Devashish Makhija movie list

Devashish Makhija has written and directed the full length award-winning feature films 'Joram', 'Bhonsle' and 'Ajji' (aka Granny) - all three of which screened at IFFR Rotterdam and BIFF Busan - and the multiple-award-winning short films 'Cycle', 'Cheepatakadumpa', 'Taandav', 'El'ayichi', 'Agli Baar' (aka And then they came for me), 'Rahim Murge pe mat ro' (aka Don't cry for Rahim LeCock), 'Absent', and 'Happy'. 'Bhonsle' is streaming on SonyLiv, 'Ajji' on Amazon Prime Video, 'Cheepatakadumpa' on Disney Hotstar. 'Joram' releases later this year. He began his journey as researcher & assistant on the iconic 'Black Friday' directed by Anurag Kashyap. His short and feature films have competed and won awards at the international film festivals of Rotterdam, Busan, Sydney, Chicago, Goteborg, Beaune, Black Nights, Mooov, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Durban, Tampere, MOMA, APSA, Barcelona, Singapore, Kerala, Mumbai, Dharamsala amongst many others. Makhija is a multi-practice artist. He has had his own solo art show 'Occupying Silence', and is a prolific writer with a vast range of published work, having written the bestselling children's books 'When Ali became Bajrangbali', 'Why Paploo was perplexed' and 'We are the dancing forest', a Harper-Collins collection of short stories 'Forgetting', and the multiple-award-winning YA novel 'Oonga'. His anthology of poems 'Bewilderness' is out next year.

Joram

8.5India2023ActionThrillerCrimeAdventure

A father is on the run with his little baby girl to escape the ghosts of his past and the forces that want him dead.

Bhonsle

6.8India2020Drama

Bhonsle is a retired policeman and is living a non-interfering life in a colony dominated by locals, diagnosed with stage 4 brain tumor. When the migrant resident politics take a nasty turn, he chooses to take a stance and deal with it.

Ajji

6.7India2017DramaCrime

Little Manda is found raped and dumped in a trash heap near her slum. Her parents are more concerned with survival than dignity. The cops are powerless to help as the rapist is a local politician's son. But Ajji won't accept this injustice.