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Opened theatrically in UK (Jan 2020) and India (Apr 2019) to critical acclaim across the board. Sundance Lab 2014 / Winner of Asia Pacific Screen Academy development grant / In competition Asia Pacific Screen Academy Awards.

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‘Inshallah Kashmir’ winner of the National Film Award in 2013, is culled from three hundred hours of footage shot in the conflict-zone of Kashmir while shooting Inshallah, football. This film reveals the scars of two decades of conflict through testimonies of over forty people whose families have been devastated by the conflict. A working preview of Inshallah, Kashmir was released online on 26th of January 2012, India's Republic Day. It received over forty- thousand views in less than a week.

‘Inshallah Football’ is a feature documentary about a talented Kashmiri football player who’s dreams of training in Santos (Pele’s club) in Brazil are stymied by the Indian government’s refusal to give him a passport because his father was a militant (fighting against the Indian armed forces in the uprising in Kashmir in the ‘90s).It won the National Award for best film on social issues 2012, Asian Cinema Fund (Pusan) grant, special jury-mention at Dubai, Silver Conch at Mumbai, audience-award at Asiatic Film Mediale and best non-fiction and best editing at IDPA (Indian Documentary Producers Association). It was part of official-selections of Doc-Liepzig (film-makers as change-makers) and INPUT 2012, TV and Public Interest, Sydney. And in- competition at Pusan, Chicago, NYIFF, NJISACF film-festivals.

Migrants undergo perilous journeys, risking drowning, deportation, arrest, physical and sexual violence in true hope of finding a place of greater safety and economic opportunity in a distant country. Those who survive the journey become nannies, housekeepers and drivers– ever present yet willing themselves to disappear into the multitudes of the new country. In the best scenario, their dreams become realized, enabling their children’s education. In the worst, stories of horror are rendered reality – locked away in homes by nationals, abused without recourse and kept in fear. This is a film about three distinct women who undertook these perils in hope of a better life.

‘Dazed in Doon’, is a coming-of-age story about a boy with an active imagination trying to make sense of life at the ‘Eton’ of India, a British style boarding school called The Doon School. This film was a one-of-a-kind participatory project. Completed in four months, featuring a cast and crew of schoolboys who were trained on the job and worked in association with a professional film crew.

‘The Forest’ is a thriller with an ecological message, a chilling tale of a man-eating leopard set in the jungles of North India. ‘The Forest’ was theatrically released in India in May 2012, and is being re-released in the Hindi language in September 2012. It also released in Brazil, Thailand and Greece.

Jamal, a 12 year old Muslim Pakistani mistakenly crosses the border between India and Pakistan, finding an unusual ally in a Hindu Brahmin, Bhola. Indian soldiers descend on Bhola’s village searching for the ‘terrorist’ who crossed over. His niece, Rani, insists they can’t let a Muslim into their Hindu home. With Bhola and Rani grappling with the consequences of harbouring a Pakistani and their deep-set prejudice against Muslims, Jamal’s only hope is the humanity shared by a people separated by artificial boundaries a long time ago.

Jamal, a 10-year-old Pakistani Muslim, mistakenly crosses the border between India and Pakistan and finds an unusual ally in a Hindu Brahmin, Bhola. Indian soldiers descend on Bhola's village searching for the so-called terrorist who crossed over. Bhola's neice, Rani, insists they can't let a Muslim into their Hindu home. With Bhola and Rani grappling with the consequences of harboring a Pakistani and their deep-set prejudice against Muslims, Jamal's only hope is the humanity shared by a people separated by artificial boundaries a long time ago.

His student film, ‘Road To Ladakh’ It starred Irrfan Khan (Namesake/Slumdog Millionaire) and Koel Purie. Ashvin dropped out of the London Film School to make this film. Having persuaded an international cast and crew to work free-of-cost, the course fee saved was his production budget. It resulted in an experience that he describes as his ‘real film-school’.