India, March 11 -- Frankly personal, Devashish Makhija's poetry explores systemic violence, political positions and personal relationships. It has also allowed him to explore what he cannot in movies - the erotic. Here, he talks about how his filmmaking and poetry fertilise each other

What are you working on?

A Netflix original. It's my first ever mainstream film. I have always only made my own kind of films, which the industry calls 'independent' cinema although I have had different kinds of entities backing them. They have mostly been political films or human drama films. It's the first time I'm venturing into the mainstream, with a film that has Taapsee Pannu in the lead.

It's an action thriller. The producers and the studio, Netfli...