
Directing
Qaushiq Mukherjee
Place of birth
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Known for
Directing
Credits
37 titles
Qaushiq Mukherjee (popularly known as Q) is an Indian film director known for his controversial cult film Gandu. Mukherjee grew up in Kolkata and was educated at South Point High School. Then he did his Hons in arts from Calcutta University. He worked in advertising for twelve years in India, Maldives and Sri Lanka. He is the founder and CEO of film production company, Overdose Joint.
Known for
6.3A father-son tale set against the backdrop of a complex financial crime and a little-known time in the history of India and Bangladesh. Watch their dark journey.
Kaala
2023
8.5Ghya-chang-fou literally means 'suddenly beheading' in Bengali. it features thirteen unnamed people gathering in a mansion filled with archaic objects to celebrate what appears to be a communist revolution. Nothing seems real, roads open up to improbable places, places lead to impossible elevators, elevators lift people to unconvincing roads. Bacchanalian spirit steadily overtakes the initial deadpan seriousness. The encore of celebration sounds delusionary as the drunken conversation about communism, about its methods and means, about it intricate turns through history degenerates to bourgeois nonsense and decadence leading to absurd rifts, comic conflicts, unleashed orgies and debauchery.
Ghya Chang Fou
2017
6.2On 13th February 2012, a magnetic bomb exploded, destroying an Israeli embassy vehicle in Delhi. ACP Rajeev Kumar, leading the investigation, suspects more than what meets the eye. Amid political pressure and suspicions of an Iranian connection, he embarks on a perilous journey to uncover the truth, facing formidable adversaries.
Tehran
2025
5.3After Nihilistic rapper Gandu steals from his mother's lover, he embarks on a drug-fueled rampage with a rickshaw puller.
Gandu
2010
6.7An experimental romantic thriller, Solo is the story of four different men, their love, rage and afterlife. Through four elements - water, air, fire and earth, they also represent different facets of Lord Siva.
Solo
2017
5.4When a middle-aged filmmaker meets an alluring stranger at a party, he's haunted by troubling memories of his past relationships.
X: Past Is Present
2015
Film credits
2020s · 2 titles
6.2On 13th February 2012, a magnetic bomb exploded, destroying an Israeli embassy vehicle in Delhi. ACP Rajeev Kumar, leading the investigation, suspects more than what meets the eye. Amid political pressure and suspicions of an Iranian connection, he embarks on a perilous journey to uncover the truth, facing formidable adversaries.
Tehran
2025
8.0A tribute to the life and accomplishments of the legendary Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee, who was a pioneer in Indian cinema with a career spanning seven decades.
Abhijaan
2021
2010s · 5 titles
8.5Ghya-chang-fou literally means 'suddenly beheading' in Bengali. it features thirteen unnamed people gathering in a mansion filled with archaic objects to celebrate what appears to be a communist revolution. Nothing seems real, roads open up to improbable places, places lead to impossible elevators, elevators lift people to unconvincing roads. Bacchanalian spirit steadily overtakes the initial deadpan seriousness. The encore of celebration sounds delusionary as the drunken conversation about communism, about its methods and means, about it intricate turns through history degenerates to bourgeois nonsense and decadence leading to absurd rifts, comic conflicts, unleashed orgies and debauchery.
Ghya Chang Fou
2017
5.3After Nihilistic rapper Gandu steals from his mother's lover, he embarks on a drug-fueled rampage with a rickshaw puller.
Gandu
2010
6.7An experimental romantic thriller, Solo is the story of four different men, their love, rage and afterlife. Through four elements - water, air, fire and earth, they also represent different facets of Lord Siva.
Solo
2017
NRA documentary on the infamous Bengali magic realist, Nabarun is an exclamation mark in Bengali literature, the emphatic interjector. The film tries to get into the noisy, grimy, scratchy insides of Nabarun's mind as his characters shamelessly hustle, behave atrociously and try to exist in a violent hostile world.
Nabarun
2018
8.0In the glitz and the glamour of a Bollywood dominated industry that India has today, we narrate the story of a parallel film-making community whose aim is not to create cliched blockbusters, but to tell a meaningful and thought provoking story through the medium of cinema.
The Other Way
2014
Series credits
Behind the camera
5.3After Nihilistic rapper Gandu steals from his mother's lover, he embarks on a drug-fueled rampage with a rickshaw puller.
Gandu
2010
5.3After Nihilistic rapper Gandu steals from his mother's lover, he embarks on a drug-fueled rampage with a rickshaw puller.
Gandu
2010
5.3After Nihilistic rapper Gandu steals from his mother's lover, he embarks on a drug-fueled rampage with a rickshaw puller.
Gandu
2010
5.4When a middle-aged filmmaker meets an alluring stranger at a party, he's haunted by troubling memories of his past relationships.
X: Past Is Present
2015
NRA quirky take on the history of Bengali urban alternative music from the seventies to the turn of the century. From the legendary to the subversive. Featuring acts like Mohiner Ghoraguli, Fossils, Cactus, Chandrabindoo and many others.
Le Pocha
2004
NRA documentary on the infamous Bengali magic realist, Nabarun is an exclamation mark in Bengali literature, the emphatic interjector. The film tries to get into the noisy, grimy, scratchy insides of Nabarun's mind as his characters shamelessly hustle, behave atrociously and try to exist in a violent hostile world.
Nabarun
2018
NRA documentary on the infamous Bengali magic realist, Nabarun is an exclamation mark in Bengali literature, the emphatic interjector. The film tries to get into the noisy, grimy, scratchy insides of Nabarun's mind as his characters shamelessly hustle, behave atrociously and try to exist in a violent hostile world.
Nabarun
2018
3.0Needing a secluded place for a late-night tryst, two couples stow away in a mall after hours, but are quickly ensnared in a gruesome and deadly game.
Ludo
2015
3.0Needing a secluded place for a late-night tryst, two couples stow away in a mall after hours, but are quickly ensnared in a gruesome and deadly game.
Ludo
2015
3.0Needing a secluded place for a late-night tryst, two couples stow away in a mall after hours, but are quickly ensnared in a gruesome and deadly game.
Ludo
2015
6.1A royal prince arrives on an island of fascist rule and inspires a rebellion among its women in this hallucinogenic adaptation of a classic play.
The Land of Cards
2013
6.1A royal prince arrives on an island of fascist rule and inspires a rebellion among its women in this hallucinogenic adaptation of a classic play.
The Land of Cards
2013
6.1A royal prince arrives on an island of fascist rule and inspires a rebellion among its women in this hallucinogenic adaptation of a classic play.
The Land of Cards
2013
6.1A royal prince arrives on an island of fascist rule and inspires a rebellion among its women in this hallucinogenic adaptation of a classic play.
The Land of Cards
2013
4.3Taxi driver Phanishwar is living with a mysterious girl, Nanaam, who he keeps in chains. When a medical student, Rami, a victim of revenge porn leaked online by an ex-boyfriend, seeks refuge in Goa, she stumbles into the strange but placid lives of Phanishwar and Nanaam.
Garbage
2018
4.3Taxi driver Phanishwar is living with a mysterious girl, Nanaam, who he keeps in chains. When a medical student, Rami, a victim of revenge porn leaked online by an ex-boyfriend, seeks refuge in Goa, she stumbles into the strange but placid lives of Phanishwar and Nanaam.
Garbage
2018
4.3Taxi driver Phanishwar is living with a mysterious girl, Nanaam, who he keeps in chains. When a medical student, Rami, a victim of revenge porn leaked online by an ex-boyfriend, seeks refuge in Goa, she stumbles into the strange but placid lives of Phanishwar and Nanaam.
Garbage
2018
5.4This homage to 1980s teen sex comedies follows a college quiz bowl champion who knows almost everything -- except how to talk to women.
Brahman Naman
2016
7.7A filmmaker explores the cultural traditions and contradictions across the sexually conservative land of the Kama Sutra.
Love in India
2009
7.7A filmmaker explores the cultural traditions and contradictions across the sexually conservative land of the Kama Sutra.
Love in India
2009
NRSARI MEN - a poignant short film about the men behind the fabric. While women wear it, men play a large part in the process of making and selling the sari. From the weavers to shop assistants, this is a film about the beauty of the sari flowing through the gender gaps. Shot across Lucknow, Delhi, Kolkata and Benaras; Sari Men is a homage to the dedication and precision of the craft.
Sarimen
2020
NRAn Early Short by Q.
That Boy
2000
10.0In the spirit of the Surrealist parlor game of chance Exquisite Corpse, each filmmaker makes a documentary short film based on imagery forwarded on by the previous filmmaker in the chain. The composite story forms a global independent filmmaking experience.
I Want to Be an American
2013
1.0Three college friends are fed up with the men in their lives and take charge of their own fate.
Bishh
2009
1.0Three college friends are fed up with the men in their lives and take charge of their own fate.
Bishh
2009
NRZewel, a firestarter with 15K TikTok followers plans to become an influencer in Qatar with his brother. But when Zibon is arrested for selling drugs, Zewel's dreams are dashed. He crosses into India where greater misfortune awaits.
Zewel
2025
NRZewel, a firestarter with 15K TikTok followers plans to become an influencer in Qatar with his brother. But when Zibon is arrested for selling drugs, Zewel's dreams are dashed. He crosses into India where greater misfortune awaits.
Zewel
2025
NRZewel, a firestarter with 15K TikTok followers plans to become an influencer in Qatar with his brother. But when Zibon is arrested for selling drugs, Zewel's dreams are dashed. He crosses into India where greater misfortune awaits.
Zewel
2025
