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Karan Suri Talwar is a founder, filmmaker and arts enabler at Harkat Studios, a multi-disciplinary arts studio and alternative performance space based in Mumbai. He likes working with his hands and enjoys hands-on creative processes. He’s passionate about analog filmmaking and loves to experiment with film, constantly trying new approaches and techniques within the medium.

Sugandh Lamba is a Kathak practitioner, movement artist, and dance filmmaker. She works across performance, pedagogy, and curation, engaging with classical and contemporary dance forms. She is the co-founder of Karwat Projects and has created award-winning dance films, I Am Paper and Bhramari-The Turn. Her recent work includes movement direction for the play, The Stalemate.

Pankaj Tak is a musician and community developer. His work spans community building, live performance, and creative collaboration within India’s indie music ecosystem. He founded the grassroots network Some Good Gigs. On an international level, he is connecting musicians and ecosystems under the umbrella of @wholesomebridges . He also performs and releases original music with his Funk-Rock-Jazz African beats-inspired band Taktook.

Vivek Madan has been involved in the theatre for over 25 years. As an actor, he has over 30 plays to his credit, some performed to acclaim across the country, the latest being Aasakta's production of The Nether and QTP's production of Every Brilliant Thing. He has also served as the Programming Executive at Jagriti Theatre (2011-2015), the Festival Director for Writers' Bloc 4 (2016), the curator of the Ranga Shankara Theatre Festival 2018, Executive Director of Indian Ensemble (2017-2020) and helmed several other independent theatre projects in India.