Director Ananth Mahadevan's Pastt Tense will have its world premiere at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne. Inspired by a newspaper report, the film follows a son searching for his biological mother. Mahadevan says he aims to make films that meet global standards

With Sacred Light, tabla virtuoso Ishaan Ghosh and vocalist Shankar Mahadevan revisit an eighth-century Sanskrit hymn. The idea is to ask one question: Can India’s oldest musical traditions find a new audience?