Celebrate Cinema 2025
Venue: Whistling Woods International, WWI Filmcity Complex, Goregaon (East)
Dates: 8th, 9th & 10th October 2025
Registration Fee: ₹150 per day
Booking Link: https://whistlingwoods.co.in/celebratecinema-2025/
8th October 2025
Palash Dutta who was heart broken since the news came out about Asha Tai's passing away
Apr 14, 2026Inauguration:
Theme: Celebrating Poetry & Music in Indian Cinema
Panel: Gulzar, Kausar Munir, Vishal Bhardwaj, Salim Aarif
A Voice That Refused to Fade, Yet Left Us in Silence: Remembering the Eternal Magic of Asha Bhosle
Apr 12, 2026Time: 4:30 pm onwards
9th October 2025
Panels & Discussions:
11:00 am – 12:00 pm: Tribute to Raj Kapoor & Guru Dutt
Guests: Waheeda Rehman, Randhir Kapoor, Rahul Rawail, Ranbir Kapoor
Moderator: Subhash Ghai
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm: Panel Discussion: Maturing of the Creator Economy
Guests: Ashish Chanchlani, Viraj Ghelani, Ishitta Arun
Moderator: Chaitanya Chinchlikar
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm: Q&A with the Team of Saiyaara
Guests: Mohit Suri & Irshad Kamil
Moderator: Subhash Ghai
Workshops:
2D Animation: 10:30 am – 12:00 pm by Jasbinder Singh & Manish Kaushal (Workshop 9)
Screenwriting: 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm by Anjum Rajabali (Foundation Hall 1)
Music Production: 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm by Nkshtra & Trishai (Workshop 9)
Audition Techniques: 10:30 am – 12:00 pm by Atul Bali (Acting Room 1)
Theatre Games: 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm by Kashish Mecwan (Acting Room 1)
Acting Improv: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm by Nivedita Bhargava (Acting Room 3)
10th October 2025
Panels & Discussions:
11:00 am – 12:00 pm: Panel Discussion with Writers
Moderator: Anjum Rajabali
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm: Panel Discussion: Filmed Entertainment in the Age of AI
Guests: Mandar Natekar, Raghu Naik, Karan Taley, Ayushi Anand
Moderator: Chaitanya Chinchlikar
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm: Panel Discussion with the team of Khal Nayak
Guests: Jackie Shroff, Sanjay Dutt, Ila Arun
Moderator: Subhash Ghai
Workshops:
Applied AI in Filmed Entertainment: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm by Chaitanya Chinchlikar & Saloni Shukla (Foundation Hall 1)
Intro to Web Series Writing: 11:00 am – 12:30 pm by Dinkar Sharma (Workshop 6)
Mobile Filmmaking: 11:00 am – 2:00 pm by Rabiya (Film Studio)
Stop Motion Character Animation: 10:30 am – 12:00 pm by Jasbinder Singh (Workshop 9)
Film Editing: 11:30 am – 1:00 pm by Prashant Naik (Foxconn Media Lab)
