La petita Manda és trobada violada i tirada en un munt d’escombraries al seu barri. Els seus pares estan més preocupats per la seva supervivència que per la seva dignitat, prefereixen oblidar i seguir endavant. La policia se sent impotent ja que el violador és el fill d’un polític local. Però l’àvia de Mana, Ajji, es nega a acceptar aquesta injustícia. Pot una dona gran, fràgil, artrítica i impotent combatre el llop dolent? Hi ha encara esperança de justícia en un món tan cruel? Com es pot dissuadir un violador? “Ajji” és una paràbola dels nostres temps. No hi ha respostes fàcils.

Devashish Makhija és un cineasta, guionista, artista gràfic i poeta indi, conegut per escriure i dirigir el llargmetratge “Oonga”, el qual es va estrenar mundialment al Festival de Cinema Indi de Nova York al 2013. Va ajudar a Anurag Kashyap a “Black Friday” i va escriure nombrosos guions, en particular “Bhoomi” de Avik Mukherjee (2009).

2019: International Film Festival Rotterdam
2018: Festival International du Film Policier du Beaune

Little Manda is found raped and dumped in a trash heap in her slum. Her parents are more concerned with survival than dignity and want to forget and move on. The cops are powerless to help as the rapist is a local politician’s son. But Manda’s grandmother Ajji cannot accept the injustice of it all. Can a frail, arthritic and powerless old woman grapple with the big bad wolf? Is there still hope for justice in a cruel world? Can anything act as a deterrent to rape? Ajji is a parable of our times. There are no easy answers.

Devashish Makhija is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter, graphic artist, and poet – best known for writing and directing the feature film “Oonga” which had its world premiere at the New York Indian Film Festival in 2013. He has assisted Anurag Kashyap in “Black Friday” and written numerous screenplays, notably Avik Mukherjee’s “Bhoomi” (2009).

2019: International Film Festival Rotterdam
2018: Festival International du Film Policier du Beaune