Ashish Avikunthak
Directing
Ashish Avikunthak (February 11, 1972) is an Indian avant-garde filmmaker, film theorist, archaeologist and cultural anthropologist. He is considered to be an iconoclastic film artist who works outside Indian mainstream cinema. His films explore Indian philosophy and existentialism and are categorized by their use of unorthodox cinematography and editing. Avikunthak films are rooted in Indian religion, epistemology, ritual and form. ArtReview describes his works as: “Avikunthak's works insist on an Indian epistemology while utilising a rigorously formal visual language that is clearly aware of Western avant-garde practices such as those of Andrei Tarkovsky and Samuel Beckett. These are self-consciously difficult works that are filmed in a self-consciously beautiful way.”
Known for
Directing16
movieThe Killing of Meghnad
2026
Director
movieDevastated
2024
Director
movieDispassionate Love
2018
Director
movieThe Kali of Emergency
2017
Director
movieThe Churning of Kalki
2015
Director
movieRati Chakravyuh
2014
Director
movieKatho Upanishad
2011
Director
movieVakratunda Swaha
2010
Director
movieShadows Formless
2007
Director
movieEnd Note
2005
Director
movieDancing Othello
2002
Director
movieRummaging for Pasts
2001
Director
moviePerforming Death
2001
Director
movieKalighat Fetish
1999
Director
movieEt cetera
1997
Director
Writing13
movieDevastated
2024
Writer
movieDispassionate Love
2018
Dialogue, Screenplay
movieRati Chakravyuh
2014
Co-Writer
movieKatho Upanishad
2011
Writer, Story
movieEnd Note
2005
Writer
movieDancing Othello
2002
Screenplay
movieRummaging for Pasts
2001
Screenplay
movieKalighat Fetish
1999
Writer
movieEt cetera
1997
Writer
Production9
movieThe Killing of Meghnad
2026
Producer
movieDispassionate Love
2018
Producer
movieRati Chakravyuh
2014
Producer
movieKatho Upanishad
2011
Producer
movieVakratunda Swaha
2010
Producer
movieEnd Note
2005
Producer
movieRummaging for Pasts
2001
Producer
movieKalighat Fetish
1999
Producer
movieEt cetera
1997
Producer
Editing3
Crew2
movieRummaging for Pasts
2001
Cinematography
moviePerforming Death
2001
Cinematography
Acting1
Art1
movieThe Killing of Meghnad
2026
Production Design
Sound1
movieRummaging for Pasts
2001
Sound Designer