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The Goan Indian D'Costa family descends into glorious chaos after patriarch Don Theodore's death. His widow Rita, who never loved him, launches a campaign to install their gravedigger son Jason as the new Don, bribing tenants, and manipulating family members. Meanwhile, her pregnant daughter-in-law Annette juggles a secret lover, stolen jewelry, and an accidental shooting, while Inspector Gaitonde - allergic to family drama - stumbles upon the D'Costas' most absurd secret beneath Jason's manicured graveyard. As real estate schemes collapse, guns are mishandled, and a Catholic-Hindu wedding spirals into hullabaloo, Rita recognizes the madness of the patriarchal power game she had been playing, finding unexpected solidarity with the tenants she once chose to exploit. The D'Costa Family is a wild ride packed with over-the-top characters and crazy twists that come fast and unexpected - sometimes emotional, sometimes macabre, but always gripping.
'A darkly comedic family caper filled with gangsters, gold, and Goan grit, The D’Costa Family is a madcap saga of greed, deception, and one last shot at legacy.' -- Jesal Shah, Filmmaker
'From the very first page, the story keeps you hooked, filled with dark humor, warmth, and an undeniable charm.' - Priyanka Tanwar, Filmmaker
'Rochelle masterfully crafts each character with such rich detail that they leap off the page, making their world impossible to resist.' - Namrata, Literary Consultant
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Rochelle Potkar
Rochelle Potkar is a prize-winning poet, author, playwright, and screenwriter based in Mumbai. Known for her work in poetry and short fiction, her previous books include Four Degrees of Separation (poetry), Paper Asylum (haibun), which was shortlisted for the Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize 2020, Coins in Rivers (poetry, published by Hachette India - shortlisted for The Wise Owl Literary Awards 2025), and Bombay Hangovers (Short Fiction) - soon to appear in Hindi. She is an alumna of Iowa’s prestigious International Writing Program IWP (2015) and a Charles Wallace Writer’s Fellow at the University of Stirling (2017).
Her first feature-length screenplay was selected for the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) India Screenwriters Lab 2018 and was a quarterfinalist at the Atlanta Film Festival 2020. Two of her screen projects were amid the Top 30 at the Book to Box-Office, NFDC Film Bazaar 2023.
Her short play Drama Queens won the Short + Sweet South India Theatre Festival 2024 for Best Writer and Popular Choice, Prakriti Foundation. Her short film script Salad was on the Selected list of the Mumbai Indie Film Society competition 2024. Her short film script Ali Guli Mane was shortlisted at the Scriptors India Short Film Script Contest 2025.
She was awarded an honorary Doctorate in Literature (D. Litt) from Sanskriti University, Mathura by former President of India Mr. Ram Nath Kovind.
