Celebrate Cinema 2025Whistling Woods International

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

Inauguration:

Theme: Celebrating Poetry & Music in Indian Cinema

Panel: Gulzar, Kausar Munir, Vishal Bhardwaj, Salim Aarif

Time: 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)