Ravi Deep

Ravi Deep
Writer Director Ravi Deep

Born Ravi Parkash
(1954-12-30) 30 December 1954
Firozpur, Punjab, India
Occupation Director, writer, actor
Spouse(s) Sunita Gupta
Ravi Deep recorded an Election Message by Aamir Khan रवि दीप आमिर खान के साथ दूरदर्शन मुंबई में निर्वाचन संबंधी सन्देश की रिकॉर्डिंग के दौरान
Ravi Deep with Anchor Jaspal Bhatti during shoot of TV Show Mela Melian Da
Ravi Deep with legendary actor Pran during shoot of a New Year Eve TV Show
Ravi Deep with cast of Serial Lafafi
Ravi Deep during shoot of serial Parchhaven
Ravi Deep & Navnindra Behl in play The Chairs
Ravi Deep & Kanwalpreet in play Sakharam Binder

Ravi Deep (born Ravi Parkash; 30 December 1954 at Firozpur, Punjab) is an Indian theatre and television director, writer and actor

Biography

Ravi Deep started stage acting from his school days and got involved in modern theatre during college days at Kapurthala, a town in India. He along with Lalit Behl, Pramod Moutho, Satish Sharma and Harjit Walia made this small town a hub of modern theatre. He did his Masters in Dramatic Art from Punjabi University, Patiala in 1977. He did freelancing as theatre actor, director and writer.[1] He wrote and directed short plays 'Rang Nagari' (The City of Colors), 'Kheench Rahe Hain' (Pulling On), 'Kaun Nachaye Nach?' (Who Makes Us Dance?), 'Satya Katha' (The True Story) and 'Mukti Bahini' (The Liberation Force). These plays won inter varsity contests for 4 consecutive years (1978–81). 'Rangmanch Ke Teen Rang' an anthology of his first three plays was published in March 1982. His plays are still being staged every year, mainly at University Contests. He also wrote & directed few children plays like 'Bagula Bhagat' and 'Bahurupiya'. His anthology of stories 'Bilav' was published in 2014.

Ravi Deep joined Doordarshan, the Public Service Broadcasting Organisation of India in April 1983 and shifted to programme production, writing and direction for television. He produced and directed TV Serials 'Buniad', 'Lafafi' and 'Parchhaven' besides a number of teleplays, telefilms, documentaries and TV programmes. He won Doordarshan Award in 2008 in the Literary Adoption Category. He has four more nominations to his credit. He did Masters in Political Science (1980) and M Phil (1992). Presently he is working at Doordarshan Kendra Mumbai. He has been the Programme Director of ABU Robocon India from 2007 to 2014.

Filmography

As director

As a writer

As an actor

As production designer

As voice over artist

Research Work

Politics & Theatre in Punjab (Thesis for M Phil)

Awards and Nominations

Award Result Category Programme
Sahyadri Award 2010 Won Best in house Fiction Godaveri Ne Kay Kele
Sahyadri Award 2010 Won Best Nonfiction (Utility) ABU Robocon 2010: Team India
DD Award 2009–10 Nomination Telefilm Godaveri Ne Kay Kele
DD Award 2008–09 Won Literary adoption Samander Ki Rani
DD Award 2008–09 Nomination Telefilm Qatalgah
DD Award 2004 Nomination Science & Technology Charting the Ocean

References

  1. ↑ Kharbanda, Sushama. "Our Guest", Jalandhar NewslineIndian express, Chandigarh, 25 April 1997.
  2. ↑ Syal, Prakash. "Aerial and Antenna", The Tribune, Chandigarh, 2 November 1987.
  3. ↑ Syal, Prakash. "Aerial and Antenna", The Tribune, Chandigarh, 16 February 1987.
  4. ↑ Syal, Prakash. "Aerial and Antenna", The Tribune, Chandigarh, 26 August 1985.

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