Feature Film · Released in Australia and India

The Colour of Darkness

A cross-cultural drama about caste, race, prejudice, memory, and human dignity.

Released Feature FilmAustralia & IndiaMusic by Girish K Makwana
The Colour of Darkness film poster
Overview

A defining achievement in the company’s independent cinema journey.

The Colour of Darkness is the first international feature film by GK Makwana Films.

Written, directed, produced, composed, and with lyrics by Girish K Makwana, the film brings together caste discrimination in India and racial discrimination in Australia, while also reflecting wider human patterns of prejudice, social hypocrisy, and discrimination.

At its heart, the film asks what happens when people carry old wounds into new worlds, and when prejudice is allowed to shape how we see one another.

Watch & Listen

Trailer and selected songs.

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Official Trailer

The Colour of Darkness — official English trailer.

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Official Film Trailer

Additional official trailer from GK Makwana Films.

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Selected Soundtrack Track

Additional song / music clip from the film soundtrack.

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TV

NDTV Prime Time with Ravish Kumar

Prime Time discussion on The Colour of Darkness and its themes.

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Story & Themes

Discrimination is placed inside human relationships.

Set across Indian and Australian experiences, the film explores the emotional and social distance between communities, families, and generations.

It reflects on India’s old caste system, racial discrimination in Australia, and broader questions of social hypocrisy, prejudice, belonging, grief, identity, and human dignity.

For GK Makwana Films, The Colour of Darkness was more than a first feature. It was a statement of purpose.

Recognition & Screenings

Selected highlights

  • Included in the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne, 2016
  • Listed among the feature films in competition for the 7th AACTA Awards
  • Discussed on NDTV India’s Prime Time with Ravish Kumar in 2017
  • Analysed in a 2023 academic chapter in Displacement and Diaspora
  • Australian theatrical release
  • Indian theatrical release
  • Official soundtrack released as a six-track album by Girish Makwana
Gallery

Production, screening and film journey