DaKxin Bajrange (Chhara)

DaKxin Bajrange is an award-winning filmmaker, playwright, actor, director and activist from the Chhara community of Ahmedabad, in western India. He teaches theatre and film at the National Tribal Academy at Tejgadh, Gujarat and is a Fellow of Bhasha Research and Publication Centre in Baroda. He has produced cultural programs for the Information Department of Gujarat State; directed over 50 television programs for Tara Gujarati Channel; and directed eight documentaries on the earthquake in 2000 for the Gujarat government.

His independent documentaries include Fight for Survival (Jeevika 2005, South Asia Award), Bulldoze (2006), Thought for Development (2005), Actors are Born Here (2006), The Lost Water (2007) and his theatrical credits as Writer, Director and Actor include Budhan, Pinya Hari Kale Ki Maut (Death of Pinya Hari Kale), Encounter, Majhab Hameen Sikhata, Aapas Mein Bair Rakhna, Bhoma, Khoj, Ulgulan, and Muje Mat Maro...Saab. He is currently working as Associate Director on a Gujarat film series with Rakesh Sharma.

He is a founding member of the Budhan Theatre, a theatre group of Denotified Tribals who are designated "Born Criminals" by mainstream society, as well as the legal and judiciary system of India. He teaches street theatre to youth and from age 9 and up in his home state of Gujarat.

DaKxin has represented nomadic and denotified tribes of India at the United Nations and various universities of the U.S., including Georgetown, Princeton, Maryland Universities.

Films:
The Lost Water (2007)