Author Virat Nehru

Virat Nehru

Virat Nehru is an award-winning Indian-Australian film critic and the Founding Committee Member of the Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival. He is the Treasurer of the Australian Film Critics Association. His critical commentary can be found in various print and online outlets, as well as in labels specialising in home video releases. As someone from a culturally and linguistically diverse background and a lived experience of disability, he is passionate about exploring how critical discourse can help bring more marginalised voices into focus.

Fractured Communities and Festering Wounds at the 31st Kolkata International Film Festival

Virat Nehru

January 2026

Festival Reports

The 31st Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) screened over 200 films from 39 countries across 21 venues. With 2025 marking the birth centenary of the enfant terrible of Indian cinema, the great Bengali f...