Shahid Kapoor, Abhishek Bachchan, Raja Kumari, Parvathy Thiruvothu: IFP announces its celeb lineup for Season 15

IFP marks its fifteenth year with a festival that celebrates film, music, design, writing, photography, podcasting, and more. See the celebrity lineup.

Updated on: Nov 18, 2025, 20:10:58 IST

By Neeshita Nyayapati

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IFP marks its fifteenth year with a festival that celebrates film, music, design, writing, photography, advertising, podcasting, gaming, tech, food, and digital storytelling with a focus on creativity and culture. Season 15 of the festival will take place at Mehboob Studios across two days with conversations, masterclasses, performances, and cultural experiences taking centre stage.

Abhishek Bachchan and Raja Kumari will take part in IFP festival Season 15.

Celeb lineup announced for IFP 15

IFP announced its massive lineup, featuring celebrities from various fields discussing everything from how they created their first feature to the future of Indian cinema and the behind-the-scenes magic. Names like Siddhant Chaturvedi, Adarsh Gourav, Hansal Mehta, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Robert B Weide, Vasan Bala, Vijay Varma, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Abhishek Bachchan, Shoojit Sircar, Shahir Kapoor, Parvathy Thiruvothu and Richa Chadha have been announced for various categories. Gurincha Chadha will also be at the festival to discuss her film Christmas Karma.

Abhishek Bachchan spoke about being a part of the festival and said in a press note, “Becoming Arjun is a session I am genuinely excited about. Arjun from I Want to Talk is a character who has stayed with me, and it will be great fun to sit with Shoojit Sircar and pull apart how we built him.”

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The music and culture lineup

The music lineup features a mix of new-age voices and icons, including Mary Ann Alexander, Akshath, and Dhanji, in a session moderated by Shamani Joshi, alongside Raja Kumari, Mae Thomas, Hariharan, Akshay Hariharan, Tarsame Mittal, and Dino James, with Agam Walia were also announced.

Influencers, content creators, authors, photographers, artists, chefs and others have also been invited. The festival is slated to take place in Mumbai on November 29 and 30. Celebs like Joseph Gordon Levitt, Tom Schulman, Alexander Payne, Mira Nair, Naseeruddin Shah, Pankaj Tripathi, Javed Akhtar, Ayushmann Khurrana, Rajkummar Rao, Imran Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Shabana Azmi, Vicky Kaushal, Taapsee Pannu, Sonakshi Sinha and others have been a part of this festival in the past.

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Neeshita Nyayapati
Despite having a Master's degree in Journalism and over a decade of experience in print and digital media as a field reporter and sub-editor at organisations such as The Times of India and Reader's Digest, Neeshita Nyayapati remains a movie buff first and a Chief Content Producer second. She fell in love with movies in childhood and believes nothing matches the magic of watching a good film that moves you with a warm tub of popcorn in hand. Her love for writing about cinema follows that. Come Friday, you'll find her at her happy place, the movies, catching the latest rom-com or masala offering, for reviews or otherwise. As for the rest of the week, she's here reporting the juiciest news in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi or bringing out the best of celebs in interviews. While her niche is Telugu cinema, Neeshita likes to dabble in a little bit of everything to stay up to date. From film announcements to scandals and hard news angles, she has explored it all. A good book, a comforting cup of hot chocolate, puppy kisses and a stunning beach view are all she needs to unwind. Her passion for biking and travelling has taken her to various places across the country. She has found peace in everything from the frozen lakes of Gangtok to the coffee plantations of Coorg and the dense forests of Bandipur, to the monasteries of Darjeeling. But no matter where she goes, Neeshita loves coming across inspiring and moving stories.Read More

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