An award-winning filmmaker, playwright, director and social activist, Dakxin Bajrange Chhara is the recipient of the prestigious Ford Foundation International Fellowship. Dakxin who has been relentlessly championing the cause of the De-notified tribes in the western part of India, as a filmmaker has directed more than 50 TV programs and 20 documentaries most of which are based on developmental and political issues related to the De-notified tribes; his documentary Fight for Survival (2005), which was focused on the problems faced by snake charmers in India won the Jeevika Award.

The director-cum-activist who works at the Budhan Theater, a community theater group of Chhara De-notified tribe of Gujarat, apart from directing documentaries and also written two books. He also is an author of many academic articles on theater and films. Having assisted the renowned documentary film maker Rakesh Sharma on three of his films - Chet`ta Rejo, Khedu Mora Re and Kesariyo Kono, Dakxin Bajrange ventured into making mainstream feature film; his maiden directorial venture is Sameer (2017), Hindi drama thriller features Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Subrat Dutta, Anjali Patil and Chinmay Mandlekar in important roles.