Devashish Makhija has researched and assisted on 'Black Friday' (dir. Anurag Kashyap) and was the chief assistant director on 'Bunty aur Babli' (dir. Shaad Ali). He has written numerous screenplays, notably Avik Mukherjee's 'Bhoomi' and Anurag Kashyap's 'Doga'; has had a solo art show 'Occupying Silence'; written Tulika's bestselling children's books 'When Ali became Bajrangbali' and 'Why Paploo was perplexed' and a Harper-Collins collection of short stories 'Forgetting'. He has also written 'By Two', a story featured in the omnibus 'Mumbai Noir'; written and directed the acclaimed short films 'Rahim Murge pe mat ro’, ‘El'ayichi' and ‘Agli Baar’; and recently wrote and directed the full length feature film 'Oonga'.