A renowned film producer, actor, director and screenwriter, National Award winning Director Prakash
Jha needs no introduction. He is mostly known for his political and socio-political films such as Damul,
Mrityudand, Gangaajal, Apaharan, including multi-starrer movies like Raajneeti,
Aarakshan, Chakravyuh, and Satyagraha. He is also the maker of National Film
Award winning documentaries like, Faces after the Storm & Sonal.
Rishi Bhutani gained recognition as a good Actor in
the thriller movie Bolo Raam that earned him a nomination for Best Actor
category at the Lions Gold Awards. His other releases include Jai Jawaan Jai
Kisaan as Jawaharlal Nehru, Ram Ratan with Daisy Shah, Vodka Diaries with Kay
Kay Menon, CuteGirl_87, Gandhigiri, LOC - A Playground, Madisar Mami, and
others. His upcoming films include Ashley, Teri Talash, Zindagi Jhingalala Re, Code Blue, Bed No. 17 and others. Rishi has also won accolades and awards for his feature film "Code Blue" as well as for his short films "
ARFI LAMBA
An Indian-born actor, producer and humanist who have
appeared in films, television, theatre productions, television commercials, and
print advertisements, Arfi Lamba’s acting debut on screen came with the film
Slumdog Millionaire. He is known for his role in the action-comedy film Singh
Is Bliing, directed by Prabhu Deva and co-starring Akshay Kumar, Lara Dutta and
Kay Kay Menon. He played one of the lead roles in the romantic film Prague and
a pivotal role in Fugly. Co-owner and
promoter of Bombay Berlin Film Productions, along with Katharina Suckale, Arfi Lamba gained national exposure for his
performances in Jis Lahore Nai Dekhya, Tere Pyar Mein and others. His
television performance credits include AXN television’s Man’s World and Star
Plus’ Prithvi Raj Chauhan. He is also seen in the award-winning student’s film
An Open road with a dead end and a corporate film for Procter & Gamble.
SAMBHAVNA SETH
AJAY MAHENDRU
ADITYA OM
Indian film actor, writer, lyricist, director and producer, Aditya Om is a well known star in Telugu and Hindi movies. He also did theatre and serials. Starting his career with “Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo” in 2002, he has done more than 25 films as a leading actor in Telugu films. He has directed critically acclaimed film "Bandook", the Silent film "Mr Lonely Miss lovely" as well as "Maassab" which has won awards at various national and international film festivals. His short films "Maya Mobile" and "For my mother" were widely appreciated. As an associate producer he was involved in critically acclaimed feature films "Shudra" and "Dozakh - in Search of Heaven". He also wrote and directed an English feature film "The Dead End" which won awards at various international film festivals and is available on various digital platforms. We are proud to have him as one of our Celebrity Guests at the festival.
An Indian dancer, TV & Film actress, model,
television talk show host & YouTube vlogger, Sambhavna Seth made her debut
in a movie called ‘Paagalpan’ followed by ‘36 China Town’, Undertrial and ‘Welcome
Back’. Seth was a contestant in the reality show Bigg Boss season 2 and also
participated in Bigg Boss 8 as a challenger to the contestants in Bigg Boss Halla
Bol. On TV, she played a vamp in ‘Razia Sultan’ and recently seen in Laal Ishq.
Seth has done Bhojpuri films and more than 50 songs in Bollywood and Bhojpuri
combined. She has appeared in many reality shows including and won Dancing
Queen, Dil Jeetegi Desi Girl, Welcome - Baazi Mehmaan Nawazi Ki and is also one
of the judges in the reality show BIG Memsaab.
An actor and a trained theatre artist having passed with excellent grade from Sri Ram Centre for the Performing Arts, Ajay Mahendru is known for the recent Netflix thriller series “Bard of Blood”. Having done Theatre with renowned theatre personalities including Hema Singh (NSD), Swaroopa Ghosh (SRC), Tripurari Sharma, Govind Pandey (NSD), Sajjad Khan, Avtar Sahni etc., he has won multiple awards at many International Film Festivals in Acting including Critics Award (Acting), Best Debut Award (Acting), Special Jury Award (Best Actor), etc. for his performance in the short film “Kaise…??” on eve teasing. He has also done Sakhi, Shaque-Off, Dastak, Dehaant, Insaan, etc. in the shorts category and “Tikli and Laxmi Bomb” in the feature. A known face in TV Ads, he has featured in Sprite, Ceat Tyres, BhimApp, Amazon, Amul Sporto, Verisign.com, Early salary, Saraya Hand Sanitizer, and for other big brands. Right now he has signed "Nirnay the Judgement" the pre-production of which is on.
SANDEEP ANAND
Sandeep Anand is an Indian television actor who is
best known for his portrayal of Sajan on Life OK sitcom “May I Come in Madam?”
and Billu in “F.I.R.” aired on Sab TV. His television debut came in 2007 when
he appeared in the comedy series “Sun Yaar Chill Maar” aired on UTV Bindass. He
has directed two Greek plays including the King Oedipus tragedy and knows over
10 languages including Punjabi, Sindhi, Sanskrit, and Greek. He is a trained
classical musician. He was also seen in SAB TV’s Betal Aur Sinhasan Battisi as Betal and recently in the popular sitcom “Bhabi
Ji Ghar Par Hai!”
AVINASH DWIVEDI
An actor and a trained dancer, theatre artist as
well as a Martial arts exponent, Avinash Dubey has won two reality shows
namely; Ibibo i.videostar which was an online dance reality show judged by
famous bollywood choreographers Bosco Caeser in 2009 & Dance Sangram judged
by Saroj khan in 2010. Avinash has done more than a dozen TV commercials
including Quikr, Tata Sky, Aqualite Footwear, Videocon d2h, Mahindra and others.
He also featured as a protagonist in Yatra.com TVC where he played a
controversial student leader which is one of the most viral ads on Indian
social media ever. He has also been featured in lead cast in Bhojpuri films
Ranbanka, Nachaniya, and Chameli. Rickshawala is his first Bengali Film.
HIMANSHU SEKHAR PARIDA
A unique art form, developed in Puri, India as the
artist with the help of skillful fingers carved a beautiful sculpture. However,
the only material used here was clean, fine grained sand mixed with water. Yes,
this introduces the renowned International Sand Sculptor & Designer
Himanshu Sekhar Parida from Cuttack, Odisha who otherwise needs no
introduction. A well-known self-taught Sculptor and Designer from Cuttack, recently
his sand sculpture in solidarity with Irom Sharmila's struggle for Repeal AFSPA
was very much in the news. With a Master of Visual Art (Sculpture) from Utkal
University of Culture, Bhubaneswar; A young artist and trained in
fine arts with his passion in sand sculptures, Himanshu's not only has deep love of working with
Sand, but also incorporates multiple mediums including
wood, stone, clay, painting and handicrafts. He has received many national and
international awards for his work. He has participated in many festivals,
competitions and exhibitions across India and Europe. He passionately spreads
his knowledge through teaching children, youth and senior citizens this
traditional and fluid art-from by combining ancient and modern techniques.
Himanshu aspires to continue sharing the ancient wisdom of sand art in his home
country and abroad.
