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Bengaluru International Film Festival (BIFFes)

When: March 1-8
Where: Bengaluru
Website

FIAPF-accredited Bengaluru International Film Festival (BIFFes) is organized by the Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy for the Government of Karnataka.

 

AniMela Festival 2025

When: March 7-9
Where: IDC, IIT Mumbai Campus
Website

International Animation, VFX, Gaming, Comics & XR Festival. An initiative by the Aniverse & Visual Arts Foundation (AVAF). AniMela’s goal is to promote talent and exhibit world class films and showcase artistic and technological reflection in the AVGC-XR space.

 

Red Lorry Film Festival 2025 – Take Two

When: March 21
Where: Mumbai
Website

120+ film screenings in Mumbai, including exclusive premieres from the Cannes, Berlin, Venice, and Toronto Film Festivals. And curated masterclasses by the whos who of the industry.

 

FICCI Frames

When: March 25-27
Where: Usually held at the Hotel Westin (previously known as Renaissance), Powai Lake, Mumbai
Website

25th anniversary. Premier networking platform for film professionals. Asia’s largest convention focused on the business of media and entertainment.

 

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Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF)

When: March 21-23
Where: Bhubaneswar, Odisha
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Dialogues Poetry Open Mic

When: March 16
Where: Dialogues Cafe, Koramangala, Bangalore
Website

 

Goa Book Fair & Children’s Literature Festival

When: February 27 – March 3 | 10:00 amd to 8:00 pm
Where: Ravindra Bhavan, Margao,Goa
Website
The Goa Book Fair & Children’s Literature Festival is conceptualised and curated by The Dogears Bookshop, a unit of CinnamonTeal Design and Publishing, in line with its mission to make books available to all kinds of readers.

 

Gateway LitFest (GLF)

When: Dates: not yet announced
Where: Mumbai
Website
Brings India’s regional voices to life, celebrating languages and countless tales in a symphony of culture and tradition. Creating an ecosystem where every regional literary stream flourishes.

 

Jashn-e-Adab (Sahityotsav)

When: March
Where: New Delhi
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Agartala Book Fair

When: March
Where: Agartala, Tripura
Website

 

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Lollapalooza India 2025

When: March 8 and 9
Where: Mahalaxmi Race Course, Mumbai
Website

 

Bollywood Music Project

When: March 15 and 16
Where: Jio World Garden, Mumbai
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World Art Conclave Art Expo

When: March 6-9
Where: Mumbai
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All India Video Photo Trade Fair

When: March 7-9
Where: Nagpur
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India Photo Expo

When: March 21-23
Where: Pragati Maidan, New Delhi
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Long-Form Storytelling Workshop with John Stanmeyer

When: March 12-21
Where: Varanasi
Website
National Geographic photographer John Stanmeyer, along with curator and photographer Annie Davarashvili, will lead an immersive 10-day workshop. Participants will delve into storytelling techniques during the vibrant Holi festival, enhancing their narrative photography skills.

 

India – Holi Festival Photo Tour with Nathan Horton

When: March 6-18
Where:
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International Theatre Festival of Kerala (ITFoK)

When: February 23 – March 2
Where: Thrissur, Kerala
Website
ITFoK brings together theatre groups from around the world, showcasing diverse performances and fostering cultural exchange. It showcases a series of performances under the broader thematic rubric of Cultures of Resistance that emerged out of political desires for a change with confidence and optimism.

 

Ishara International Puppet Theatre Festival

When: February 21 – March 2
Where: India Habitat Centre, Delhi
Website

 

‘The Phantom of the Opera’

When: March 5 – March 30
Where: Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre, Mumbai
Website
Mumbai’s Grand Theatre will host the Indian debut of this world-renowned musical, offering audiences a blend of romance, mystery, and captivating music.

 

Patliputra Natya Mahotsav

When: March
Where: Patna, Bihar
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Moksha Festival at Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSUT)

When: March
Where: Delhi
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SpringSpree

When:
Where: NIT Warangal
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Kashiyatra

When: March 7 – 9
Where: Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
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Pragyan

When:
Where: Tiruchirappalli,
Website
Hosted by the National Institute of Technology (NIT)

 

Techkriti

When: March 27-31
Where: IIT-Kanpur
Website

 

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Convergence India 2025 Expo

When: March 19 to 21, 2025
Where: Pragati Maidan in New Delhi
Website

Technology showcase. Organized by the Exhibitions India Group (EIG) and ITPO (Ministry of Commerce & Industry)

 

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Piyush Chauhan is an apple farmer from Simla with an immense interest in films of all sorts, especially, Hindi. He has reviewed Hollywood films in the past for a semi-trade film magazine. And is a certified mountaineer. In his spare time, which isn’t much these days, he imagines climbing the impossible mountains. He dreams of, someday, touching the peak of Everest on his own as well as of introducing himself to popular Indian cinema as an actor-producer.

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