Kanchan Avchare is a metaphor creator, narrative designer hacking waste, mythology, and evolutionary science into raw metaphors, drawing with chalk the trade off between an individual and environment—towards interconnectedness and inclusivity.
She was born in 1990 in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. She got trained in physical theatre in Mumbai and also picked up poetry on the way, She reads and writes a lot, her creativity lies in bringing philosophy, evolutionary biology and mythology together to create a sensorial experience.
She has developed performance methods inspired by traditional forms like Kathakali, Kudiyattam, and Bharatnatyam, for which she received the INLAKS Grant Award in 2019. During the pandemic, she worked on site-specific theatre, for which she received the KCC (Kolkata Centre for Creativity) Art Fellowship. Her solo play, 'Happily Tagged Ever,' won an award in Pune Expressions Lab.
She sets her first foot in film making, with her short film, The Cosmic Atomic, Brahmandam Pindandam, bringing the elements of theatre and poetry in visual and audio medium. The film is doing its festival journey with its European premiere in Greece in October, 2025 in ‘International Experimental Film Festival’, Athens and Asian Premiere 亚洲首映 in ‘the Beijing International Short FIlm Festival in November, 2025'