Kalki Koechlin – Keynote Speaker

Kalki Koechlin is of French descent but lived her childhood in southern India. She pursued theater in London before moving to Bombay to launch her profession as an on-screen actor.

In 2009, she learned Hindi in the space of six months to secure her first on-screen part in Dev D by Anurag Kashyap.

Kalki Koechlin then went on to feature in the satire dramatizations Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara and Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani. These were top-netting Bollywood productions, and both earned her Best Supporting Actress awards at the Filmfare Awards. Koechlin co-wrote the screenplay for the wrongdoing spine chiller That Girl in Yellow Boots, in which she also assumed the lead part.