Sachin Gupta

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Sachin Gupta
Born 9 March 1978
Delhi, India
Occupation Playwright,Theatre Director & FilmMaker
Nationality India
www.sachingupta.net

Sachin Gupta (born 9 March 1978) is an Indian playwright and theatre director.[1][2]

Biography

Recipient of National Award "Natya Bhushan", Sachin Gupta is a qualified software engineer. He is the founder and CEO of Chilsag Entertainment Network, a media and entertainment company.[3]

In March 2003 he started his Chilsag Chillies Theatre Company which has produced thirteen original theatre productions written and directed by Sachin Gupta addressing various social issues, even through musicals and comedy theatre productions, has formed a Theatre laboratory and a Drama Therapy centre. Also he has trained more than 300 actors in various acting programs under the acting school he began in 2004.[4]

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In 2005 he moved to North America to expand his film and theatre work, staged three Off Broadway shows with American actors and studied acting at Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, New York and at Fanshawe College, Canada and has learned nuances of Shakespearean acting at the Emerson College in the US.

In 2011, he formed Chilsag Motion Pictures, a film production house. He is directing a Bollywood Hindi feature Film for late 2012 theatrical release. [6] [7] While working as an Artistic Director in the Chilsag Chillies Theatre Company Sachin Gupta has also been editing a theatre magazine – Theatre Pasta – that has interviewed theatre personalities from across the world and made it available on the net.[8] With pursuit of works of the masters Sachin went to the UK to do research on Shakespeare and also did a case study on Harvard University's Theatre Company 'American Repertory Theatre' . In acknowledgement of his continued work he has received letters of positive feedback for social themed plays from the former President of India Dr APJ Abdul Kalam and an award conferred on him by Delhi's Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on behalf of Balwant Ray Society in India.[9] Recently he received a National Award 'Natya Bhushan' for his contribution to theatre.

Sachin’s sojourn into theatre started when he was 12 years old, and to date he has staged seventy-five shows around the world working as an Actor, Director and Playwright including his award winning Off Broadway play ‘Celebration of life’, ‘Handicapped City’ & ‘Kailashnath weds Madhumati’ which he staged Off-Broadway, New York and in Toronto, Canada for which he got huge appreciation amongst theatre lovers in North America. Recently he staged his theatre production The Play Begins @8pm in Orissa while working as an actor along with film actor and playback singer Vasundhara das.[10][11]

His plays include Celebration Of Life, Suicide is Painless, Handicapped City, Great Mind at Work, No Cheating Today, Don’t miss my Party, Devil’s Carnival, Live Telecast, Next Indian Idol, Kailashnath Weds Madhumati, A Roller Coaster Ride, Wake Up Call and The Play Begins @8pm.

Career

Plays written and directed by Sachin Gupta"

  • Celebration Of Life (2003), English, Drama/65min
  • Handicapped City (2004), English, Drama/90min
  • Suicide is Painless (2005), Bilingual, Drama/65min
  • A Roller Coaster Ride (2007), English, Children's Play/70min
  • Next Indian Idol (2005), Hindi, Comedy/35min
  • Great Mind At work (2005), Hindi, Comedy/45min
  • KailashNath weds Madhumati (2007), Hindi, Comedy/45min
  • Live Telecast (2005), Bilingual, Comedy/35min
  • Devil’s Carnival (2005), Musical, Drama/35min
  • Don't Miss my Party (2005), Hindi, Drama/35min
  • No Cheating Today (2005), Hindi, Comedy/40min
  • The Play Begins @8pm (2010), Hindi, Drama/60min

As an actor

  • KailashNath weds Madhumati Off-Broadway Musical Comedy 2009, New York
  • The Play Begins @8pm Drama, 2011 Performance by Vasundhara Das & Sachin Gupta, Orissa

Actors

Film and television actors who have worked with Gupta's Theatre Company include Vasundhara Das, Gauri Karnik, Anjum Farooki, Nausheen Ali Sardar, Anuj Saxena, Prerna Wanvari, Kashmira Irani, Shraddha Musale, Rubina Dilaik and Neha Pawar.

References

  1. ↑ "A man with a dream...: Actor, director and writer Sachin Gupta wears many hats with equal ease.". The Hindu. May 5, 2006. 
  2. ↑ "Out of Box: Engineered to act:Sachin Gupta gave up software engineering to pursue theatre". The Tribune. April 9, 2005. 
  3. ↑ "Listening to the alarm". The Hindu. September 14, 2007. 
  4. ↑ "'Celebration of Life’ a moving play". The Tribune. January 2, 2010. 
  5. ↑ "Handicapped City to Play SoHo Playhouse Aug. 17". The PlayBill. August 12, 2009. 
  6. ↑ "Individuals shine at theatre festival". The Daily Telegraph. September 29, 2011. 
  7. ↑ "An Alarm to Action". The Hindu. August 26, 2010. 
  8. ↑ "A theatre meal with chillies". The Hindu. August 11, 2006. 
  9. ↑ "The play's the thing". The Hindu. April 27, 2007. 
  10. ↑ "Taking a break to chase dreams". Deccan Herald. August 2010. 
  11. ↑ "Laugh a while". The Hindu. July 20, 2007. 

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