IIF Podcast: Writer-improviser Rohit Nair
Our latest artists' podcast features Rohit Nair, a prominent improviser and OTT screenwriter.
IIF Podcast: The music of Manas Ullas
A long-ranging conversation with indie musician Manas Ullas, about his versatile career, brush with Bollywood & the Indian indie music scene.
IIF Podcast: The art of casting
In our new Artist Podcast, casting director Yash Nagarkoti speaks about his young career and the new-age casting ecosystem of Indian cinema.
IIF Podcast: The art of cutting trailers
Our latest behind-the-scenes artist featured is Maulik Sharma, a specialist "trailer editor" in conversation with IIF contributor Aditya Khanna.
IIF Podcast: The Future of Film Equipment Rentals
Filmmaker Vaibhav Munjal chats with Pratik Jain, the founder of a leading Mumbai-based camera equipment rental company.
New voice: Prateek Vats on Eeb Allay Ooo!
Our interview with the eloquent Prateek Vats, whose debut feature EEB ALLAY OOO! has been selected at the prestigious Berlinale 2020 after winning the Golden Gateway at MAMI 2019.
A Hard Day’s Knight
A throwback to Lagaan's most enduring character, Kachra, and the affable actor behind the wily leg-spinner.
Dar Gai: The Queen of Edginess
An interview with eclectic filmmaker Dar Gai, a Ukrainian national who has taken the Indian indie filmmaking scene by storm over the last few years.
Sid Meer and the colours of indie India
We have a long overdue conversation with Sid Meer – post-production wizard, master colourist and 'Bridge Postworks' founder – about the specifics of his craft and the "look" of indie filmmaking in India.
Megha Ramaswamy on being “the odd” one in
An interview with hybrid filmmaker Megha Ramaswamy, whose new music-themed series, The Odds, featuring Abhay Deol and Yashaswini Dayama, is setting the festival circuit alive.
In conversation with Utpal Borpujari
Our chat with award-winning film critic, curator and filmmaker Utpal Borpujari about the evolution of North-Eastern cinema and the voices he aspires to represent.
Big Trouble in Little Matunga
Director Vasan Bala writes about a childhood incident behind the nutty genre-fluidness of his latest film, a lovingly crafted homage-action-comedy called "Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota" that releases in cinemas on March 21st.
In Focus: Hardik Mehta’s “Kaamyaab”
Manoj Sharma chats with Hardik Mehta, whose first feature-length film, Kaamyaab, starring Sanjay Mishra, recently screened in Paris after the 2018 Busan Film Festival.
Payal Kapadia: The narrative of change
A chat with filmmaker Payal Kapadia - an independent FTII student whose shorts have traveled to the biggest global film festivals - about her new award-winning documentary and the kind of cinema she strives to create.
In Conversation with “Poster Boy” Raj Khatri
Our 'graphic' chat with the passionate Raj Khatri, one of the foremost movie-poster designers in India, about his craft, his personal work and the perception of poster art in a nation still coming to terms with the key mediums of moviemaking.
Ruchir Arun: On making the “little things” count
Our chat with filmmaker and FTII alumnus Ruchir Arun, the man behind all the successful "little things" of India's new-age web entertainment industry.
In Conversation with Anupama Chopra
On the eve of the 20th edition of the JIO MAMI Mumbai Film Festival, we speak to the captain of the ship herself: the multifaceted Anupama Chopra.
In Conversation with Ritu Sarin
Our chat with filmmaker-curator-indie-champion Ritu Sarin: the charming co-founder of India's most attractive film festival, DIFF (Dharamshala International Film Festival).
