
Editing
Mohit Takalkar
Mohit Ratnakar Takalkar is an Indian theatre director, filmmaker and film editor from Pune, Maharashtra. Takalkar started his theatre career with the Progressive Dramatic Association, Pune. He won the Maharashtra State Award for the Best Play and Best Director for Yayati and Nanephek and later for Tu (2007). In 2003, he co-founded Aasakta Kalamanch. His plays are known for minimalism in staging with technical excellence and a strong visual language. Takalkar directed a flurry of plays for Aasakta repertory, which were mainly performed in Sudarshan Rangmanch, a small intimate theatre space for about 100 odd audiences, in the heart of Pune. Takalkar often acknowledges the contribution of this space in experiments with his craft. He received the Charles Wallace scholarship which enabled him to pursue his master's degree in Theatre Practice from the University of Exeter in 2010 under the guidance of Phillip Zarrilli. Takalkar has directed more than 30 experimental plays in Marathi, Hindi, Urdu, Kannada, Marwari and English languages. He has directed movies including The Bright Day and Medium Spicy. Takalkar has edited over 20 feature films which include, Cobalt Blue, Soyarik, Kaasav, Astu, Badha, Dithee, Chidiya, Nital, Samhita among others.
Acting credits
7.0Set in present day Nashik, a city in western India on the banks of the river Godavari, this is the story of a family that is coping with death - one they know about and another that they aren't prepared for.
Godavari
2021
6.4An insomniac former cop, Kennedy has been presumed dead for years. Yet, in secret, he continues to serve a corrupt system while seeking redemption. Halfway between thriller and film noir, Kennedy chronicles a violent and bloody vendetta in the dark streets of Mumbai. At the rate of the murders, Kennedy's character reveals itself more and more and sinks into a spiral that seems to have no way out.
Kennedy
2023
NRSavitri, a young girl, revolts against the age-old custom of arranged marriages. Despite facing troubles, she manages to convince an entire village about the upshots of pre-planned matches.
Gho Mala Asala Hawa
2009
NRIn tribal India, a man's conflict with nature escalates, sparking a gripping quest for justice amidst the unforgiving wilderness.
Raavsaheb
2024
Behind the camera
NRIn a world where love is filtered, scored and predicted, a couple in Pune, India, collides in a fierce, consuming romance. What begins in urgency and desire slowly fractures. Time intrudes. Ambition shifts. Affection turns conditional. What once felt infinite begins to bruise and break. Seven years later, beneath the shadow of Mount Fuji, they meet again. Japan is quieter. The air is thinner. They are no longer who they were. Carrying different lives, different scars, they stand face to face with a past that never truly left them. Can love survive its own history or does it merely haunt those who try to return to it? Toh, Ti Ani Fuji is an intimate, visually driven meditation on love, memory and the fragile, devastating hope of second chances.
Toh, Ti Ani Fuji
2026
5.0Chef Nissim, a millennial in Mumbai, finds himself at a crossroads in his love life-- Chef Gowri is a feisty go-getter who likes to live life off the beaten path while Prajakta assures a more serene and stable life. Whether to go all-in with the spice or to choose a sweeter flavour for life, is a choice that Nissim has to make. His liberal, upper middle-class family with a mixed bag of viewpoints doesn't make his decision easier.
Medium Spicy
2022
10.0Yearning for meaning in his life, a coddled young man abandons his girlfriend and family to set out on a spiritual quest. Shot with sophisticated DSLR cameras and reflecting a new passion in India for personal filmmaking, The Bright Day finds images to chart a soul's progress.
The Bright Day
2012