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Devashish Makhija

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Devashish Makhija
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.
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    • Awards
      • 23 wins & 47 nominations total

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    Known for

    Manoj Bajpayee in Joram (2023)
    Joram
    6.6
    • Writer
    • 2023
    Manoj Bajpayee, Devashish Makhija, and Piiyush Singh in Bhonsle (2018)
    Bhonsle
    6.8
    • Writer
    • 2018
    Cheepatakadumpa (2021)
    Cheepatakadumpa
    6.6
    Short
    • Writer
    • 2021
    Bhumisuta Das, Vijay Patidar, Mukesh Pachode, Jacky Bhavsar, Aashirvad Jha, Yashovardhan Sharma, and Satish Malasiya in Cycle (2021)
    Cycle
    7.8
    Short
    • Writer
    • 2021

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    Writer



    • Manoj Bajpayee in Joram (2023)
      Joram
      6.6
      • Writer
      • 2023
    • Cheepatakadumpa (2021)
      Cheepatakadumpa
      6.6
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2021
    • Bhumisuta Das, Vijay Patidar, Mukesh Pachode, Jacky Bhavsar, Aashirvad Jha, Yashovardhan Sharma, and Satish Malasiya in Cycle (2021)
      Cycle
      7.8
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2021
    • Saif Ali Khan and Arjun Kapoor in Bhoot Police (2021)
      Bhoot Police
      6.7
      • additional screenplay
      • 2021
    • Devashish Makhija and Trimala Adhikari in Happy (2020)
      Happy
      7.7
      Video
      • writer
      • 2020
    • Manoj Bajpayee, Devashish Makhija, and Piiyush Singh in Bhonsle (2018)
      Bhonsle
      6.8
      • dialogue writer
      • 2018
    • Sadiya Siddiqui, Sudhir Pandey, Devashish Makhija, Smita Tambe, Sushama Deshpande, Abhishek Banerjee, Kiran Khoje, Manuj Sharma, Rasika Agashe, and Sharvani Suryavanshi in Ajji (2017)
      Ajji
      6.8
      • dialogue
      • screenplay
      • story
      • 2017
    • Absent (2016)
      Absent
      7.1
      Short
      • writer
      • 2016
    • Manoj Bajpayee in Taandav (2016)
      Taandav
      7.3
      Short
      • Story, Screenplay, Dialogue
      • 2016
    • Devashish Makhija, Rasika Dugal, Shweta Venkat, Anuj Rakesh Dhawan, Abhishek Banerjee, Tiya Tejpal, Mirat Trivedi, Trimala Adhikari, Gazal Dhaliwal, and Tushar Pandey in Agli Baar (2015)
      Agli Baar
      7.7
      Short
      • writer
      • 2015
    • Nimrat Kaur, Devashish Makhija, Mangesh Dhakde, Divyendu Sharma, Charu Shree Roy, and Abhimanyu Dange in El'ayichi (2015)
      El'ayichi
      6.4
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2015
    • Oonga (2013)
      Oonga
      7.3
      • dialogue
      • screenplay
      • story
      • 2013
    • Bhoomi
      5.8
      • screenplay & dialogue
      • 2009
    • Piyush Mishra, Devashish Makhija, and Rajat Nagpal in Rahim Murge pe mat ro (2008)
      Rahim Murge pe mat ro
      6.2
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2008

    Additional Crew



    • Cheepatakadumpa (2021)
      Cheepatakadumpa
      6.6
      Short
      • publicity design
      • 2021
    • Bhumisuta Das, Vijay Patidar, Mukesh Pachode, Jacky Bhavsar, Aashirvad Jha, Yashovardhan Sharma, and Satish Malasiya in Cycle (2021)
      Cycle
      7.8
      Short
      • Publicity Design
      • Trailer
      • 2021
    • Devashish Makhija and Trimala Adhikari in Happy (2020)
      Happy
      7.7
      Video
      • publicity design
      • 2020
    • Absent (2016)
      Absent
      7.1
      Short
      • publicity design
      • trailer
      • 2016
    • Manoj Bajpayee in Taandav (2016)
      Taandav
      7.3
      Short
      • Trailer & Promos
      • publicity design
      • 2016
    • Devashish Makhija, Rasika Dugal, Shweta Venkat, Anuj Rakesh Dhawan, Abhishek Banerjee, Tiya Tejpal, Mirat Trivedi, Trimala Adhikari, Gazal Dhaliwal, and Tushar Pandey in Agli Baar (2015)
      Agli Baar
      7.7
      Short
      • publicity design
      • 2015
    • Tere Bin Laden (2010)
      Tere Bin Laden
      7.2
      • subtitles
      • 2010
    • Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in Raavan (2010)
      Raavan
      5.4
      • subtitles
      • 2010
    • Gulaal (2009)
      Gulaal
      8.0
      • subtitles
      • 2009
    • Dev.D (2009)
      Dev.D
      7.9
      • subtitles
      • 2009
    • Aaja Nachle (2007)
      Aaja Nachle
      6.2
      • subtitles
      • 2007
    • No Smoking (2007)
      No Smoking
      7.3
      • subtitles
      • 2007
    • Preity G Zinta, Abhishek Bachchan, Bobby Deol, and Lara Dutta in Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (2007)
      Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
      3.7
      • subtitles
      • 2007
    • Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, and Rani Mukerji in Bunty Aur Babli (2005)
      Bunty Aur Babli
      6.2
      • subtitles
      • 2005
    • Gajraj Rao in Black Friday (2004)
      Black Friday
      8.4
      • Subtitles
      • researcher
      • 2004

    Director



    • Gandhari
      • Director
      • Post-production
      • 2025



    • Manoj Bajpayee in Joram (2023)
      Joram
      6.6
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Cheepatakadumpa (2021)
      Cheepatakadumpa
      6.6
      Short
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Bhumisuta Das, Vijay Patidar, Mukesh Pachode, Jacky Bhavsar, Aashirvad Jha, Yashovardhan Sharma, and Satish Malasiya in Cycle (2021)
      Cycle
      7.8
      Short
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Devashish Makhija and Trimala Adhikari in Happy (2020)
      Happy
      7.7
      Video
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Manoj Bajpayee, Devashish Makhija, and Piiyush Singh in Bhonsle (2018)
      Bhonsle
      6.8
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Sadiya Siddiqui, Sudhir Pandey, Devashish Makhija, Smita Tambe, Sushama Deshpande, Abhishek Banerjee, Kiran Khoje, Manuj Sharma, Rasika Agashe, and Sharvani Suryavanshi in Ajji (2017)
      Ajji
      6.8
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Absent (2016)
      Absent
      7.1
      Short
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Manoj Bajpayee in Taandav (2016)
      Taandav
      7.3
      Short
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Devashish Makhija, Rasika Dugal, Shweta Venkat, Anuj Rakesh Dhawan, Abhishek Banerjee, Tiya Tejpal, Mirat Trivedi, Trimala Adhikari, Gazal Dhaliwal, and Tushar Pandey in Agli Baar (2015)
      Agli Baar
      7.7
      Short
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Nimrat Kaur, Devashish Makhija, Mangesh Dhakde, Divyendu Sharma, Charu Shree Roy, and Abhimanyu Dange in El'ayichi (2015)
      El'ayichi
      6.4
      Short
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Oonga (2013)
      Oonga
      7.3
      • Director
      • 2013
    • Piyush Mishra, Devashish Makhija, and Rajat Nagpal in Rahim Murge pe mat ro (2008)
      Rahim Murge pe mat ro
      6.2
      Short
      • Director
      • 2008

    Personal details

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    • Alternative name
      • Dev Makhija
    • Born
      • Kolkata, West Bengal, India

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