer of The Telegraph, The Times of India, and Outlook; the editor of TV World; a consultant to Zee Premiere, and a key member of the editorial board of Encyclopaedia Brittanica’s Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema.

Winner of a National Film Award (India); and the Sir William Darling Memorial Prize by the University of Edinburgh, the Sue Grant Service Award, and the Silver Award at the Shine! British Council International Student Awards (all UK). He’s a former editor of Stardust, advisor of the Global University Students Film Festival (Hong Kong), and festival director of the Edinburgh Festival of Indian Films and Docs.

Director of Paan Singh Tomar; and Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster. Dialogue writer of Dil Se.. Actor in Gangs of Wasseypur. Casting director of Bandit Queen. Recipient of Stardust Award, Filmfare Award, and National Film Award.

Former chairman of the Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy, which organises the Bangalore International Film Festival. Has served on the jury of the National Film Awards and IFFI. Recipient: Kempegowda Award, Aryabhata Award, Chitra Rasikara Prashasti Award, Indira Priyadarshini Award, and Karnataka State Film Award.