“Be fully present, deeply disciplined, fiercely alive”

Know Him :

• Classically trained contemporary Indian actor with 18 years of experience.
• Experienced theatre director, designer, and educator, skilled in traditional and folk theatre forms of India.
• Professional with experience as guest faculty, former HOD, technical director, technical coordinator, and visiting faculty at various institutions.

Expertise :

• Acting (Realistic Acting, Voice and Speech, Mime, Comedy, Animal Exercise and Instinct, Michel Chekov’s method, Theatre games and Improvisations, Classical acting)
• Theatre Direction and Design
• Traditional and Folk Theatre, and Martial Arts (Navarasa Sahdhana, Chau martial arts, Taekwondo, Tang Ta, Kalarippayattu, Kathakali, Yakshagana, Theyyam, Kutiyattam, Yoga)

Professional Highlights :

• Qualified UGC NET in Performing Arts in 2020.
• Directed the documentary film ‘Baiga Bhoomi’ on Baiga Tribal communities.
• Directed numerous theatre productions, including ‘Nagamandala’, ‘A Black Talcum Powder Project’, ‘Three-Penny Opera’, and ‘Trojan Women’.
• Worked as a theatre designer for various plays and events, including the Global Alliance of Theater School in Shanghai, China and the Prague Quadrennial in the Czech Republic.

Credentials :

• 2 Year Post Graduate Diploma in Screen Acting in 2018, FTII, Pune
• 3 Year Post Graduate Diploma in Dramatics with specialization in Theatre Technique & Design in 2009, NSD, New Delhi