Devashish Makhija
- Writer
- Additional Crew
- Director
Devashish Makhija has written and directed the full length award-winning feature films 'Joram', 'Bhonsle' and 'Ajji' - all three of which premiered at IFFR Rotterdam and BIFF Busan - and the multiple-award-winning short films 'Cycle', 'Cheepatakadumpa', 'Taandav', 'El'ayichi', 'Agli Baar', 'Rahim Murge pe mat ro', 'Absent', and 'Happy'.
'Bhonsle' is streaming on SonyLiv; 'Joram', 'Ajji' and 'Cheepatakadumpa' on Amazon Prime Video.
'Joram' won two Filmfare Awards this year for Best Film (Critics) and Best Story; and two Film Critics Guild awards for Best Writing and Best Editing. 'Bhonsle' won a National Award and a Film Critics Guild award in 2021.
Makhija 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, having written the bestselling children's books 'When Ali became Bajrangbali', 'Why Paploo was perplexed' and 'We are the dancing forest', a collection of short stories 'Forgetting' (now republished as 'Joram'), the multiple-award-winning YA novel 'Oonga', and the anthology of poetry 'Bewilderness'. He has been widely published by the Sahitya Akademi, Harper-Collins, Penguin, Akashic, Red River, Tulika, Scholastic, and many others.
'Bhonsle' is streaming on SonyLiv; 'Joram', 'Ajji' and 'Cheepatakadumpa' on Amazon Prime Video.
'Joram' won two Filmfare Awards this year for Best Film (Critics) and Best Story; and two Film Critics Guild awards for Best Writing and Best Editing. 'Bhonsle' won a National Award and a Film Critics Guild award in 2021.
Makhija 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, having written the bestselling children's books 'When Ali became Bajrangbali', 'Why Paploo was perplexed' and 'We are the dancing forest', a collection of short stories 'Forgetting' (now republished as 'Joram'), the multiple-award-winning YA novel 'Oonga', and the anthology of poetry 'Bewilderness'. He has been widely published by the Sahitya Akademi, Harper-Collins, Penguin, Akashic, Red River, Tulika, Scholastic, and many others.
