In addition to being a producer and director, Onir also works as an editor, song designer and song director. Together with Sanjay Suri he produced the film ‘My Brother…Nikhil’ in 2004, one of the first Indian mainstream films dealing with the subject of homosexuality. He is a regular guest at the Indian Film Festival in Stuttgart, where his film ‘Shab’ was also screened with much success in 2017, his film ‘Kuchh Bheege Alfaaz’ in 2019.