🎬 India Doc Fest 2025 – Opening Night Programme

India Doc Project is proud to present the opening night of the first-ever India Doc Fest – a celebration of documentary, music and community.

Programme Line-Up:

📽️ Screenings

Mic Drop (dir. Kallol Mukherjee) – A young Bundelkhandi rapper works tirelessly on his first album. As he faces financial struggles and a lack of resources, the question remains: will he be able to make it, and at what cost?

Bass Boss (dir. Rana Ghose) – captures Bengal’s high-decibel sound system battle culture through the lens of DJ Khabir – one of its key figures.

🎶 Panel Discussion and Live Performance

FPC ANK – Bundelkhandi rapper and protagonist of Mic Drop

Pasha – Rapper, poet and lyricist from Bangalore, India’s first Dakhani rapper recognised for his socially conscious music and exploration of language and identity. 

Ali Saffudin is a Kashmiri singer-songwriter known for blending folk, protest, and contemporary musical styles to reflect cultural identity and social and spiritual expressions in Kashmir. 

His work often fuses traditional Kashmiri folk / Sufiana music with rock, blues, and modern instrumentation.

He has described “to sing in Kashmiri is political,” highlighting how his linguistic choice is itself an act of asserting Kashmiri identity in a contested space.

Further Lineup to be revealed.

Come for the films, stay for the music, and join us in building India’s home for documentaries. Be part of history as we open a festival that looks to spark new dialogues, celebrate voices of resistance, and create a shared space for cinema and community