Gagan Dev
Directing
Biography
Gagan Dev (born on May 25th 2000) is an Indian filmmaker. He started making films at the age of 15, and has made over 14 short films which won various awards at regional and national level festivals in India. He has worked in numerous short films often as a screenwriter and creative director. 'applechedikal', translated 'Apple Plants' (2023) is his feature film debut. He co-founded Coconut Talkies, an artists collective that aims at creating films to explore the unique vision of independent thinking and aesthetics.
Known For
A filmmaker is invited to an actor's house, who is keenly interested in his story. For the story to be told, the characters need to speak for themselves so they began speaking and they said
And they said
Unemployed guests constantly pour into Jane's house, mistaking her for the previous tenant, a mystery man. Jane, though unemployed, lives her innocent life, with brief dreams and quiet hopes for her future. Her friend Suleiman, though bankrupt, lives his dynamic life around his fantasies and plans for the future. When the landlord's daughter, the Princess, demands rent from Jane, the unemployed, things are to change forever.
applechedikal
Saira visits her ex Shahad’s play rehearsal. The play and the night they share stir memories of a beautiful past and dreams of what once was, yet with no place in their present or future.
the flower she left me
A filmmaker seeking actors for his film meets an artist, and a boy selling black tickets.
Love in Varapuzha
It is a docu-fiction tracing a series of events which spurred when a woman called Alice lost her teeth.
Alicinte Albhutalokam
A group of band members and their lead, encounter a new member in a bus.
Boys Are Cats (music is bad)
After his father-in-law’s demise, Raju approaches Arun to write a eulogy for him.
for Amose
Art assistant Ryan wants to leave Crispin’s crew and something personal of Freddy’s goes missing.
Superglue
Two filmmakers are going to brief a story to an actor for an upcoming film.