Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 26: “The Thinking Actor’’, an Intensive Acting Workshop was inaugurated today at Natrang Jammu.
Being conducted by noted theatre, television and film actor Bhasha Sumbli, the workshop aims to impart wholesome training of Acting and Personality Development to theatre enthusiasts. Talented NSD and Department of Indian Theatre alumni, Sunil Soni would be the co-director of the workshop. Senior artists of Natrang, Anil Tickoo, Neeraj Kant and Sumeet Sharma were also present at the inaugural function.
In his online address from Mauritius, Director Natrang, Balwant Thakur complemented the participants who have availed this golden opportunity to get trained from the learned and experienced mentor and asserted that this endeavour of Natrang would facilitate the overall growth of the young theatre aspirants.
Director of the workshop Bhasha Sumbli learnt Bhand Pather from M L Kemmu and graduated from NSD, she has performed in many National and International Theatre Festivals in India and abroad.. She has written and published various plays and research papers on the Indian performing arts, which have been published in reputed national journals like Rang Prasang, Lamahi, Sheeraza, etc. She has conducted many theatre workshops across the country ranging from Shillong, Kerala, Chandigarh, Mumbai, Delhi, Bhopal, etc.
As a voice artist she has dubbed the lead voice for Kashmiri version of the American muppet show Sesame Street aired on DD Kashir. Bhasha has acted in films like Meghna Gulzar’s ‘Chhapaak’ and her upcoming film as an actor in a leading role is ‘The Kashmir Files’ in which she will be seen alongside Anupam Kher, Mithun Chakraborty, Pallavi Joshi and Darshan Kumaar and many other accomplished actors.
The workshop is being coordinated by Mohd Yaseen. Those who are attending this workshop include Meenakshi Bhagat, Mahikshit Singh, Shivam Singh, Abhinav Sharma, Amish Thakyal, Bhavik Sambyal, Mohit Kaul, Gautam Sharma, Sagar Gupta, Bhawani Singh, Tanmay Mahajan, Priya Sharma, Palshin Dutta, Akshay Sharma, Kushal Bhat, Prohitdeep Singh and Rakshit Arora.
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