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DevanshSaraf

Filmmaker from New Delhi, now at NYU Tisch. I make short films about the things families leave unsaid, under the banner RKS Entertainment, and I've spent the last three years on sets and in story departments across Mumbai, Hyderabad and Los Angeles.

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Poster for The Silence Between Us: a father and son in white kurtas sit apart on a sofa, each holding a phoneThe Silence Between UsPoster
Poster for X or Y: a young mother holds a newborn while a man behind her talks on the phone; the title is set in chromosome shapesX or YPoster
Title frame from Memory Exercise: a figure stands in a dark living room lit only by a window00:00:00:00Memory ExerciseTitle frame
Devansh Saraf at the Culver City Film Festival, in a black shearling jacket in front of the festival backdropDevansh SarafCulver City Film Festival, Dec 2025
Disney+ Hotstar2M+ viewsCannes World Film FestivalKodaikanal · Best Indian Short FilmTamizhagam · Best Indian Short FilmKollywood · Outstanding AchievementLos Angeles Film AwardsIndieX Film FestCulver City Film Festival · PremiereIstanbul Film AwardsLuis Buñuel Memorial AwardsIndie Short Fest · NomineeStree Shakti Mahotsava13th Indian Cine Film FestivalSan Diego Movie Awards Disney+ Hotstar2M+ viewsCannes World Film FestivalKodaikanal · Best Indian Short FilmTamizhagam · Best Indian Short FilmKollywood · Outstanding AchievementLos Angeles Film AwardsIndieX Film FestCulver City Film Festival · PremiereIstanbul Film AwardsLuis Buñuel Memorial AwardsIndie Short Fest · NomineeStree Shakti Mahotsava13th Indian Cine Film FestivalSan Diego Movie Awards
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TITLE CARD: "X OR Y" (2022)

A living room, a newborn, and a question the whole family is thinking but no one will ask: whose role decides whether a child is a boy or a girl? A satire that Devansh conceived, co-wrote and produced at sixteen, directed by Shadab Khan. Disney+ Hotstar acquired it; two million people watched; it sat in the platform's top charts for three days and collected thirteen accolades on the way. Title card →

TITLE CARD: "THE SILENCE BETWEEN US" (2025)

A father and a son, a house full of a dead man's belongings, and a shawl that gets given away. Twenty minutes about grief that has no vocabulary. Written, directed and produced by Devansh; premiered December 5, 2025, at the Culver City Film Festival, then three Best Indian Short Film awards, an Outstanding Achievement Award and official selections from Cannes World Film Festival to Los Angeles. Title card →

TITLE CARD: "MEMORY EXERCISE" (2026)

Eight minutes, released straight to the RKS Entertainment channel, where it has passed 112,000 views, and an award nominee at Indie Short Fest, the Los Angeles International Short Film Festival, in September 2026. Title card →

DEVANSH
(to camera, finally)
I'm interested in the half-second before someone decides not to say something. That's where all my films live.
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INT. STORY DEPARTMENTS, THREE CITIES – 2024 TO NOW

Between his own films, Devansh reads other people's. Script coverage at Annapurna Studios in Hyderabad, Roy Kapur Films in Mumbai and SP Media Group in Los Angeles; storyboards and call sheets as a trainee AD on Ramayana, the costliest film India has ever made.

The full call sheet is on the About page.

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