
Tushar Prakash
Directing
Biography
Born in New Delhi and a graduate of the National Polish Film School in Łódź, and an alumnus of the Berlin Talents Editing Studio, Tushar Prakash is an Estonia-based scriptwriter, filmmaker, and editor. He is one of the editors of Smoke Sauna Sisterhood — winner of the Directing Award at Sundance 2023 and the European Film Academy Award for Best Documentary. His latest short fiction, Sauna Day, co-directed and co-written with Anna Hints, premiered at Cannes Critics’ Week 2024 and has since been selected for many prestigious festivals, including the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and Clermont-Ferrand.
Known For

Women share their innermost secrets and intimate experiences inside an Estonian smoke sauna. Cleansing their bodies and baring their souls, they embrace the healing power of sisterhood.
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
To impress his beloved, Adam forms a punk rock band.
Kojot

Sauna Day invites you into the world of Southern Estonian men who go to the dark-intimate space of a smoke sauna after a hard day's work. Beneath their tough exteriors lies a desire for connection, veiled in secrecy.
Sauna Day

"The Karma Killings," is a modern-day crime thriller mixed in with Indian mythology and class warfare. The documentary delves into India's most infamous serial killings and its impact on a nation. Told through the people directly involved, the film unravels the complexities of the case and goes beyond the sensational headlines to present a suspenseful and scary mystery. And has a huge twist - one of the killers maybe innocent?
The Karma Killings

Follows photographer and artist Peeter Laurits - a kind of trickster or shaman who moves along the border between different worlds and realities. He brings messages from the realms of art, science, mythology, esotericism and ecology, building highways from the level of moss and bark beetles all the way to the cosmic spheres. The film is set in Kütiorg, a sacred forested valley that is at once a studio and a strangely displaced mystical landscape, where past, present and imagination coexist. Kütiorg becomes the film’s central metaphor: a seemingly small place whose invisible trajectories and darker winding paths open new ways of perceiving a world in perpetual collapse, drawing both the viewer and the protagonist deeper into its depths.
Descent into the Valley

Indian film director Tushar Prakash has moved to Estonia and starts taking guidance from local farmers how to become a real Estonian man.
Estonian Man

Two lovers, separated by languages, confess to each other in their own native tongues.
Kissing Your Tongue

Surya, a teenage ragpicker, finds a camera on a huge garbage mountain in Delhi. The camera becomes her window to the untold stories of women surrounding her. The film walks the line between documentary and fiction and focuses on a community of garbage collectors who try to find their place in the world amidst garbage and scorching heat.