Anusha Rizvi

Timeline

1. Jul 14, 2026

   2:05 pm

   IFFM Awards 2026 nominations champion diversity with 15 women filmmakers, 17 women-led stories, 6 queer narratives across 9 languages: “We have always believed that great storytelling transcends language, geography and identity”

   

   The nominations for the 17th Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) Awards 2026 continue the…

2. Dec 22, 2025

   1:35 pm

   Anusha Rizvi on the 15-year gap between Peepli Live and The Great Shamshuddin Family, “It took me a while for some very good reason and some not so good ones”

   

   Filmmaker Anusha Rizvi, who is best known for her debut Peepli Live, recently made a comeback to…
3. Dec 17, 2025

   1:00 pm

   EXCLUSIVE: Peepli [LIVE] director Anusha Rizvi took 8 long years to make The Great Shamsuddin Family: “Shoot completed in just 24 days”; reveals FASCINATING trivia, “Cast actually sang end song LIVE, Farida Jalal included”

   

   After the critically acclaimed, thoroughly entertaining, and thought-provoking Peepli [LIVE]…

4. Dec 08, 2025

   1:37 pm

   Kritika Kamra celebrates the power of female-crafted storytelling as she leads Anusha Rizvi’s The Great Shamsuddin Family: “A privilege to be centered in a woman’s story”

   

   The much-awaited trailer of The Great Shamsuddin Family is finally out, and it immediately…
5. Dec 03, 2025

   11:27 am

   Photos: Vaani Kapoor, Nushrratt Bharuccha, Jaideep Ahlawat, Kritika Kamra, Agastya Nanda, Aditi Rao Hydari and others snapped at the Bollywood Hungama OTT India Fest – Day 1

   
6. Oct 23, 2025

   12:15 pm

   Kritika Kamra aims to revive slice-of-life cinema with Anusha Rizvi’s upcoming film: “I miss small, sincere films”

   

   For years, family-centric films have formed the emotional backbone of Hindi cinema; stories rooted…
7. Jun 13, 2025

   3:33 pm

   Kritika Kamra on working with a majority female crew for her next with Anusha Rizv;, says, “It was truly a special feminine energy on the sets”

   

   Actress Kritika Kamra has just completed the shoot for her upcoming project in Delhi, directed by…

8. Jun 03, 2025

   2:27 pm

   Kritika Kamra wraps up shoot for Anusha Rizvi’s female-led drama in Delhi

   

   After completing work on Matka King, actor Kritika Kamra has now finished filming her next project…

9. Apr 16, 2025

   10:54 am

   Kritika Kamra to star in Peepli Live director Anusha Rizvi’s next women-centric film

   

   Actress Kritika Kamra is set to star in an upcoming women-centric drama, directed by Anusha Rizvi,…

10. Aug 12, 2017

    10:58 am

    PEEPLI [Live] director Anusha Rizvi remembers Sitaram Panchal who passed away on Thursday after a brave fight with Cancer

    

    “I first met Sitaram Panchal, or Situ Bhai as he was popularly known, when I was casting for PEEPLI…