According to the article, this will be the first science fiction film festival in India. Here's a quick glimpse at the article:
Talking about the response in Mumbai he says, "It has been an encouraging response. I wasn’t expecting people to ask why, but it was great to see people saying why not? I met several people, including those at Fun Republic, Big Cinemas, NDTV Lumiere, FICCI Frames and Tech Fest, IIT Mumbai. As for the plan to host a festival in January, I don’t know whether we will have six or 60 films. But Tech Fest attracts to claim about 50,000 guests. And even if get 5,000 of these to attend the Mumbai science-fiction film festival screenings, it will be a bigger number than what we attract back in the UK."
Film festivals offer new film-makers opportunities to make names for themselves, but even well-established film-makers sometimes try out their less mainstream ideas in film festival venues to see if they can generate some major industry interest. Taking the Indian science fiction experience to the next level seems logical (and perhaps a bit late) for a nation that has more college-educated people than the United States.
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