About

Known credits:
45
Birthday:
1972-02-11
Place of birth:
India
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Ashish Avikunthak

Overview

Ashish Avikunthak (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

Acting
2010 Vakratunda Swaha Actor 59
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Directing
2024 Devastated Directing Director N/A
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2021 Glossary of Non-Human Love Directing Director N/A
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2018 Dispassionate Love Directing Director 59
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2017 The Kali of Emergency Directing Director N/A
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2015 The Churning of Kalki Directing Director N/A
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2014 Rati Chakravyuh Directing Director N/A
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2011 Katho Upanishad Directing Director N/A
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2010 Vakratunda Swaha Directing Director 59
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2007 Shadows Formless Directing Director 58
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2005 End Note Directing Director 59
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2002 Dancing Othello Directing Director N/A
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2001 Rummaging for Pasts Directing Director N/A
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2001 Performing Death Directing Director N/A
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1999 Kalighaat Fetish Directing Director N/A
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1997 Et cetera Directing Director N/A
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Meghnad Badh Kavya Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2024 Devastated Writing Writer N/A
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2018 Dispassionate Love Writing Dialogue 59
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2018 Dispassionate Love Writing Screenplay 59
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2015 The Churning of Kalki Writing Writer N/A
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2014 Rati Chakravyuh Writing Co-Writer N/A
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2011 Katho Upanishad Writing Story N/A
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2011 Katho Upanishad Writing Writer N/A
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2010 Vakratunda Swaha Writing Writer 59
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2007 Shadows Formless Writing Writer 58
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2005 End Note Writing Writer 59
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2002 Dancing Othello Writing Screenplay N/A
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2001 Rummaging for Pasts Writing Screenplay N/A
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1999 Kalighaat Fetish Writing Writer N/A
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1997 Et cetera Writing Writer N/A
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Meghnad Badh Kavya Writing Writer N/A
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Production
2018 Dispassionate Love Production Producer 59
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2014 Rati Chakravyuh Production Producer N/A
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2011 Katho Upanishad Production Producer N/A
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2010 Vakratunda Swaha Production Producer 59
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2005 End Note Production Producer 59
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2001 Rummaging for Pasts Production Producer N/A
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1999 Kalighaat Fetish Production Producer N/A
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1997 Et cetera Production Producer N/A
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Sound
2001 Rummaging for Pasts Sound Sound Designer N/A
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Crew
2001 Rummaging for Pasts Crew Cinematography N/A
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2001 Performing Death Crew Cinematography N/A
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Editing
2018 Dispassionate Love Editing Editor 59
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2001 Rummaging for Pasts Editing Editor N/A
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