Filmmaker, Dramaturge, Writer, Activist
20 years. 120 fiction and non-fiction films as Director, Co-Director and as an Associate Director. For Dakxin Chhara, Film and Theatre are his first loves, integral part of his socio-political activism to voice out suppressed voices and use both arts for a change in the society and the system. Through films and theatre activism Dakxin Chhara is tirelessly working since 20 years for the constitutional guarantee for India’s Nomadic and De-notified Tribes (NT-DNT) who were branded as “Criminal Tribes” during colonial rule in India and still facing historical stigma.
Dakxin Chhara belongs to one of the stigmatized De-notified tribe called Chhara in the state of Gujarat, India.