Devashish Makhija is a poet, author, graphic artist, screenwriter and filmmaker. He has written and directed the multiple Filmfare Award-winning Joram, the National Award-winning Bhonsle and the internationally acclaimed Ajji, alongwith several multiply-awarded short films.
Makhija has had his own solo show of graphic-verse Occupying Silence, has written the bestselling children’s books When Ali Became Bajrangbali, Why Paploo was perplexed, We are the dancing forest, and Go Go Flamingo!; a critically acclaimed collection of 49 short stories Forgetting, the multiple-award-winning YA novel Oonga, and the collection of poetry Bewilderness. He has been widely published by the Sahitya Akademi, Harper-Collins, Penguin, Akashic, Red River, Tulika, Scholastic, and many others.