Filmmaker Indrani Ray’s short Dinner in Lockdown starring Shibani Akhtar and Shekhar Ravjiani—part of her critically acclaimed anthology—has been selected to screen at the Grenoble Indian Film Festival in France on February 22, 2025. “A joyous surprise in the month of love,” Ray said gleefully!

During the global lockdowns of 2020-21, Ray wrote and executive-produced her debut anthology, featuring Adil Hussain, Shibani Dandekar (Made in Heaven) Shekhar Ravjiani (Neerja), Dipannita Sharma (16th December) Natasha Rastogi (Made in Heaven). Produced by Tanvi Gandhi the anthology made remotely at the time the world was shut down – with a transatlantic nano-crew including DoP Karan Thapliyal (Academy Award-winning The Elephant Whisperers) and NYC-based editor Eu-nah Lee— authentically captured the zeitgeist of the time, all round.

Premiering at Viacom’s Voot Select Debut Shorts Festival (2021), the anthology gained recognition purely on merit, with no PR push—earning praise from critics:

“Lockdown film is a...