More than 800 film-makers and other supporters expressed their solidarity with film-makers Debalina Majumder and Shabnam Virmani, after their films Gay India Matrimony and Had-Anhad were stopped from being screened at the Ravenshaw University in Cuttack, Odisha, last week. Initially, the university authorities scrapped the film festival, scheduled from March 2-4, following protest from right-wing elements.
However, according to reports, the university authorities decided to go ahead with the film festival after the two films were dropped. Nevertheless, film-Maker Lipika Singh Darai decided to withdraw her film in solidarity.
In her statement, she said, “Running a Journalism and mass communication course in the University and not being able to stand for a film which talks about equal rights and films which have been widely screened across the world shows the shallowness of the whole system.”
(Scroll below for her complete statement)
Here is the statement by film-makers, actors, film students, writers and others on the issue (please scroll down for the list of signatories) :
We, the undersigned members of the filmmaking community in India, and supporters, are shocked to hear that the inaugural film festival organised by Film Society Ravenshaw at Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, was stopped from screening Debalina Majumder’s Gay India Matrimony and Shabnam Virmani’ s Had-Anhad.
Gay India Matrimony is a 2019 documentary which takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the problems and prospects of same-sex marriage in India, featuring the director herself and two others. Gay India Matrimony has been criticised by the opposing outfit Hari Om as “an attempt to corrupt the minds of youth to steer away from family values and tradition”. In Had-Anhad (2008), Virmani traces the 15th century mystic poet Kabir’s attachment with Ram, across the Indo-Pak border. In this case, Had-Anhad is charged with “romanticising the Indo-Pak right relationship”.
Both films are well-known and have already been in circulation in film festivals and campuses in India and abroad. At a time when free speech is threatened across the country, journalists and mediamakers attacked, the forcible stoppage of the screenings of these two films only adds fuel to the rising intolerance in the country.
What is particularly dismaying is how an institute of higher learning, a University, finds documentary films that have been widely screened and acclaimed in many public fora unsuitable for its own students.
We are also appalled to hear that the outfit, Hari Om, objected to the screening of Pather Panchali (1955) by Oscar awardee and Bharat Ratna Satyajit Ray as “romanticising poverty in India” and to his equally classic cinematic work Charulata (1964) as “borderline incest”. Such policing of Indian cinema through intimidation and threats of violence further shrinks the culture of free thinking and creativity. Universities and film societies are integral parts of our public spaces, their right to screen and discuss cinema needs to be upheld at all costs.
We strongly condemn this illegal vigilante action by self-appointed “guardians” of “morality” and culture.
We stand in solidarity with the filmmakers and the organisers of the film festival, and extend our unflinching support to them.
Film-maker Lipika Singh Darai also decided to withdraw her film “Some Stories around Witches” from Ravenshaw Film Festival in solidarity with Debalina Majumder.
Her statement:
I would like to withdraw my film SOME STORIES AROUND WITCHES from the Ravenshaw Film Festival in solidarity with Debalina Majumder, director of “Gay India Matrimony” and other filmmakers whose films have been forcefully dropped. As the festival has resumed without these films, in this situation, I would not like to have a public screening of my film at a place where filmmakers’ dignity and freedom have not been protected. I would also like to remind the authorities of Ravenshaw University that a film festival is nothing without filmmakers’ films and voices. Running a Journalism and mass communication course in the University and not being able to stand for a film which talks about equal rights and films which have been widely screened across the world shows the shallowness of the whole system.
The list of signatories:
- A. H. Ray, Kolkata
- Aamir Shama Rasul
- Aanchal Kapur, Curator, Delhi
- Abhishek Majumdar, Writer, Director, Bangalore
- Abhay Kardeguddi, Consultant, Pune
- Abhijit Mazumdar, Filmmaker, Mumbai
- Abhijit Sarkar, Sound Designer, Teacher (University), Rohtak, Haryana
- Abhijna Bhattacharjee, Artist Kolkata
- Abhilash Pal, Student and AI Engineer
- Abhimanyu Bandyopadhyay, journalist/musician; kolkata
- Abhishek Bhardwaj, Actor Mumbai
- Abhishek Dey, Film researcher, Film direction student, School Teacher
- Abhishek Hazra, visual artist, Bangalore
- Abhro Banerjee Film Editor, Mumbai
- Abir Hazra, Citizen
- Abu Solyman Darani, Citizen
- Adeeb Rabbani, student, Roopkala Kendro, Kolkata
- Aditi Sircar, Citizen
- Adusyanti Chatterjee, Photographer , Kolkata/Delhi
- Aishi Majumder, Student And Side Job,Chakdaha Nadia
- Ajimesh Saha, Filmmaker
- 21. Ajith Kumar B, Filmmaker
- Akash Chakrabarty, Song-Writer, Kolkata
- Akash Sil, Film Enthusiast And Audience
- Akshay Gouri, Filmmaker, Rohtak/Melbourne
- Akshay Sreyas, Student, Berhampur
- Alivia Hait, Journalist
- Alokparna Acharya, Writer, software professional, Kolkata
- Amala Popuri, Sound Artist, Mumbai
- Amir Aziz, Poet, Mumbai
- Amit Mahanti, Filmmaker, New Delhi
- Amit Paul, Citizen, Audience
- Amitava Ghosh General Secretary Celluloid Chapter Jamshedpur
- Ammu Abraham, women’s rights & civil liberties activist
- Amrit Amlan Pattanaik, PhD Scholar, Hyderabad
- Amrita Dasgupta, Kolkata
- Amrita, Viewer, Kolkata
- Amudhan RP, filmmaker, Chennai
- Anamika Haksar, Director, Mumbai
- Anand Pande, Director/Cinematographer, Pune
- Anand Patwardhan, filmmaker, Mumbai
- Ananya Chakraborti, Filmmaker, Kolkata
- Ananya Chatterjee, Assistant Professor in Sociology, Kolkata
- Ananya Gupta, Kolkata
- AnanyaM, Mumbai
- Anik Nag, student, Roopkala Kendro, Kolkata
- Aniket Das, student, Roopkala Kendro, Kolkata
- Animesh Dutta, Photographer, Kolkata
- Anindya Hajra
- Anindya Sen, Professor, Silchar
- Anirban Datta, Filmmaker, Kolkata
- Anirban Dutta, Filmmaker, Delhi
- Anirban Mukherjee, Film & Television Programme Maker, Kolkata
- Aniruddha Chakraborty, Filmmaker, Goa
- Anirudh Kaushal, Student, FTII
- Anita Dighe, Noida
- Anitha Gomathy, Freelance Journalist and emerging filmmaker, Trivandrum, Kerala
- Anjali Monteiro, Filmmaker and Academic, Goa
- Ankana Dey, Psychologist, Social Worker, Kolkata
- Ankur Bose, Student
- Ankur Dasgupta, audience and artist
- Anubhab Bhattacharya, Student
- Anubhab, film maker, Mumbai
- Anuj, Filmmaker, Kolkata
- Anumitra, Chef, Founder of Edible Archives
- Anupam Dhar, Dubbing Producer, Kolkata
- Anupama Bhat, Textile Designer and Entrepreneur, Delhi
- Anupama Srinivasan, Filmmaker, Delhi
- Anuradha Bansa, Filmmaker, Noida
- Anuran Kar Gupta, Student, Kolkata
- Anusha Datta, Documentary Filmmaker, Mumbai
- Anusha Ramanathan, Educator, Mumbai
- Anushka Meenakshi, Bangalore
- Anuska Paul, Feminists in Resistance, Kolkata
- Anwesha Sengupta, teaching, Kolkata
- Aparajita Ghosh, Performer, Filmmaker, Kolkata
- Aparna Bhattacharyya, teacher, Guwahati
- Archee Roy, Artist, Kolkata
- Arijit Paul, Noida
- Arindam Bhattacharjee, cinematographer, Kolkata
- Aritra Chowdhury, student, Roopkala Kendro, Kolkata
- Aritra Ganguli. Audience
- Arjab Sarkar, student, Roopkala Kendro, Kolkata
- Arjun Gourisaria, filmmaker/editor, Kolkata
- Arnab Mookherjee, CPI(ML)
- Arnab Sarkar , Photographer. Kolkata
- Arnit Chetry, Filmmaker, Kolkata
- Arunava Mitra, Editor, Kolkata
- Arundhati Ghosh, Cultural Practitioner
- Arunesh, retired, Bangalore
- Arup Ratan Samajdar, Professor
- Arushi Handa
- Arvind Caulagi, Filmmaker, Mumbai
- Asheesh Pandya, Sound Practician, Gurgaon
- Ashu Chakraborty, Music Director
- Atrayee Basu, Homemaker, Content Writer
- Aveejeet Daas, Theatre actor, singer, painter and Film lover
- Ayan Makhal, Writer, Independent filmmaker
- Ayesha Kidwai, Academic, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
- Ayush Mondal, Student, Delhi
- Bagisha, Student, Kolkata
- Bahata Ansumali, Software Professional and Indus script researcher, Bangalore
- Benny Benedict, Film curator, Kerala
- Bhanuj Kappal, journalist, Mumbai
- Bharti Ali, Child Rights Activist, Delhi
- Bhaskar Jyoti Chetia, Photographer, Guwahati
- Bhumika Saraswati, documentary filmmaker and journalist, Delhi
- Bibhubrata Acharjee, Musician, Kolkata
- Bidisha, Service, New Delhi
- Bigyna Bhushan Dahal, sound designer, Mumbai
- Biplab Das, Content Writer
- Bishakha Datta, Filmmaker, Mumbai
- Bishal Swargiary, Filmmaker, Assam India
- Bivas Pal, Photographer, Birbhum
- Bushan Vikas, Actor, Mumbai
- Bulbul Phadke, Bombay
- Chanchal Kundu, Artist, Kolkata
- Charvi Ojha, Artist, Mumbai
- Chayanika Shah, Educator, Mumbai
- Chinmoy Pramanik, Tehatta
- Chinmoy Sonowal, Guwahati
- Chitrangada Samajdwar, Citizen
- Cinedelve Agartala
- D. R. Mohanraj, Mysore
- Dakxin Chhara, Filmmaker and Dramaturge
- Danish Husain
- Dattatreya Ghosh, Research Fellow, Kolkata
- Debajyoti Bhattacharyya, Film viewer and appreciator
- Debarati Gupta, Filmmaker
- Debarghya Chakrabarti,Chemical Engineering Student, Jadavpur University, Kolkata
- Debasmita Dey, Storyboard artist
- Debasree Sarkar, Research Scholar, Kolkata
- Debatri Das, Development professional and film enthusiast
- Debayan Mukherjee, Photographer, Kolkata
- Debjani Ghosh, Citizen
- Deblina Das, Scholar
- Debopriya Shome, PhD scholar, International Relations, Jadavpur University, Kolkata
- Deboranjan Sarangi, Filmmaker
- 134. Deboranjan Sarangi, Filmmaker
- Deborati Maitra. Actor
- Debraj Naiya, Filmmaker
- Deepa Dhanraj, Filmmaker, Bangalore
- Deepa Pathak, Uttarakhand
- Deepika Sharma. Filmmaker, Mumbai
- Dev Benegal, Film Director, New York.
- Dibyayan Hota, student, Roopkala Kendro, Kolkata
- Dilip D’Souza, Independent writer, Bombay
- Dipraswatta Mahapatra, Doctor
- Dipro Hajra
- Divya Sachar, filmmaker and writer
- Dolly Thakore Activist, writer, Actor,Mumbai
- Dona Banerjee, Cinematographer, kolkata
- Dr Charvak, Teacher, Kolkata
- Dr. Kolika Mitra (Researcher, Social Activist)
- Dr. Ranjita Biswas. Psychiatrist and queer feminist activist
- Dr. Samata Biswas, Kolkata based academic
- Dr. Shoma A. Chatterjee, freelance journalist, film scholar and author, Kolkata
- Dwaipayan Banerjee, Filmmaker, Kolkata
- Dyuti Mukherjee, translator, Howrah
- Ehraz Zaman, Filmmaker, New Delhi
- Enakshi Nandi, Teacher, New Delhi
- Farha Khatun, Filmmaker
- Fazle Wakil, Research Scholar, Jadavpur University
- Filmmaker
- Firoza Khan, Filmmaker
- Gargi Sen, Filmmaker
- Gautam Sonti, filmmaker, Bangalore
- Gayathri M, Student, Berhampur
- Geeta Seshu, journalist, Co-editor, Free Speech Collective
- Geetika Vidya Ohlyan, actress, Mumbai
- Gita Rani Bhattacharya, Social Activist, Guwahatii
- Gourab Biswas, Tehatta
- Gourab Ghosh, Educator & Left-Queer Rights Activist
- Gouri Patwardhan, Filmmaker, Bengaluru
- Gurpal Singh, Actor-Director, Mumbai
- Hardik Brata Biswas, Jadavpur University
- Hasan Sheikh, Murshidabad
- Hassath, Lweshalno
- Hemanti Sarkar, Film Editor, Mumbai
- Himanshu Prajapati, Filmmaker Mumbai
- Hiya Chatterjee, Assistant Professor, Kolkata
- Ina De, student, artist
- Indrabati Sarkar, Film Enthusiast
- Indrani Banerjee, Instructional Designer
- Indranil Mazumdar, cinematographer, kolkata
- Irene Dhar Malik, film editor, Mumbai
- Ishani Mukherjee, Kolkata
- Jabeen Merchant, film editor, Mumbai
- Jayanta Mukherjee, Theatre practitioner
- Jayasree Singh, Farmer
- Jeet Datta, Script Writer
- Jeet Sundor, Theatre Worker & Actor, Kolkata
- Jeroo Mulla, Educationist
- Jhelum Roy, Feminists in Resistance, Kolkata
- John DSousa, Documentalist, CED, Mumbai
- Joshy Joseph, filmmaker, Kolkata
- Joy Gorey, student, Roopkala Kendro, Kolkata
- Juhi, Documentary Filmmaker, Bombay
- Juhi, Writer and Researcher, Delhi
- Juli Brahma, social worker, Assam
- Jyoti Patil, Uttarakhand
- Jyotirmoy Ram, theatre worker and college student, Malda
- Kaberi Mallick, Journalism and Mass Communication Department, Jadavpur University
- Kamakshi Subramaniam, Mysore
- Kanishka Sarkar. Musician, Human
- Kasturi Basu, Filmmaker, Kolkata
- Kaushik Bhaduri, Software developer, Kolkata
- Kaushik Ghosh, Journalism student, Kolkata
- Kaushik Roy, Theatre worker
- Kaustav Bakshi, Academic, Kolkata
- Kaustuv Dhara, Cinematographer, Kolkata
- Kavita Bahl, Filmmaker, Mumbai
- Koel Chatterjee, artist, content writer and designer
- Koel Chatterji, Feminists in Resistance, Kolkata
- Koyel Ghosh, social worker
- KP Jayasankar, Filmmaker and Academic, Goa
- Kusum Kohli ,Educator, Dehradun
- Labani Jangi, Phd Student ,CSSSC, Kolkata
- Lalit Vachani, Filmmaker
- Laxmi Murthy, Journalist
- Lipika Singh Darai, filmmaker, Odisha
- Lubdhak Chatterjee, Filmmaker, Kolkata
- Madhavi Tangella, Filmmaker
- Madhu Dhurve, Filmmaker, Bhopal
- Madhuri Katti, Educator and Science Writer, Kolkata
- Madhusree Dutta, filmmaker, Mumbai
- Maheen Mirza, Filmmaker, Bhopal
- Mallika Gopalakrishnan/ Bangalore
- Mahnoor Yar Khan, Hyderabad
- Maimoona AM, Women’s rights activist, Delhi
- Mallika Visvanathan, Filmmaker, Delhi
- Mamta Govil,Teacher, Dehradun
- Mamun Al Abedin Editor Kolkata
- Manabendra Dewanji, Member, EIMPDA
- Manali Dutta, Mental health facilitator, Sri Lanka
- Manav kaul
- Manidipa Singha, Musician
- Manisa Das, student, Roopkala Kendro, Kolkata
- Manish Das, Film-Maker, Thespian & Academician
- Manisha Chaudhry, Publishing professional, Delhi
- Manoj Sharma, Actor
- Maya Nirmala, Chennai
- Mayank Ojha, Actor, FTII Pune
- Mayurakshi Banerjee, film practitioner, Kolkata
- Megha Acharya, Filmmaker
- Meghna Nandi, WB, Kolkata
- Meheli Sen, professor of Cinema Studies, Rutgers University
- Milind Chhabra, Filmmaker
- Minakshi Bujarbaruah, Researcher
- Minakshi Sanyal, Queer Feminist Activist
- Mir Md Falak, Filmmaker, Kolkata
- Miriam Chandy Menacherry, filmmaker
- Mitali Biswas, Filmmaker, Kolkata
- Mohd Fehmeed, Filmmaker, Delhi
- Mohit Ranadip, Psychiatric counsellor
- Monalisa Mukherji
- Monamy Nandy, Odissi dance practitioner
- Monideep Saha, Filmmaker, Kolkata
- Monisha Behal, Social Worker, Guwahati
- Monon Bhattacharyya, Director and Musician Berhampore, West Bengal
- Moumita Adhikary, Assistant Director, Kolkata
- Moumita Chakraborty, student, Roopkala Kendro, Kolkata
- Moupia Mukherjee,Writer& Filmmaker
- Mousumi Bilkis, Writer & Filmmaker, Kolkata
- Mrittika Mukherjee, Filmmaker, Producer
- Mrs. B Das, Hindi Teacher, Hyderabad
- Mukta DHond, PRoducer, writer, Mumbai
- Munia Debleena Tripathi, artist/scholar, Kolkata/Toronto
- Muraleedharan CK, Cinematographer, Mumbai
- Mustafa Deshamangalam, Filmmaker
- Nabadeepa Biswas, Theatre Practitioner
- Nabina Chakraborty, Filmmaker, Bengaluru
- Nakul Singh Sawhney, Filmmaker, Delhi
- Nandan Saxena, Filmmaker, Mumbai
- Nandini Dhar, Feminists in Resistance, Kolkata
- Nandini Dhar, Mumbai, Editor
- Nandini Manjrekar, Mumbai
- Narendra Singh Pardhi, Cinematographer, Bhopal
- Nasib Akhtar, Screenwriter, Director and Editor
- Naveen Pun, Filmmaker, Mumbai
- Navnita Sen, Editor Mumbai
- Nayanika Chatterjee,Student of Performing Art’s Therapy, Music Teacher and Performer,Kolkata
- Neel Dasgupta, Student
- Neel Mani Kant, Filmmaker Mumbai
- Neethu Suda Mohandhas, Sound Recordist and Designer for Films, Mumbai
- Niharika Banerjea, Teacher
- Niki Nirvikalpa, Filmmaker
- Nikita Sharma, Journalist/Editor, Chandigarh
- Nilabja Bhattacharjee, Biotechnology department , NIT DURGAPUR
- Nilabja Das, Filmmaker, Kolkata
- Niladri Paul, Software Developer and a film enthusiast
- Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, Independent Journalist & Writer
- Nilay Samiran Nandi, Filmmaker, Kolkata
- Nilita Vachani, Filmmaker/writer, Delhi
- Nimish Jha, Filmmaker, Mumbai
- Nirabari Bandyopadhyay, Academician, Film Maker, Kolkata
- Nirajana, Post-Graduate Student, Kolkata.
- Nirmal Chander, filmmaker / editor, Delhi
- Nirupama Sarma, Development Practitioner, Bangalore
- Nisha Biswas, Feminists in Resistance, Kolkata
- Nishtha Jain, Filmmaker, Mumbai
- Nivedita Menon, Delhi
- Nivedita, Media Student, Mumbai
- Nundrisha Wakhloo, filmmaker , New Delhi
- Nupur Basu, journalist and documentary filmmaker
- Orpheus Mukhoty, Poet, Kolkata
- 292. P Baburaj, Filmmaker
- Pabitra Banerjee, Student, Manbazar, Purulia
- Padmavati Rao, filmmaker, actor
- Pankaj Rishi Kumar, filmmaker, Mumbai
- Paramjeet Singh, New Delhi
- Pareedhi, Writer, Delhi.
- Pariplab Chakraborty, Artist/ Journalist, New Delhi
- Paro Anand, Author, New Delhi
- Paromita Mukherjee , Actor
- Paromita Vohra, Filmmaker and Writer, Mumbai
- Partha Ghosh, independent camera person, Kolkata
- Partha kayal
- Partha Sengupta, Photographer
- Parvathi Menon, Journalist, Bangalore
- Paula Banerjee, Kolkata
- Paulami kundu, actor, Kolkata
- Pawas Manandhar, Kathmandu
- Payal Kapadia, Filmmaker Mumbai
- Pinaki De, Raja Peary Mohan college,West Bengal
- Pinaki Guha, Teacher
- Pinaki Nath, Student, Kolkata
- Pinki Ghosh Dastidar UX Designer, AI Creator,Theatre Practitioner
- Pinky Brahma Choudury, Filmmaker
- Polo (Poulami Saha), Junior Program Officer (SFE), Social Worker, Anthropologist
- Pooja Kaul, Visual artist, Bangalore
- Poushali Basak, Researcher, Kolkata
- Prabir Kumar Sen, Cinematographer
- 317. Pradeep Dipu, Filmmaker
- Pradip Nag, retaired Govt employee, Siliguri, Dist-Darjeeling,West Bengal
- Pradip Saha, Direction, Mumbai
- Pradipta Bhattacharya, Filmmaker, Kolkata
- Pradipta Saha, Audiographer, Kolkata
- Prantik Narayan Basu, filmmaker, Kolkata
- Prantik Singha, Editor and an independent filmmaker
- Prasun Mondal, student, Roopkala Kendro, Kolkata
- Prateek Vats, Filmmaker Mumbai
- Pratyush Pani, Research Scholar, Bhubaneswar
- Premendra Mazumder, Kolkata
- Prince Kanwal, Actor, Writer, Therapist, Coach, Mumbai
- Pritam Bose, Production Coordinator, North 24 PGS, Shyamnagar
- Pritam Mandal, Editor, Mumbai
- Pritanko Ghatak , Filmmaker , Kolkata
- Prithaj Sengupta, Filmmaker, Kolkata.
- Priya Naresh, Filmmaker, New Delhi
- Priyanka Dutta, school teacher and film lover, Kolkata
- Priya Sen, Filmmaker
- Priya Thuvassery, Filmmaker, Delhi
- Priyadarshini Mukherjee, Ad filmmaker, Kolkata
- Priyanka Biswas, Cinematographer, Kolkata
- Priyanka Chhabra, Film Director/Editor, Delhi
- Priyanka Gaikwad, Audiographer, Mumbai
- Priyanka More, Film Producer Mumbai
- Priyanka Mukherjee, Filmmaker
- Priyanka Saha, Editor, Kolkata
- Prosenjit Poddar, Kolkata. Corporate employee, Photographer, Cinematographer
- Puja Bhattacharyya, Academician, Theatre Worker
- Puja Dutta, Kolkata
- Pushpa, Audiographer, Raipur
- Pushpendra Singh, filmmaker, Pune
- Pushpendu Singha Roy, Assistant Director, Baharampur
- Rachayita Dey; College Student; Kolkata
- Radhika Murthy, filmmaker, Mumbai
- Rafeeq Ellias, filmmaker, Mumbai
- Raghav Kakkar, actor / writer, Mumbai
- Raghu V , Film Director/Editor, Hyderabad
- Rahul Mir, Graphic Designer
- Rahul Mukherjee, student
- Rahul Rai, writer Mumbai
- Rahul Roye, Screenwriter-filmmaker
- Raj Raha, theatre and film practitioner
- Raja Ghosh, Filmmaker, Writer
- Rajarshi Datta, Service
- Rajarshi Ghosh, Free Thinker, Kolkata
- Rajeev Khanna, Journalist, Solan
- Rajib Das, Freelancer and Filmmaker, Kolkata
- Rakesh Sharma, filmmaker, Goa
- Rana Pratap Karforma, Cinematographer, Kolkata
- Ranabir Das, Cinematographer, Mumbai
- Randeep Madokke, Filmmaker
- Ranita Sarkar, Editor, Kolkata
- Ranjana Padhi, Feminist activist and writer, Bhubaneswar
- Ranodip Dutta. Independent Filmmaker
- Ranojit Dasgupta, Filmmaker/Editor, Kolkata
- Rashmi Lamba, filmmaker, festivals, gender in media, Mumbai
- Ratnadeep Roy, Student, Roopkala Kendro, Kolkata
- Ravi Kiran, cinematographer, Mumbai
- Ree (Runa Dhara), Social Worker
- Reena Mohan, filmmaker / editor, Delhi
- Rekha Nigam, screenwriter, Mumbai
- Renu Khanna, Sahaj, Vadodara
- Riddhi mukherjee, Sound editor and location recordist, Kolkata
- Ridhima Mehra, Delhi
- Riju Das, Cinematographer, Mumbai
- Rinchin, Writer, Bhopal
- Rinky Karmakar, Assistant Director, Kolkata
- Ritabrita Maity, Filmmaker, Kolkata
- Ritam Jana, Theatre practitioner
- Ritam Sarkar, Filmmaker, Kolkata.
- Ritam Sarkar,Theatre worker,Birbhum
- Ritesh Sharma, Filmmaker
- Rohit Sen Gupta, Sound Designer & Mixing Engineer, Kolkata
- Ronny Sen, Filmmaker, Kolkata
- Ruchir Joshi, Film-maker/Writer, Calcutta
- Ruchira Ghosh, lifestyle journalist
- Ruhi Bhatia, Producer, Mumbai
- S D, Student, Delhi
- Saba Dewan, Filmmaker/Writer, Gurgaon, Haryana
- Sabyasachi Banerjee, Teacher
- Sabyasachi Pal, Sound Artiste, Kolkata
- Sabyasachi, Filmmaker, Kolkata
- Sabyasachi, Teacher, Kolkata
- Sagnik Bhattacharyya, Singer-songwriter, Kolkata
- Sagnik Mukherjee. Actor. Theatre Practitioner
- Sagnik Saha, Research scholar, Malda
- Saikat Sengupta, Musician
- Samadrita K, Student, Kolkata
- Samarth Dixit, Editor, Mumbai
- Sambaran Sarkar, Video editor & Short filmmaker, Kolkata
- Sambuddha RoyChowdhury, Student, Kolkata
- Sameer Wadekar, Screenwriter, Mumbai
- Sameera Jain, Delhi
- Samik Mitra, sales & marketing & Theatre Practitioner
- Samina Mishra, Filmmaker, Writer & Teacher, New Delhi
- Samiran Shil, UI-UX Designer
- Samriddha Bhattacharyya, Animation and graphic student
- Samya Mondal, Film Student, Kolkata
- Samyayan Chatterjee
- Sananda Dasgupta, Freelance Writer, Bangalore
- Sanchay Bose, Film Director/Editor, Jabalpur
- Sanchita Chatterjee, Citizen
- Sandeep Ravindran, Filmmaker
- Sandhya Kumar, filmmaker, Bangalore
- Sandip Roy Karmakar, Audio engineer, India
- Sandip Sarkar, Sound Mixer and Designer,Mumbai
- Sanghamitra Roychowdhury Dasgupta, Writer
- Sanghita Sen, Professor, Northumbria University
- Sanjay Kak, Filmmaker, Delhi
- Sanjay Kumar Soren, (Student, FTII), Odisha
- Sankalp Meshram, Filmmaker, Mumbai
- Sankha, Filmmaker, Kolkata
- Sankhadeep Ghosh, PhD Student, Jadavpur University, Kolkata
- Sanmit Chatterjee, Doctoral Candidate, School of Women’s Studies, Jadavpur University
- Santa, filmmaker, Bhubaneswar
- Santanu Banerjee, Cinematographer
- Santanu Chakraborty, Film Critic, Kolkata
- Santanu Sarkar, Teaching, Silchar
- Santhosh Kumar K C, Media Activist, Thrissur, Kerala
- Santwana Bhattacharya, Editor, The New Indian Express
- Sanu Kummil, Filmmaker
- Sapna Moti Bhavnani, Filmmaker, Mumbai
- Saptarshi Sarkar, Production Sound Mixer, Mumbai
- Sarbani Bandyopadhyay. Researcher and teacher
- Sathya Saran, Author and Journalist, Mumbai
- Satyaki Adhikary, Cinematographer, Kolkata
- Satyaky Jana,Student,Kolkata
- Saunak Sarkar, content writer
- Saurav Bhadra , Filmmaker, Kolkata
- Saurav Chakraborty, Banker and hater of communal bigotry
- Sawni, Gaffer, Bhopal
- Sayan De, Actor
- Sayan Sengupta, Student, Kolkata
- Sayandeep Ghosh,Barasat,Theatre artist
- Sayantan Mukherjee (Filmmaker, Video Editor, Kolkata)
- Seema Dahiya, Writer, Mumbai
- Shabani Hassanwalia, filmmaker, Editor
- Shabnam Hashmi, social activist, Delhi
- Shabnam Surita, Journalist
- Shahana Bhattacharya, Delhi
- Shahrukhkhan Chavada, Film Director, Ahmedabad
- Shals Mahajan, writer
- 456. Shameer Ahamed, Filmmaker
- Shantanu Mondal,Cinematographer,Kolkata
- Shanthi Mohan, Film maker, Mumbai
- Sharad Raj, Independent filmmaker, Mumbai
- Sharonee A, Student, Kolkata
- Sheela Gowda, Visual artist, Bangalore
- Sherna Dastur, Delhi
- Shiladitya Ganguly (practicing Film Maker) Kolkata
- Shilpi Gulati, Filmmaker and Academic, Mumbai
- Shinjan Basu, Editor
- Shirin Bhattacharya, M. A. Sociology student, SPPU, Pune
- Shobhit Jain, Filmmaker
- Shohini Ghosh, Professor, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
- Shouryadipta Sengupta, Political Activist
- Shrestha Bhattacharya, Former student of film Studies ,independent filmmaker,Kolkata
- Shreya, producer, Goa
- Shubham Sarkar, Student, Jadavpur University
- Shubham, Actor-Writer, Delhi
- Shuddhabrata Sengupta, artist and writer, Delhi
- Shyam Prasad, cinematographer, Hyderabad
- Shyamalendu Majumdar, Professor, Kolkata
- Smriti Nevatia, film consultant & curator, Bombay
- Sneha Pakrashi, Theatre practitioner
- Snigdhendu Ghosal, Editor, Kolkata
- Soham Basu, Social Worker
- Soham Gupta
- Solanki Roy, student
- Somesh Roy, Asst Professor, Alipurduar University, Alipurduar
- Somnath Waghmare, Filmmaker
- Sonali Sathaye, anthropologist
- Sonia Nepram, Filmmaker, Imphal
- Soumen Das, Editor
- Soumick Mukherjee, student, Roopkala Kendro, Kolkata
- Soumya Suvra Das, Kolkata
- Soumyadeb Hui, Research Scholar, Rabindra Bharati University; Actor, Theatre Director and School Teacher
- Soumyadeep Ghosh, student
- Soumyadeep Halder, Alumni, IIEST Shibpur(BESU Shibpur)
- Soumyadip Chatterjee, Kolkata
- Soumyadip Das, Student, Roopkala Kendro
- Sourabh Banerjee, Kolkata
- Sourabh Chattopadhyay, IT engineer, Asansol
- Souradeep Roy, PhD student and Teaching Associate, Queen Mary University of London
- Sourajit Saha, Film Student, FTII
- Souranil Singha, Film Practitioner
- Sourav Chakraborty, Actor
- Sourav Dey, Cinematographer,Kolkata
- Sourav Dey, postdoctoral fellow, Israel
- Sourav Gupta , Sound Recordist & Designer , kolkata
- Sourav Majhi, Photographer
- Sourav Sarangi, filmmaker, Kolkata
- Sourish Pandey Rishi, Film Practitioner, Kolkata
- Souro Mondal, student, Roopkala Kendro, Kolkata
- Sourojyoti Chatterjee, Busker and Music Teacher, Kolkata
- Souvick Chakraborty, Kolkata
- Souvik Biswas, student, Roopkala Kendro, Kolkata
- Souvik guha, cinematographer, kolkata
- Spandan Banerjee, student, Roopkala Kendro, Kolkata
- Sreemith N, Filmmaker
- Srijan Biswas, Cinematographer, Kolkata
- Srinjan Majumdar, student, Roopkala Kendro, Kolkata
- Sriram Raja, Editor, Kolkata
- Subarna Mondal, Assistant Professor of English, The Sanskrit College and University, Kolkata
- Subasri Krishnan, Filmmaker, Delhi
- Subha Das Mollick, Filmmaker, Kolkata
- Subhadeep Dey, Cinematographer
- Subhadip, Theatre Practitioner, Kolkata
- Subhagata Ghosh, Queer Feminist Activist
- Subhajit Chatterjee, Asst. Professor, Jadavpur University
- Subhajit Maity, Theatre Actor, Kolkata
- Subham Talukdar, Author, Screenwriter and Filmmaker
- Subhankar, Filmmaker, Kolkata
- Subhas Longmarch, Independent Filmmaker and Theatre Activist, Kolkata
- Subhecchha Baidya, Research scholar
- Subhradip Ghosh, Citizen
- Suchana, artist, mumbai
- Suchandra Das, Photographer and one of the participants of Gay India Matrimony, Kolkata
- Sucharita Sen, Professor
- Sucharita, Researcher, Kolkata
- Suchismito Khatua, Researcher, Jawaharlal Nehru University
- Sudeshna Ghorui, student, MA, Adamas university, Kolkata
- Sudha Padmaja Francis, Filmmaker, Kochi
- Sudhanya Roy Chowdhury, Clinical Psychologist, Kolkata
- Sudheer Palsane, Cinematographer, Mumbai
- Sudip Baral, Cinematography, Kolkata
- Sudip Bose, Actor, Kolkata
- Sujata Gothoskar, Activist and Researcher, Mumbai
- Sujata Kundu, Editor, Kolkata
- Sujata Madhok, Journalist, New Delhi
- Sujoy Prasad Chatterjee, Artist
- Suman Bhattacharyya, Filmmaker, Photo-Artist
- Suman Biswas, Cinematographer, Kolkata
- Suman Saha, Film maker, Kolkata
- Suman Sengupta, Social Worker
- Sumantra Roy,Filmmaker-Editor, Kolkata
- Sumita Samanta, Publication Editor, La Strada, Kolkata
- Sumit Dey, Social Worker
- Sumitava Ghosh, Designer
- Sunanda Bhat, filmmaker, Bangalore
- Sunil Kaul, the ant, Bodoland, Assam
- Sunil Kumar, Filmmaker
- Sunil Menon, Journalist, Delhi
- Sunita Prasad, Filmmaker, New York City
- Supriya Banerjee, Social Worker and Critic
- Surabhi Sharma, Filmmaker, Mumbai
- Suresh Rajamani, Sound recordist, Mumbai
- Suresh Sharma, Independent Filmmaker
- Surojit Mistry, book Publishers and film-maker from Kolkata
- Surojit Mistry, Filmmaker, Kolkata
- Suruchi Mazumdar, University Faculty, Sonipat Haryana
- Surya Balakrishnan, filmmaker, mumbai
- Susanta Chakraborty, Editor
- Susanta Das , Mime and theatre practitioner , Kolkata
- Sushavan Das, Filmmaker, Kolkata
- Sushil Kumar, Producer, Bhopal
- Sushil Tanwar, Shimla
- Susmita Sinha, Filmmaker, Kolkata
- Suvajit Mahajan, student, Roopkala Kendro, Kolkata
- Suvrangshu Sarkar, Editor, Mumbai
- Swarnab Ghosh, Alternative cinema learner
- Swarnava Chakraborty, Editor, Kolkata
- Swastik Kargupta, student, Roopkala Kendro, Kolkata
- Swati Ali, Filmmaker, Mumbai
- Swati Dandekar, filmmaker, Bangalore
- T. K. Rajalakshmi, Journalist, New Delhi
- Tangsu Karmakar, Filmmaker, Kolkata
- Tania Sarbadhikary, Educator, Bangalore
- Tanisha B, Student, Kolkata
- Tanmay Nivedita, Jan Jagaran Shakti Sangathan, Bihar
- Tanmoy Chakraborty, Editor Colourist and Post production consultant
- Tanushree Gangopadhyay, Journalist,Ahmedabad
- Tanushree Rabha, communications associate, the ant, Chirang
- WTanusree, Common Citizen, Kolkata
- Tapash Ghosh, Citizen
- Tara Sankar Sarkar, Theatre worker and Journalist
- Tathagata Mandal, Student
- Tathagato Mukherjee / Film Student / Kolkata
- Tinku Khanna, Kolkata
- Tinni Mitra, Editor, Mumbai
- Tuhin Bhattacharjee, PhD Candidate, New York University, USA
- Tuhinangshu Mukherjee, North 24 pgs – Independent Short Filmmaker
- Tulika Bhattacharjee, Writer and Editor, Bangalore
- Tulika Srivastava
- Tushar Gandhi, Writer, Mumbai
- Twisha Deb, Photographer, Translator
- Uday Raj Anand, Businessman, Delhi
- Udaya Kumar, JNU, New Delhi
- Ujjayini Chattopadhyay, Student
- Urvashi Jalali, Researcher/ Design Academic Bangalore
- Usha Rao, filmmaker, educator, Bangalore
- Utsav Dan, Filmmaker, Mumbai
- Vandana Palsane, Sociologist, Pune
- Vandita Jain, Cinematographer, Thane
- Vani Subramanian, Filmmaker, Delhi
- Vasudevan Kadalayil, Architect, Bengaluru
- Vidur Nauriyal, writer, Mumbai
- Vidyarthy Chatterjee, Film Critic and Writer
- Vikrant Pawar, filmmaker, Pune
- Vineeth Kumar, Filmmaker
- Wafa Refai, Film Producer, Editor, Ahmedabad
- Yashodara, Filmmaker, Bangalore
- Yashaswini Raghunandan, filmmaker Bangalore
- Meena Karnik, Film Critic
- Kamini Bobde/ Delhi
- Keertan a Kumar/ Pondicherry
- Mayukh Ghosh, Filmmaker, Mumbai
- Prayas Nath, Video Editor, Barrackpore
- Suman Noskar, JRF-Chemistry, Shyamnagar
- Mayurakshi Sen, Actor/ Researcher
- Mamud Alam, Journalism and mass comm. student
- Banamali Sarkar, Editor, Kolkata
- Urbi Bhattacharya, Actor, Kolkata
- Sagnik Sinhamahapatra, Student
- Maharghya Chakraborty, St Xavier’s College, Kolkata
- Someswar Bhowmik, Kolkata
- Sourav Mukherjee, Visual Artist – Kolkata
- Kaushik Chakraborty, Editor
- Sumita Beethi, queer feminist activist, Kolkata
- Arpan Singha, Student
- Sudeshna Roy, Filmmaker, Kolkata
- Sayak Bhattacharya, Cinematographer, Bombay
- Titas Dutta, Theatre Maker, Actor, Arts Manager, Kolkata
- Mom Bhattacharya, Theatre Practitioner, Visual Artist, Kolkata
- Baishali Bose, Theatre Practitioner, Kolkata
- Ratul Ghosh, Theatre Practitioner, Kolkata
- Shruti Ghosh, Theatre Practitioner, Dancer, Trainer, Kolkata
- Gargi Banerjee, Theatre Practitioner, Kolkata
- Panchali Kar, Theatre Practitioner, Gender Activist, Kolkata
- Sutapa Chatterjee, Theatre Practitioner, Actor, Kolkata
- Sritama Chattopadhyay, Theatre Practitioner, Actor, Kolkata
- Sayani Majumder, Theatre Practitioner, Actor, Kolkata
- Sourami Mukherjee, Theatre Practitioner, Performing Artist, Kolkata
- Subhojit Das, Theatre Practitioner, Kolkata
- Hasibur Rahman Khan, Theatre Practitioner, Musician, Dhaka
- Ranjit Chettur: Photographer/filmmaker jumpcut pictures, Bangalore
- Abdur Rahim Qazi: Festival Curator Imagine India IFF Madrid
- Hasina khan, Feminist activist and Researcher
- Madhurima Barua, Film Society activist, Guwahati.
- Titas Dutta, Theatre Practitioner, Kolkata
- Shruti Ghosh, Theatre Practitioner, Kolkata
- Mom Bhattacharya, Theatre Practitioner, Kolkata
- Sarmistha Dutta Roy. Professor. Kolkata
- Panchali Kar, Theatre Practitioner, Kolkata
- Baishali Bose, Theatre Practitioner, Kolkata
- Hasibur Rahman Khan, Theatre Practitioner, Dhaka.
- Sutapa Chatterjee, Theatre Practitioner, Kolkata
- Sritama Chattopadhyay, Theatre Practitioner, Kolkata
- Sayani Majumder, Theatre Practitioner, Kolkata
- Ratul Ghosh, Theatre Practitioner, Kolkata
- Madhulika jalali, filmmaker, Mumbai
- Sourami Mukherjee, Performing Artist, Kolkata
- Amrita H, Independant Researcher, Research Consultant, Kolkata
- Sankar Pal, Film Activist, Kolkata
- D Ganguly, Film Activities, Ashoknagar, WB
- Dakxin Chhara, Filmmaker, Ahmedabad
- Kolika Mitra, Social science researcher, Queer rights activist
- Swapnil Chowdhury, Student, Kolkata
- Nasima, Research scholar, Kolkata
- Koel Chatterji, Social Activist, Kolkata
- Subhojit Das, Theatre Practitioner, Kolkata
- Sam, Service, kolkata
- Preeti Mehra, journalist, Delhi
- Rudra Kishore Mandal, Artist, Kolkata
- Nandini Dhar, Writer, Kolkata
- Labanya, Student, Kolkata
- Pamela Philipose Journalist New Delhi
- Solanki Chakraborty, Cinematographer, Mumbai
- Solanki Chakraborty, Cinematographer, Mumbai
- Alekho Dey, Visual Artist, Kolkata
- Sayantani Upadhaya, writer, Kolkata
- Tirna, PhD scholar, Delhi
- Debanjan Mahapatra, Student, Delhi
- Rini Dasgupta, Research Scholar, Delhi
- Akriti Rastogi, PhD candidate, Delhi
- Archana Ghangrekar, Cinematographer, Mumbai
- Antara Dev Sen, Delhi
- Sonia C, Student, Cuttack
- Gita retired Trivandrum
- Apeksha Priyadarshini, Ph.D Scholar, Cinema Studies, School of Arts and Aesthetics, JNU New Delhi
- Ritaban Ghosh, Artist, Delhi
- Prem Koul, Multimedia Producer, Indore
- Payal Kapadia, filmmaker, Mumbai
- Sangita Pal, Entrepreneur, Mumbai
- Sankar Prasad Jana, Student, Berhampur Odisha
- Shreya , Writer , Kolkata
- Somdatta De, Content writer, Delhi
- Krishnakant Lahangir, PhD Research Scholar ( AICH &A), Bargarh Odisha
- Lakshmi k, retired researcher, bangalore
- Ishani Roy, cinematographer, London/Mumbai
- Yasoswini, Student, Berhampur
- Dinesh Parida, PhD Scholar, Indore
- Monalisa Mahapatra, student, bhubaneswar
- Varnali Acharya, Researcher, Hyderabad
- Almas, student,Kerala Thrissur
- Ayush Sahoo , Student, Cuttack
- Mohammad,sambhaavnaa,palampur
- Ana Catarina Pinheiro, 3d artist, Lisbon
- Anushka, Student, Cittack
- Suba, Student filmmaker,Kolkata
- Harshvardhan, pre-sales manager, gurgaon
- Syamantak Sahoo, Postgraduate student, Hyderabad/Bhubaneswar
- Pragya Basak, Student, NOIDA
- Ishita Datta, freelance cinematographer, Kolkata
- Koushik, Service, Kolkata
- Ananya Parikh, academic, Pune
- Sunil, student, Bangalore
- Jabeen Merchant, Film Editor, Mumbai
- Betha L G R Manjunath Raj, Student, Berhampur
- Roy filmmaker mumbai
- Sriyanka Ray, Filmmaker, New York City
- Princy Pal, filmmaker, Delhi
- Indranil Bhowmick, Kolkata (Calcutta)
- Sougata Mukherjee. Write. Kolkata.
- Ankur Baruri, engineer, Port Blair
- Sanghamitra Thakur, Librarian, Baidyabati
- Suhasini Spocko Mukherjee, Psychology student and freelance artist, West Bengal
- Nabanita Majumdar, Retired teacher, Barrackpore
- Sabarna Roy, Author, Engineer, climate activist, Bengaluru
- Tirthankar Mittra, Actor, Kolkata
- Dr. Amitranjan Basu, Researcher, Primary Care Psychiatrist
- Usri Basistha, MHP & Writer, Howrah
- Bikash Chandra Mandal, Teacher, Photographer
- Sharmy Pandey, filmmaker, Kolkata
- Nilanjan Ganguly, theatre practitioner, Kolkata
- Sayaree Gupta, IT professional, Kolkata
- Arindam Bhattacharjee, cinematographer
- Debabrata Ghosh, cinematographer
- Sanjay Sen, artist
- Soumyadip Maity, citizen of India
- Subinoy Das, filmmaker photographer, New Delhi
- Sauvik Kundu, filmmaker
- Dipan Mahapatra, theatre worker
- Raja Chatterjee, Film Director
- Soumyajit Das, film enthusiast
- Akash Ghoshal, actor, theatre practitioner
- Lipika Das, Social Worker
- Arindam Sardar, Director and editor
- Pratyay Mukherjee, computer scientist, film enthusiast
- Subham Nandi, actor, theatre practitioner
- Madhuri Routh, sports camera person, Kolkata
- Arpan bandhu Majumder, artist
- Swapnil Azad, cinephile, educator
- Komal Nishad, performing artist, Kolkata
- Ayananshu Banerjee, technology consultant, filmmaker
- Mrittika Mukherjee, student
- Manas Bhattacharyya, cinematographer
- Sampa Banerjee, singer
- Somalika Pramanik, student
- Suravi Tarafdar, filmmaker, film enthusiast
- Soumabha, cinema enthusiast
- Arnab Nandy, engineer, Kolkata
- Gopal Chakroborty, Kolkata
- Shrabasti Das, student
- Soumik Pahari, student
- Sanjib Banerji, writer
- Somnath Chakraborty, teacher
- Debsenapawti Knowndy, author
- Anirban Deb, writer, director, editor
- Angshuman Dutta, student
- Tista Roychowdhury, Kolkata
- Karthik Hebbar, Musician, Writer, Bangalore
- Ashley Tellis, Academic, Journalist, Delhi
- Moushumi Bhowmik, Singer, Writer, Kolkata
- Nandini Kundu, Creative Consultant, Mumbai
- Aarti Wani, film scholar, Pune
- Shreya Poddar, Student, Kolkata
- Antariksha Sharma
- Raktim Chakraborty, Film & AV Editor, Kolkata
- Sanchali Mukherjee, Cinematographer, Kolkata
- Sarwar, Student, Kolkata
- Akashneel Ghatak,FIR
- Subha, secretary Film Society Ravenshaw, Cuttack
- Mohammad Faisal Noor, Actor, Cuttack
- Swati Swagatika Naik, Student, Cuttack
- Sushree Rajlaxmi, student, Cuttack
- Uzma Asfar, Student, Cuttack
- Shilpi Gulati, Filmmaker and Academic, Mumbai
- Anmol Lakra, Student
- Gyanesu Jena, Student, Cuttack
- Siba Prasad Nayak, student, Bhubaneswar
- Radha Rh, writer-designer
- Ronojoy Banerjee, PhD, IDSK
- Sumit Kanti Ghosh, Researcher, Kolkata
- Aditi Majumder, Script Writer, Kolkata
- Kaushik Banerjee, Script Writer, Director
- Avisek Tunga, Assistant Professor
- Ahmed Karim, Theatre Actor
- Abhishek Majumder, Engineer
- Soham Dutta Gupta, Content Writer
- Sourav Mondal, Student
- Sukanya Dutta, Howrah
- Trina Nileena Banerjee, Kolkata
- Akash Waghmare, writer, Mumbai
- Saswat Mohanty, Lawyer, Cuttack
- Nishikant Murmu,student,cuttack
- Santosh Kumar Behera, Copywriter and Brand Strategist, Bhubaneswar
- Pritam, Student, Cuttack
- Sankalp Tanay Jena, Student, Cuttack
- Md Mushahid Khan, Management Director at Cresigners, Cuttack
- Nivedita Behera, UG student, Cuttack
- Koyel Majumder, Marketing Strategist, Bangalore
- Cauvery Chauhan, Student at Ravenshaw University, Cuttack.
- Nikitha Priyadarsini,Student, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack
- Sweta Das, Student, Cuttack
- Samuchit Nayak, Student, Bhubaneswar
- Aditya, Student, Bhubaneswar
- Shubham Gopal, Software Developer, Pune
- Saurabh Kumar, Mumbai based documentary filmmaker
- Sandip Roy, writer, Kolkata
- Sanket Prasad, student, Cuttack
- Aparna Mishra Student Cuttack
- Amit Basu, Kolkata
- Tista Das, Kolkata
- Pramod Gupta, Kolkata
- Surbhi Dewan, Filmmaker, Delhi
- Tanushree Ghosh, Journalist, Noida
- Sriya Bini
- Megha Maitreyi, Student, Cuttack
- Harsha Sankar S H , Phd student, Berhampur
- Ankita Debnath, Film student, kolkata
- Subhransu Dash, Student UG 2nd year English honours, Cuttack
- Swaralipi, Entrepreneur, Actor, Kolkata
- Ishaan Das, Kolkata
- Saron Datta, Film Technician, Kolkata
- Sudeshna Guha, Kolkata
- Shalini Mitra, Kolkata
- Dyuti Mukherjee, Kolkata
- Mithun Narayan Bose, Teacher
- Sreja Kundu, Student
- Anwar Hossain, Doctor
- Prabir Bera, Kolkata
- Asim Kumar Sahu, Teacher
- Kanishka Sarkar, Artist/Musician, World
- Anirban Sadhu, Cinematographer, Professor, New Delhi
- Jitanshu Sharma, Independent Filmmaker & Guest Lecturer
- SudipSahoo, Kolkata
- Saikat Chowdhury, Singer
- Debattam Gayen, Kolkata
- Chandrima Das, Journalist
- Kalyan Bhowmick, Kolkata
- Sanjay Sinha, Engineer
- Tamal, Voice Over Artist
- Sagnik Mukherjee, Student
- Aritra Goswami, Kolkata
- Prodyot Chatterjee, Kolkata
- Romit Ganguly, Cinematographer
- Deborati Maitra, Actor
- Sourav Mandal, Student
- Rajdeep Bose, Director
- Tuhin, Engineer
- Abhimanyu Bandyopadhyay, Journalist, Musician, Kolkata
- Surajit Poddar, Writer
- Bhuban Chatterjee, Concept designer
