Last Updated:November 21, 2025, 23:09 IST Khushboo Sundar and Suhasini Maniratnam light up IFFI 2025 with live recreations, acting tips and memories, inspiring performers with stories of mistakes, mentorship and craft. Khushboo Sundar and Suhasini Maniratnam delivered one of IFFI 2025’s most inspiring sessions, blending nostalgia, technique and lived experience. On a remarkable day at the 56th International Film Festival of India, the Kala Academy witnessed an extraordinary continuum of cinematic memory. Hours after Muzaffar Ali and Shaad Ali took the stage to revisit the unfinished dream of Zooni, the festival space once again shifted into a sanctuary of art, lineage and lived storytelling. This time, the spotlight fell on two of Indian cinema’s most cherished performers, Khushboo Sundar and Suhasini Maniratnam. Their session, titled “The Luminary Icons: Creative Bonds and Fierce Performances,” was not merely a conversation. It became an emotional extension of the festival’s earlier tribute to Zooni. If the father–son dialogue revealed the fragility of films that remain incomplete, Khushboo and Suhasini revealed the resilience of actors who continue to breathe life …