About Jakesh Dalal

Filmmaker · Mumbai, India

I am a Fiction and Documentary filmmaker. My practice spans writing, direction, cinematography, sound, and editing. I am drawn to human stories and to the everyday lives, places, and experiences that often remain outside the mainstream.

My work has taken me across different corners of India in search of stories rooted in people and their lived realities. Through my documentaries, I try to approach these stories with honesty, empathy, and an awareness of the responsibility that comes with representing someone else’s life. At the same time, I am interested in fiction that feels intimate and unassuming, yet carries something larger within it — stories of love, desire, self-discovery, relationships, and the complexities of being human.