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Achal Mishra

Born September 23, 1996 · Darbhanga, Bihar (India) (age 29)

Achal Mishra is an Indian filmmaker and photographer from Darbhanga, Bihar, currently based out of Mumbai. He made his directorial debut with the feature-length film "Gamak Ghar" in 2019, which premiered at the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2019, where it won the Manish Acharya Award for New Voices in Indian Cinema. He directed his second film, "Dhuin," in 2022. Both his films (Gamak Ghar & Dhuin) ha…

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Chaar Phool Hain Aur Duniya Hai

Chaar Phool Hain Aur Duniya Hai · 2024

Chaar Phool Hain Aur Duniya Hai

MovieDocumentary

A meandering brook of moments from two afternoons spent with Vinod Kumar Shukla, his wife and son at their home in Raipur, saunters between the mingling geographies of past, present and future, drifting in and out of pauses – to ponder, to reflect, to reminisce, and to share.

The Calf Doll

The Calf Doll · 2026

In a smog-choked village in Haryana, a retired professor turns to an outlawed ritual, crafting a calf doll from a stillborn's body, to save his cow from the urbanization slowly erasing his rural world.

Glimpses of everyday life in Ladakh on a long summer evening. Through vignettes of daily life, landscapes, and wildlife, set entirely during the liminal blue hour, Ri paints a portrait of Ladakh as seen through the eyes of a traveller.

Gamak Ghar

Gamak Ghar · 2019

MovieDramaFamily

In a north Indian village, a family reunites at their ancestral home to celebrate a new birth in the family. It’s a joyous, carefree occasion. Over the next two decades, through festivals and feasts, births and deaths, the film observes one house as it ages and falls to neglect.

Dhuin

Pankaj is a small-town theatre actor with dreams of making it big in Mumbai. But faced with obligations to his family, which is under a deep financial strain post the lockdown, he is forced to weigh his dreams and make a choice.

On Either Sides of the Pond

On Either Sides of the Pond · 2022

On Either Sides of the Pond

Sumit and Priyanka, an eloped couple, return to their hometown, due to the financial hardships caused by the lockdown. As Priyanka seeks to leave Sumit and return to her conservative father's home, Sumit, oblivious to this, wastes his time away.

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Chaar Phool Hain Aur Duniya Hai

Chaar Phool Hain Aur Duniya Hai · 2024

Chaar Phool Hain Aur Duniya Hai

MovieDocumentary

A meandering brook of moments from two afternoons spent with Vinod Kumar Shukla, his wife and son at their home in Raipur, saunters between the mingling geographies of past, present and future, drifting in and out of pauses – to ponder, to reflect, to reminisce, and to share.

Director

The Calf Doll

The Calf Doll · 2026

In a smog-choked village in Haryana, a retired professor turns to an outlawed ritual, crafting a calf doll from a stillborn's body, to save his cow from the urbanization slowly erasing his rural world.

Creative Producer

Glimpses of everyday life in Ladakh on a long summer evening. Through vignettes of daily life, landscapes, and wildlife, set entirely during the liminal blue hour, Ri paints a portrait of Ladakh as seen through the eyes of a traveller.

Director

Gamak Ghar

Gamak Ghar · 2019

MovieDramaFamily

In a north Indian village, a family reunites at their ancestral home to celebrate a new birth in the family. It’s a joyous, carefree occasion. Over the next two decades, through festivals and feasts, births and deaths, the film observes one house as it ages and falls to neglect.

Writer

Dhuin

Pankaj is a small-town theatre actor with dreams of making it big in Mumbai. But faced with obligations to his family, which is under a deep financial strain post the lockdown, he is forced to weigh his dreams and make a choice.

Writer

On Either Sides of the Pond

On Either Sides of the Pond · 2022

On Either Sides of the Pond

Sumit and Priyanka, an eloped couple, return to their hometown, due to the financial hardships caused by the lockdown. As Priyanka seeks to leave Sumit and return to her conservative father's home, Sumit, oblivious to this, wastes his time away.

Producer