Devashish Makhija has had a solo art show 'Occupying Silence'; written Tulika's bestselling children's books 'When Ali became Bajrangbali' and 'Why Paploo was perplexed', a Harper-Collins collection of short stories 'Forgetting', the forthcoming book of poems 'Disengaged' and the young adult novel ‘Oonga’. 'By/Two', a story by him in the omnibus 'Mumbai Noir' has been adapted into a feature length film to be directed by him next year. He has written and directed the multiple award winning short films 'Taandav', 'El'ayichi', 'Agli Baar' (And then they came for me),'Rahim Murge pe mat ro' (Don’t cry for Rahim LeCock), 'Absent', and ‘Happy’; and the full length feature films 'Ajji' and 'Bhonsle'. His short and feature films have competed at the international film festivals of Rotterdam, Gothenberg, Black Nights, Beaune, Busan, Glasgow, Tampere, MOMA, APSA, Barcelona, Singapore, amongst many others.