Scam 1992 Actor Pratik Gandhi: I Was Leading A Secure Life With My Job, But Acting Was Always Part Of My Personality
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For years Pratik Gandhi, a known face in Gujarati theatre and films, straddled two starkly different worlds as an engineer and artiste but the actor is happy that his perseverance finally paid off with Scam 1992 The Harshad Mehta Story . Gandhi s stellar performance in the Hansal Mehta-directed limited series on Sony LIV was one of the most talked about roles of 2020. The actor, born in Surat to teacher parents, arrived in Mumbai in 2004 but the path eventually led him back to his home state where he found fame in Gujarati cinema and plays before being spotted for the role of the infamous stockbroker Harshad Mehta. The only thing, Gandhi said, he could relate with Harshad Mehta was his humble beginnings and the desire to do something in life.
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For years Pratik Gandhi, a known face in Gujarati theatre and films, straddled two starkly different worlds as an engineer and artiste but the actor is happy that his perseverance finally paid off with âScam 1992 â The Harshad Mehta Storyâ. Gandhi s stellar performance in the Hansal Mehta-directed limited series on Sony LIV was one of the most talked about roles of 2020.
The actor, born in Surat to teacher parents, arrived in Mumbai in 2004 but the path eventually led him back to his home state where he found fame in Gujarati cinema and plays before being spotted for the role of the infamous stockbroker Harshad Mehta.
Pratik Gandhi Says He Was Comfortable & Secure Working As An Engineer Till 2016 But Never Thought Of Quitting Acting
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For years Pratik Gandhi, a known face in Gujarati theatre and films, straddled two starkly different worlds as an engineer and artiste but the actor is finally happy that his perseverance finally paid off with Scam 1992 The Harshad Mehta Story.
Gandhi s stellar performance in the Hansal Mehta-directed limited series on Sony LIV was one of the most talked about roles of 2020.
The actor, born in Surat to teacher parents, arrived in Mumbai in 2004 but the path eventually led him back to his home state where he found fame in Gujarati cinema and plays before being spotted for the role of the infamous stockbroker Harshad Mehta.
Astad Deboo, dance pioneer and acclaimed choreographer bows out
Mumbai Mirror / Updated: Dec 11, 2020, 09:11 IST
Astad Deboo (July 13, 1947 - December 10, 2020): The dance pioneer and acclaimed
choreographer bows out.
Ironically, the very first show I ever saw at
Prithvi Theatre in Juhu, which later became my regular haunt, was a performance by the dance legend Astad Deboo along with (Satyadev) Dubeyji’s actors. It was part of the Prithvi Theatre Festival, sometime in the 1980s, and I remember being absolutely spellbound.
I later went on to work with Dubeyji a lot. At one point in his career, he conducted several acting workshops. Astad would come in to conduct the movement workshops for his actors. They were extremely good friends, and in fact shared the same birthday (July 13). What struck me about their friendship was their deep passion and hunger for their respective performances, Dubeyji’s drama and Astad’s dance.
Astad Deboo: A rebel who stood astride India s fledgling experimental arts scene, and dismantled notions of dance Swimming against the tide, Astad Deboo forged an uncommon career that operated in its own niche perhaps, but has left behind an insurmountable legacy. Vikram Phukan December 11, 2020 08:10:58 IST Astad Deboo. Image via Facebook/Astad Deboo
An indelible and iconic image of the city’s cultural kaleidoscope that is unlikely to fade away is that of the late Astad Deboo in performance statuesque and obstinate in his stance; with a long, flowing, hand-stitched
angrakha in swirling colours marking his turf; and a hand, taut and outstretched, carrying in its palm a signature gesture both still and turbulent. Deboo was the grand old man of Indian contemporary dance, and his passing this week leaves a void made all the more pronounced by the overlap