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Vani Tripathi Tikoo
Vani Tripathi Tikoo is the youngest ever member of the Central Board of Film Certification. Her campaigns and outreach programmes have focused on encouraging women’s participation in politics as well as issues revolving around education, empowerment and employment. Tikoo has also worked in theatre, film and television, and has acted in nearly 50 plays, 40 television shows and six films. In 2011, she set up the Madhya Pradesh Natya Vidyalaya, the country’s first state run drama school. Tikoo is currently part of the core committee for the International Film Festival of India, Goa.
Sessions
Serious Men:
Sudhir Mishra in conversation with Vani Tripathi Tikoo
Award-winning author Manu Joseph’s novel Serious Men has recently been adapted by Sudhir Mishra into a Netflix movie and stars the iconic Nawazuddin Siddiqui. It delves into the life of a man who unwittingly starts a chain of uncontrollable events as he attempts to promote the myth he has created around his son. Celebrated filmmaker Mishra speaks about the many layers of the film and its piercing look at a divided and aspirational India. In a conversation with Vani Tripathi Tikoo, he also discusses the experience of bringing this narrative onto an OTT platform and explores the story's many satirical levels of class, love, ego and ambition.
ANUBHAV SINHA: ARTICLE 15
Anubhav Sinha in conversation with Vani Tripathi Tikoo
Anubhav Sinha talks to Vani Tripathi Tikoo of the idiom, metaphor and language of film. A heart to heart conversation on his cinematic career, his convictions and the future of the cinematic image.