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IFP season 14 concludes on a high note
Mumbai: IFP’s 14th edition, held on 12-13 October 2024, at Mehboob Studios, Mumbai, attracted a footfall of over 15,000 attendees. The event celebrated creativity across films & OTT, music, literature, writing, storytelling, photography, design, art, and comedy, featuring a range of sessions, workshops, masterclasses, live performances, mixers, debate rings, and challenges.
Day one opened with Hollywood actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Rajkummar Rao discussing the art of character embodiment and Gordon-Levitt’s HitRecord platform. Other notable sessions included a roundtable on film production with Aparna Purohit, Guneet Monga, and Ronnie Lahiri; Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s insights on becoming an auteur; and a conversation on reviving comedy with Rajesh A Krishnan and Kunal Kemmu. A special session, Making of Man Woman Man Woman, featured Naseeruddin Shah, Ratna Pathak Shah, Imaad Shah, Sanah Abbott, and Tarun Dhanrajgir. Additional sessions included ‘The Comic Battle: Anybody Can Boing!’ with Aparshakti Khurana and Sayani Gupta, ‘Inside the Mind of a Music Supervisor’ with Ankur Tewari and Dot, ‘Aesthetics of the Gram: Vertical Cinema’ with Maroof Culmen, Dolly Singh, Sejal Kumar, and Mansi Ugale, ‘Journey of a Joke’ with Saurabh Shukla and Abish Mathew, and ‘Crew Cut’ with Jim Sarbh, Zoya Hussain, and Bosco-Caesar.
Day two began with Shoojit Sircar’s session on crafting subtlety in cinema. Other highlights included ‘Qisse with Kopal’ featuring Sharvari Wagh and Kopal Khanna, ‘Many Shades of Kartik Aaryan’ with Kartik Aaryan, ‘On Subverting Narratives’ with Chhaya Kadam, and ‘Collaborative Creation: Harnessing AI in Art and Cinema’ with Rob, Kabir Khan, and Toosid. Kanika Dhillon and Taapsee Pannu discussed ‘Making of a Modern Pulp’, while William Dalrymple spoke on ‘Walking the Golden Road’. The ‘Musicians Who Broke the Internet’ session featured Nikhita Gandhi, Sai Abhyankkar, Yashraj, and Chaar Diwaari, while the ‘Stars of Tomorrow’ panel included Sparsh Shrivastava, Tanya Maniktala, Abhay Verma, and Pratibha Ranta, and ‘Brut Generation’ featured Aditi Rao Hydari.
The festival also honored winners of IFP’s 50-hour challenges across filmmaking, music, design, performing arts, writing, and photography, with over 54,000 participants globally. In addition to the sessions, the event featured debate rings, open mics, mixers, and live acts, capturing the festival’s creative spirit.
IFP founder Ritam Bhatnagar expressed, “We are thrilled to announce that the fourteenth season of IFP has been truly extraordinary, marking a significant milestone in the festival’s history. Over the past thirteen years, we have consistently witnessed exceptional engagement from both participants and attendees. This year, however, surpassed our highest expectations. A standout moment was the inaugural visit of acclaimed actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt to India specifically for IFP. Furthermore, remarkable speakers from various creative fields greatly enriched the conversations. It’s worth noting that participants from 42 countries and attendees from nine countries joined us, making this a truly global festival.”
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Paisabazaar launches Credit Premier League 2.0
Nationwide campaign rewards highest credit scores with Rs 1 lakh top prize.
MUMBAI: When credit scores become a national league, even your CIBIL report starts feeling like it’s playing in the IPL and Paisabazaar has just kicked off the second season. Paisabazaar, India’s leading marketplace for financial products and the country’s largest free credit score platform, has announced the return of the Credit Premier League (CPL) 2.0, a fun, nationwide initiative to recognise and reward individuals with the highest credit scores.
Building on the success of the first edition, CPL 2.0 introduces higher rewards and broader participation. The individual(s) with the highest credit score in the country will win Rs 1 lakh, while state champions will each receive Rs 10,000. Additionally, all participants from the winning state, the one with the highest average credit score will also be rewarded.
All winnings will be credited directly to winners’ PB Wallet, allowing them to pay credit card bills, recharge mobiles, or settle utility bills seamlessly on the Paisabazaar platform.
Paisabazaar CEO Santosh Agarwal said the campaign aims to make credit awareness more engaging and mainstream. “With CPL, we are bringing together engagement, gamification and rewards to make conversations around credit scores more mainstream,” he noted. “Our focus remains on building a financially aware and credit-healthy Bharat.”
The first edition of CPL saw over 5.5 million participants, with the highest individual score touching 861. Delhi recorded the highest average credit score of 746.
Consumers can participate simply by checking their free credit score on the Paisabazaar platform or app. The CPL leaderboard and rankings will be available exclusively on the Paisabazaar App.
In a country where financial dreams are serious business, Paisabazaar has found a smart way to turn credit scores into an exciting game – because when your financial health gets rewarded, everyone wants to play.
