RangManch

Legendary actress Dina Pathak is best remembered for her memorable characters on screen be it Khoobsoorat or Golmaal but those who have watched her on stage, say she was mesmerising in Mena Gurjari, Mithyabhiman, Jasma Odhan, and many more!

Her plays reflected a changing India, and she excelled as an actor, a director, a dancer, activist, and also a nationalist.
She was an inspiration for a generation of actors, and also to her family - 2 daughters & 4 grandchildren!

On her centenary birth anniversary, her daughters Ratna Pathak Shah & Supriya Pathak Kapur, pay a tribute to their mother and celebrate her life!

In this special episode of the Rangmanch podcast, we have the duo Ratna Pathak Shah & Supriya Pathak Kapur sharing their experiences with the legend in conversation with Bhawana Somaaya.

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Vivaan Shah published his first novel Living Hell in 2019 and a horror short story for the Hindu Businessline titled Entombed, and one for HT Brunch called The Reptile Kind.
He has acted in movies and shows with literary source material ranging from 7 Khoon Maaf and Bombay Velvet to A Suitable Boy.
He has been acting and participating in the theatre since he was a child, and has adapted the works of Edgar Allan Poe and Ambrose Bierce into a play he directed entitled Comedy of Horrors.

Listen to him share his journey on Rangmanch with Bhawana Somaaya.

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Ananth Mahadevan is a National Film award-winning media personality in films, television, theatre, advertising since 1980.
He has acted in over 36 theatre productions with over 3000 performances in India and abroad!
He has been seen and loved in multiple films, and series, however, the theatre is where his heart is.

Listen to him share his journey on Rangmanch with Bhawana Somaaya.

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Gajraj Rao is is a multimedia actor visible on all platforms and ad filmmaker who began his acting journey with theatre in 1988. He is one of the founding members of the renowned theatre group Act One in Delhi.

Having worked with theatre stalwarts like Ranjit Kapoor, and B.V. Karanth, he has also been active with children's theatre through the Khilona Theatre Group and has conducted several workshops for schools. His performances in films such as Badhaai Ho, Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan, and Lootcase, have been appreciated widely by audiences and critics alike.

Listen to him share his journey on Rangmanch with Bhawana Somaaya

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Akarsh Khurana is an Indian director, writer, and actor, son of actor Akash Khurana, who is critically acclaimed for writing and directing various shows.
His notable works are TVF Tripling (as a writer), Yeh Meri Family (actor), Mismatched (as a director), and Krrish (as a supporting screenplay writer)

His latest teleplay "The Job" is an English play starring Karan Pandit, Kashin Shetty, Tariq Vasudeva, and Shweta Tripathi.
A young candidate turns up for a job interview only to realize that this wasn’t the typical question and answer round he had imagined. Nothing he learned in college;  university or his last few jobs have prepared him for what comes next.

Listen to him share his journey on Rangmanch with Bhawana Somaaya

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Artist, Actor, Producer, Director, and an Entrepreneur, Shreyas Talpade is popularly recognized as an Indian actor, who appears in Marathi and Hindi films. He, however, began his journey as a theatre artist, where he gathered immense love, art and confidence to venture into mainstream entertainment.
Since the start of his career, he has donned many successful hats of being an Artist, an Actor, a Director and also a Producer. He constantly kept climbing the ladder upwards, adding newer roles and skill sets to his professional journey.
This attitude has got him to now begin his entrepreneurial journey with his new venture – Nine R s , an OTT platform exclusively for Theatre & Performing Arts.

Listen to him share his journey and also talk about the vision behind Nine Rãsã only on Rangmanch with Bhawana Somaaya

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Meenal Patel is quite literally the empress of Gujarati Theatre. Her fans squeal in delight everytime she is on the stage, and writers and directors are promoted to a new pedestal when she affirms to be in their productions.
From rangmanch to television & now the digital Media, Patel has over the decades have adjusted and excelled on all the platforms. 

Listen to her not just share her life, but also how the theatre industry has evolved over the years!

Only on Ragmanch with Bhawana Somaaya!

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Preeta Mathur Thakur has been working on the Hindi Theatre Stage for the last 30 years. With about 4000 shows of more than 50 plays behind her, Preeta has a large and varied experience to draw from.

Preeta began her career in professional Theatre with The Indian People’s Theatre Association

(IPTA)  under the influence of and inspiration from veterans like A K Hangal, M S Sathyu, Javed Siddiqui, Sudhir Pandey, Mushtaq Khan, Sulbha Arya, Ramesh Talwar, Kuldeep Singh and other seniors

After a few important plays with IPTA, Preeta moved on to Dinesh Thakur’s ANK, one of the the most prolific Theatre Groups of the country. Preeta saw great growth with Ank under the stewardship of Dinesh Thakur whom she regards as her Guru. Her oeuvre with Ank includes the big playwrights of our times like Mohan Rakesh, Vijay Tendulkar, Girish Karnad, Badal Sarkar, Neil Simon, George Bernard Shaw, Shakespeare, Oliver Goldsmith, Agatha Christie, Ranbir Sinh, Rabindranath Tagore, Mohan Katdare, Satish Alekar, Mahesh Elkunchwar, Asghar Wajahat etc. as well as a whole host of genres from comedy to tragedy.

Preeta has also worked in television beginning with Shyam Benegal’s Bharat Ek Khoj to M S Sathyu’s Kayar, Kundan Shah’s Manoranjan, DD’s popular Kashish etc, Telefilms for DD  like Chauthi Ka Joda etc and hosting a programme on Zee with Tom Alter.

Preeta’s film work has mainly been interesting cameo’s with directors Shyam Benegal, Kundan Shah, Raj Kumar Santoshi, Prakash Mehra, Basu Bhattacharya, Amol Palekar

Preeta has also been essaying an important corporate role as a senior Finance and Procurement Executive with Cement major ACC Ltd. for almost 30 years

Preeta now heads Ank Theatre Group and in her most recent work on stage has been directed by Devendra Raj Ankur, Ram Gopal Bajaj, Ashok Mishra, Veena Bakshi, Amol Palekar and Brandon Hill. Apart from having Articles on theatre published and designing innovative narration of unusual stories online during lockdown times,  Preeta has also been directing plays and conducting acting workshops and training for Ank.  Preeta is now putting the finishing touches to a major play written by her which she will be directing for Ank.

Preeta is considered a respected game-changer in the theatre world,  possessing unique knowledge and first-hand experience,  being a revolutionary theatre personality and actress with over 30 years of experience in the Hindi theatre world.

Having now moved out of her Corporate role, Preeta is ready to experiment afresh with Film and digital platforms.

Listen to her amazing journey on this episode of Rangmanch with Bhawana Somaaya.

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Bhamini Oza has explored a broad spectrum of the entertainment industry. Her experience by far has been the epitome of versatility. Being an active part of the theatre world for over 2 decades her plays including “The waiting rooms”, “Ek chokri saav anokhi”, “Chaa chok Chovis”,7*3=21, and “Sir Sir Sarla” was applauded by the audience and received immense success and appreciation.  

Her television experience includes multiple languages, Hindi serials like “Khichdi”, “Chup Chup ke”, na bole tum na maine kuchh kaha and “Sarabhai vs Sarabhai” and“ Aprajita” “Bhale Padhariya” and many more in Gujarati, Not to forget her experiences in Marathi television as well. 

Apart from the astonishing world of acting, she has also been able to expand her horizon towards the direction and assisted Mrs. Jyoti Vyas in “Paarki Thapan” and Also, Mr. Rajesh Deshpande in “Kumari Gangubai Nonmetric”.

Her contribution to the Web series has also been fruitful and celebrated in a Hindi series called “The Heartbreak Hotel”. Her upcoming project includes the Gujarati film “Avartan” which is in process of shooting.

Listen to her amazing journey on this episode of Rangmanch with Bhawana Somaaya.

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On Rangmanch, Annup Sonii joins Bhawana Somaaya to share his journey from Rajasthan to the prestigious National School Of Drama to one of the most popular crime series - Crime Patrol. 

He also talks about his learnings & experiences from the various mediums- Theatre, Television, Films, and now web series.

Listen to his illustrious journey on this episode of Rangmanch with Bhawana Somaaya

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