Artists, writers, filmmakers — and creative people in general — have a tendency to court controversy, even without quite intending to. In Nadav Lapid’s case, however, one might have said, “We told you so,” because he has a penchant for it. Lapid has a track record of dissent, both in his films and in his headline-grabbing comments. One therefore wonders if the mandarins that manage the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), one of the oldest in this part of the world, did due diligence before inviting him to head the jury of this year’s festival in Goa. Founded as...