India International Film Festival of Boston (IIFFB)
engages the cultural diversity of India through our programming. India with its many languages, religions, and traditions offers a challenge to share all of its unique stories. The IIFFB programming committee and staff are committed to open minds, change perceptions and engage one another as we explore the films that highlight the story of “us”.
Our Team
Razia Mashkoor
FOUNDER & MANAGING DIRECTOR
Razia Mashkoor
Razia founded the India International Film Festival of Boston in 2018. India International Film Festival of Boston (IIFFB) engages the cultural diversity of India through our programming. India with its many languages, religions, and traditions offers a challenge to share all of its unique stories. The IIFFB programming committee and staff are committed to open minds, change perceptions and engage one another as we explore the stories that highlight the story of us.
Brahmanand Singh
DIRECTOR (BOARD)
Brahmanand Singh
Brahmanand S Siingh feels passionate about Music, Cinema, Literature, Entrepreneurial Spirit, Excellence, Innovation, Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Mindful, Meaningful, Joyous Living.
He is a REX-Karmaveer Chakra Awardee (an UN-driven International award for bringing about positivity in people’s mindsets through one’s works) and a National-Award-winning filmmaker, author, and speaker. Known for making award-winning feature films and feature-documentaries on subjects like RD Burman, Jagjit Singh, Human Trafficking & Child Labor, Backpacking traveling, Educational Excellence, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and many other sensitive and exciting subjects, he is a much sought after speaker and writer across platforms.
He can be reached out at www.brahmanandsingh.com / www.mobiusfilms.net
Arundhati Datye
CURATOR
Arundhati Datye
She has worked in the medical device industry as a director of patient safety for more than 15 years. She is very passionate about music, cinema and literature. Over the last 10 years, she has organized many music concerts and plays from renowned artists from India such as Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar, Shridhar Phadke, Dr. Saleel Kulkarni, Rahul Deshpande, Prashant Damle, through her non-profit organization, Kalavaibhav.
She is also a part Marathi Cinema Boston, through which many Marathi movies have been screened for the Boston audience over the last several years.
Dr. Rohit Chandra
PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
Dr. Rohit Chandra
PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
Sheeba Mashkoor
Sheeba Mashkoor
As an artist (Master's in Fine Arts) she has been organizing her painting exhibitions in different parts of India. Her painting also showcased in her University Arts gallery. She has been integral to BDCTV and the India International Film Festival of Boston since it started. She has worked bono since IIFFB started.
Suhaib Siddiqi
CO-FOUNDER IIFFB
Suhaib Siddiqi
Originally, I am from India. I migrated to the USA in 1980. I did high school with M.Sc in Chemistry from Aligarh Muslim University, India, followed by M.Sc in Organic Chemistry from Canada and Dr. Technische Chemie (US Equivalent, Ph.D.) from Vienna.
My Hobbies are Photography, pool and Programming. I created and originally lead the Linux Xfree port to Windows Open Source Project at http://xfree.cygwin.com (I am no more active at it.) I also ported EMBL’s WHAT IF Protein Modeling software for Unix to Windows. It was a long project, of porting hundreds of thousands of computer code to Windows and fixing bugs. find more about me at
ssiddiqi.com
Zaigham Imam
DIRECTOR (BOARD)
Zaigham Imam
Zaigham Imam is an award-winning Indian film Writer and Director known for his critically acclaimed films Nakkash (2019), Alif (2017) and Dozakh in Search of Heaven (2015). He has written two novels ‘Main Mohabbat” and ‘Dozakh’. His novel ‘Dozakh’ is included as reference material of several universities in India. Religious identity and communal harmony have emerged as key themes in his work.
Sugandha Gopal
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY & MEDIA REACH-OUT
Sugandha Gopal
Sugandha Gopal is an Attorney licensed in New York. She is a pageant coach and mentor. She was crowned MrsBharatUSA2017, MrsIndiaEarth2018, MrsEarthInternationalAir2019. She is also a theater actor with SETU and Bravo Arts. She believes that art and culture is a powerful medium to bridge the cultural gap and celebrate diversity.
Meera Siddharth
PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
Meera Siddharth
I'm thrilled to participate in the prestigious forthcoming IIFFB of Boston 2019. This is a crucial venue for social issues to be addressed. I was first exposed to Hindi cinema as well as English and American films when I was a young child growing up in India. I can still remember how much I enjoyed seeing the Disney cartoons after the newsreels. My uncle was a financier, exhibitor, and distributor who helped introduce me to the Hindi film industry.
Tapasya Srivastava
MD MPH PR AND VICE-PRESIDENT OF IIFFB/ CO-FOUNDER OF BDCTV
Tapasya Srivastava
Tapasya is US trained Internist She is ABIM certified in Internal medicine She is a PCP and runs her own practice in Andover. Her passion is Movies, fashion, films, and cooking. She started her journey with BDCTV with Razia from its inception. She did her cooking show with BDCTV. She then did a series of talk show called ‘Salute to heroes’ during the pandemic last year. She became involved with IIFFB since 2018. She is now working passionately to bring IIFFB to greater heights.
Priya Samant Parulekar
DIRECTOR (BOARD)
Priya Samant Parulekar
Priya Samant, CEO and Co-Founder of Abris, is a visionary leader with expertise in technology, arts, policy-making, and entertainment. She leads innovation in AI and blockchain, advises on India-US relations, and has directed the 8th International Day of Women and Girls in Science Assembly at the UN. Priya is known as "India's daughter" and a renowned international speaker.
Dr. Suraja Menon Roychowdhury
PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
Dr. Suraja Menon Roychowdhury
Dr. Suraja Menon Roychowdhury is a Chinese Medicine practitioner and owner of Crossing Point Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine in Lexington, MA. She is also an award-winning poet who writes in the Japanese and Chinese traditional forms of haiku, tanka, and haibun. Her poetry has been published in Oriental Poetry anthologies as well in journals and the Japanese daily newspaper Asahi Shimbun. She teaches Advanced Haiku online. Besides writing, she loves reading, Indian classical music, and travel.
Anu Sharma
HOST AND DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL MEDIA PROMOTION
Anu Sharma
I am a pharmacist, a fashion model, a dancer, a theater artist, and an IIFFB red carpet host. As I walk down the ramp of my life, empowered by my skills, knowledge, and my passion for life, I look into the eyes of the world through the camera lens. The feeling of glamour, beauty, and sheer joy is unparallel and strengthens my belief in the metamorphosed Femina…the all-powerful.