Dakxin Bajrange Chhara

Dakxin is an award-winning filmmaker, playwright and an activist from the Chhara De-notified Tribes of Ahmedabad in the western part of India. His book ‘Budhan Bolta Hai’ (Budhan Speaks) was awarded first prize for “Mahatma Gandhi Best Creative Writing on Human Rights” by National Human rights Commission (NHRC) for 2010-11. He was also a recipient of the South Asia Award “Jeevika 2005” for his documentary film Fight for Survival. Currently, he works as an Artistic Director at BudhanTheatre (www.budhantheatre.org) and runs his film production house Nomad Movies. He has written and Directed 13 plays and Supervised 48 Theatre Productions of Budhan Theatre and performed more than 1000 shows in different parts of India. He directed his debut critically acclaimed Bollywood film “Sameer”, starring Zeeshan Mohammed, Seema Biswas, Anjali Patil.

Dakxin is an award-winning filmmaker, playwright and an activist from the Chhara De-notified Tribes of Ahmedabad in the western part of India. His book ‘Budhan Bolta Hai’ (Budhan Speaks) was awarded first prize for “Mahatma Gandhi Best Creative Writing on Human Rights” by National Human rights Commission (NHRC) for 2010-11. He was also a recipient of the South Asia Award “Jeevika 2005” for his documentary film Fight for Survival. Currently, he works as an Artistic Director at BudhanTheatre (www.budhantheatre.org) and runs his film production house Nomad Movies. He has written and Directed 13 plays and Supervised 48 Theatre Productions of Budhan Theatre and performed more than 1000 shows in different parts of India. He directed his debut critically acclaimed Bollywood film “Sameer”, starring Zeeshan Mohammed, Seema Biswas, Anjali Patil.