Sugith Varughese
| Sugith Varughese | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1958 (age 56–57) Cochin, Kerala |
| Occupation | Writer, director, actor |
Sugith Varughese (born 1958) is an Indian-born Canadian writer, director and actor.
Born in Cochin, Kerala, into a Syrian Christian family ("Varughese," also sometimes spelled "Varghese" and "Verghese" and variously pronounced, is Malayalam for "George"),[1] he immigrated to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan as a child when his neurosurgeon father obtained a professional appointment there.[2] His family's native language is Malayalam; having grown up in anglophone western Canada he naturally speaks English with a Canadian accent but from time to time affects an assortment of South Asian accents when playing dramatic roles that call for them.
Background
Sugith Varughese was raised in Saskatoon, began university studies at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon with a double major in pre-medicine and drama,[3] and continued on to an undergraduate degree in drama at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis and a Master of Fine Arts at York University in Toronto.[4] He went on to write, act in and direct film and television productions in both Canada and the USA. As a director, he has been nominated for and won several Canadian film and television and international film festival awards.[5] He holds a black belt in karate.[6]
Credits
His credits include the following.
Television
- As a television actor: "Little Mosque on the Prairie", "The Border" Kevin Hill; "Solar Strike"; "Metropia" "Peep"; Degrassi: The Next Generation; "I Want Candy"; "A Question"; "An American in Canada"; "Doc"; Veritas: The Quest; "Street Time"; "Get a Clue"; "Snap Decision"; "Blue Murder"; "A Colder Kind of Death"; "Tagged: The Jonathan Wamback Story”; “Relic Hunter”; “Deliberate Intent”; “Falcone”; “Mission to Mars”; “The Spreading Ground”; “Tribulation”; “Lethal Vows”; “Freak City”; “The Defenders: Taking the First”; “Naked City: Justice with a Bullet”; “A Father for Brittany”; Earth: Final Conflict; "Major Crime"; "Too Close to Home"; "PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal”; F/X: The Series; "Nancy Drew"; "RoboCop"; Kung Fu: The Legend Continues; "Quiet Killer"; "Counterstrike"; "Inside Stories: Home on the Range”; “Night Heat”; “Blindside”; “Best of Both Worlds”; Overdrawn at the Memory Bank.[5]
Stage
- As a stage actor: "Tideline" (Factory Theatre); "Bhopal" (Cahoots Theatre); and "Indian Ink" (CanStage/National Arts Centre).[7]
Scriptwriting
- As scriptwriter: “The Girl Who Hated Books”; “Mind Me Good Now”; “Tongue Tied”; “The Blobheads”; “Roses Sing on New Snow”; “Lost Worlds: Life in the Balance”; “Blue Murder”;“Christopher, Please Clean Up Your Room!”; “Talespinners Collection I”; “The Magic of Anansi”; “Lights for Gita”; “From Far Away”; “Groundling Marsh”; “On My Mind”; “Mela's Lunch”; “Kumar and Mr. Jones”; “Mount Royal”; “Best of Both Worlds”; “Fraggle Rock”[5] and "Entry Denied," a CBC radio play detailing the unsuccessful attempt by 376 Punjabi immigrants aboard the Komagata Maru to land in Vancouver in 1914 and the Canadian government's turning them back to India.[8]
Directing
- As director: “Tongue Tied”; “On My Mind”; “Mela's Lunch”; “Kumar and Mr. Jones.”[5]
References
- ↑ Neither the famous Dr Abraham Verghese nor the American stand-up comedian Paul Varghese, both also of Malayali Syrian Christian backgrounds, is necessarily any relation of Sugith Varughese: Malayali Syrian Christians do not have public family names (they have "house" names) and their putative surnames are simply their fathers' Christian names.
- ↑ Aseem Chhabra, "I Didn't Want To Be Invisible." Rediff.com, 18 May 2001. Retrieved 28 September 2007.
- ↑ Paul Lima, “The Writer As Warrior: Sugith Varughese,” Writers Guild of Canada: The W Files. Retrieved 29 September 2007.
- ↑ Chhabra.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Internet Movie Database: Sujith Varoghese. Retrieved 29 September 2007.
- ↑ Lima.
- ↑ Writing at the Intersection: The Diaspora Crosswalk. Diaspora Dialogues. Retrieved 29 September 2007.
- ↑ Best Prices.com. "Where Is Here? : A CBC Radio Drama Anthology". Retrieved 29 September 2007.
External links
- Sugith Varughese at the Internet Movie Database
- From Far Away, Lights for Gita and The Magic of Anansi, National Film Board of Canada website.