Ashish Avikunthak Movies

Recalling memories of a friend who committed suicide, three lovers slowly slide into an anguish labyrinth of desire, loss and longing. They entangle...

In confrontational conversations with his wife and his lover, a middle-aged Indian policeman opens up about his work as a 'sacrificial assistant', a...

‘Et cetera’ is a tetralogy of four separate films that seek to examine the various levels at which the reality of human existence...

In 1997, Ashish Avikunthak filmed a sequence -- a friend and artist, Girish Dahiwale, immersing an idol of Ganesha at Chowpati beach, Bombay on the...

Following the footsteps of Samuel Beckett's 'Waiting for Godot', two actor from Calcutta go to the largest gathering of humans on earth - the Hindu...

On a lunar eclipse midnight, in a desolate temple, six young newlywed couples and a priestess meet after a mass wedding. They sit in a circle and...

Abstract film about a man and a woman (maybe) in love.

The film centers on the metaphysical dialog between a young student and the God of Death.

In a parallel universe in our own space-time continuum, humanity has been overrun by artificial intelligence. The machines are better, faster and...

Three women reminisce about their times at school and rekindle and affirm old friendships. They share a strange secret about each other that is never...

The film attempts to negotiate with the duality that is associated with the ceremonial veneration of the Mother Goddess Kali. It ruminates on the...

Shakespearean theatricality meets the subtlety of Kathakali subverted in the dramatic space of street theatre to give birth to a performative...

During social and political turmoil, what is the manifestation of divine intervention? How do the gods and goddesses act in the volatility of the...

This is a video about the Park Street cemetery in Calcutta - one of the earliest colonial cemeteries in the world – its degrading conditions...

Rummaging for Pasts is an experimental juxtaposition of two cinematic documents: the video diary of an international archaeological excavation and a...