Pawan Kumar

Biography

Training

Since my involvement in the theatre arts from the year 1998, I have managed to attend innumerable workshops and short-term training programs to gain and polish my skills. These workshops not only helped me develop my own form of theatre, but also gave me the courage to experiment my thoughts and feelings theatrically and to confidently present it to an audience.

• Summer Project On Theatre 2000 by Bangalore Little Theatre
• Playback Theatre by The Script
• Body Theatre by The Script
• Playback theatre (advanced) by Bev and Mary, International Playback Theatre Network
• Story Telling by Mary, New York
• Physical Theatre & the Performer by Atul Kumar
• Evolution of a stage Production by Salim Arif
• Basic Mime by Bappi Das
• ‘Theatre in Education’ faculty training by The Script
• Script Writing by Carl Miller, Royal Court Theatre, London
• Theatre to Film by Amol Pareker and Neena Gupta
• Acting for Film by Makrand Deshpande & Anurag Kashyup
• Internalization of Acting by Sunil Shanbagh
• Building character by Akash Khurana
• Comedy acting by Joy Fernandez
• Acting for Actors by Barry John
• Commedia dell’Arte by Italian Commedia Company
• Characterization by Vijay Padaki
• Internal Acting by Nasseruddin Shah
• Lighting Design by Tapas Sen
• Theatre Direction by Prasanna
• Advanced Theatre by Footsbarn traveling Theatre
• Finding meaning in a Film by Nick Deocampo
• Debate about off beat films with Saeed Mirza
• Docu Filming by Uli Gaulke
• Script and Dialogue by Anurag Kashyap
• Cinematography by Dilip Verma and Anil Mehta

Theatre Profile

I have been involved in almost all aspects of theatre arts. First few years as an enthusiast creating amateur theatre within the college. After undergoing professional training I moved on to producing theatre within a professional setup with regular public shows. I formed an english theatre company called ACTor Productions in 2004 and have worked as an Artistic Director and a Producer. I have produced more than 70 public shows and have collaborated in various capacities in theatre productions produced by other theatre companies. I have also conducted theatre workshops in corporate companies, colleges, schools and for general pubic.

Professional Theatre under ACTor Productions

• The Woman in Me – Actor, Director, Playwright
• Honey! Lets Break Up – Director, Playwright
• Sleuth – Actor, Director
• Monologues – Director
• Third Bell Theatre Festival – Festival Director
• Evam Indrajit – Actor, Director
• The Final Rehearsal – Actor, Director, Playwright

Professional Theatre as a Freelance Theatre Practitioner

• Captain India – Lighting Design & Execution
• Peele Scooterwalla Adami – Lighting Design & Execution
• Bali aur Shambu – Lighting Design & Execution
• Complicite’s Measure for Measure – Lighting assistance (Indian tour)
• Flying doctor – Actor
• Barber of Sivilia(opera) – Actor
• Penis Dialogue – Scripting and lighting
• Acid -Video edit and light execution
• Body Catcher – Light design & execution
• Khel – Light design & execution
• Dancing on Glass -  Light design & execution

Amateur Theatre as a part-time Theatre Practitioner

• Straws of Justice -Direction, Scripting and Acting
• The Silent Plight -Direction, Scripting, acting
• Home Rule – Acting
• Cartoons – Acting
• The elephant and the mice – Acting
• Where have all the sparrows gone – Voice over
• Playback theatre – Acting
• Theatre in Education –Theatre Faculty
• Hare and the tortoise – Direction, Scripting and Acting
• The Invisible Man – Direction
• The Lone Tusker – Backstage
• Sakharam Binder – Backstage
• Dinosaur – Direction and Scripting
• The Cause – Direction, Scripting and Acting
• September 11 – Set design, Backstage
• You are your own savior – Direction, Scripting and Acting
• Frozen Twilight – Asso.direction & sound editing
• Cinderella – Sound Design
• Mending wall – Direction
• Ant and the cricket – Sound Design
• Nuke - Direction
• As the Mask drops – Voice over
• Ek Aur Dronachary – Sound designing and execution
• Animal Form – Acting and video editing
• A view from the stage – Production crew

Films Profile

Since 2006 I have also worked in a few film projects. I have found both theatre and films as art forms closely related to one another. Like theatre, my stint with films started of as an amateur and moved on to working in feature films. Currently writing screenplays for various feature films.

• Blind Date, short film – Director
• Pancharangi, feature film – Story, Screenplay & Actor
• Manasaare, feature film – Screenplay & Actor
• Lagori, feature film – Screenplay
• Circus, feature film – Actor
• Inthi Ninna Preethiya, feature film – Actor
• Mr. Garagasa, feature film – Actor
• Dreamcatcher, short film – Director
• Beginnings & Endings, short film – Director
• 3, short film – Actor
• A Perfect Day, short film – Director

Awards and Recognitions in Theatre and Films

• Young Performing Arts Entrepreneur 2009 (India finalist) by British Council
• Osians Indian Talent Campus 2007
• Ability Foundation Short Films 2007 (Finalist)
• Indian Young Achiever 2006 (Finalist)
• 101 Genesis Film Project 2006 (Finalist)
• Best Actor Thespo 2002
• Best Creative Direction for Times Playfest