CAST/ CREW PROFILES - KANYADAAN

• LILLETE DUBEY (Director / Seva Devlalikar)
• Director / Actress
• An actress on stage, as well as in television and films, Lillete Dubey is also producer and Artistic Director of her own Theatre Company ‘The Primetime Theatre Co’.
• Over a span of 30 years, she has played the lead in theatrical work ranging from Shakespeare, Greek Tragedy, Musical comedies, Farce and Absurd Theatre to Contemporary Drama, and a gamut of Indian playwrights.
• She formed her own company in 1991, with the intention of promoting original Indian writing, and has directed 21 productions for it so far. Three of these have received the Sahitya Kala Parishad Award for Best Play of the Year. Several of the company’s productions have travelled widely in India and abroad, with many having played at the Bloomsbury Theatre in London, at the Tribecca in New York, at the Portland International Performance Festival in the U.S, at Watermans in London, at The Actors Studio in Kuala Lumpur, at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland, as well as in Hongkong, Singapore, Colombo, Dubai, Lahore, London, Bangkok, Kuala Lampur, and all the major cities in the U.S.
• Ms. Dubey has also done several television serials and films, of which “Zubeida”, “Monsoon Wedding”, “Baghban”, “ Kal Ho Na Ho”, “ Morning Raga” , “My brother Nikhil’, (for which she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress- Screen Awards 2006), “Sau Jhooth ek Sach”, (Silver Bear at the Lyons Film Festival ) and ‘Pinjar’ have received wide acclaim, with ‘’Monsoon Wedding’’ having won the Golden Lion for Best Picture, in Venice in 2000. She is currently working in three feature films and will be directing her first film early next year.

• RAJENDRA GUPTA ( Nath Devlalikar)
• Actor
• Mr. Gupta did his graduation in Direction from the National School Of Drama, New Delhi in 1972. He has worked both as a director and as an actor in films, television and theatre for over three decades now. A well- known and versatile actor, Mr. Gupta has straddled every medium with equal ease.
• In a career spanning over 30 films, he has worked with some of the best directors in cinema including Mani Ratnam in “Guru”, Ashutosh Govarikar in “Lagaaan” , Sanjay Sharma in “Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron” , Parto Mitra in “Koi Aap Sa”, Prakash Jha in “Dil Kya Kare”, Saeed Mirza in “Salim Langde Par Mat Ro”, Sudhir Mishra in “Main Zinda Hoon”, Sagar Sarhadi in “Agla Mausam”, Milan Luthria in “Deewar” and many more.
• He has acted in over 60 television serials and acted in and directed more than 30 plays. This veteran actor has played the lead in plays as diverse as “Chekov ki Duniya”, “Begum Barve”, “Chanakyashastra”, “Mahabhoj”, “Surya ki antim Kiran se, Surya ki Pehli Kiran tak”, “An Inspector Calls”, “ Nati Binodhini” and many more. He is currently acting in two plays, and is also working in two television serials at present.

• JOY SENGUPTA ( Arun Athavale )
• Actor
• Mr Sengupta has done a Diploma in Drama, with a specialization in Acting from The Living Theatre Academy under the directorship of Professor Ebrahim Alkazi.
• He has performed in various plays, which include Moteram ka Satyagraha, E. Alkazi’s Chekov – Three Sisters, Peter Shaffer’s – Royal Hunt of the Sun, Mahesh Elkunchwar’s – Virasat, Various Greek tragedies, Bertolt Brecht’s – Mother, and some street plays like ‘Hathyare’, ‘Aurat’, by Safdar Hashmi.
• He has also worked with renowned directors like Barry John, in Tom Stoppard’s – Indian Ink; Lillete Dubey in Womanly Voices, Dance Like A Man, On A Muggy Night In Mumbai, Thirty Days In September; Rahul Da Cunha’s Class of 84 and Anahita Uberoi in Anju Makhija’s - If Wishes Were Horses, etc.
• He has also acted in several Television serials like “X-Zone”, “Bhabhi”, etc for channels like Zee TV, Sony TV, Star Plus & films like Govind Nihlani’s, “Hazar Chaurasi Ki Ma” which was chosen for the London & San Francisco Film Festivals, and also won the National Award. Abhijeet Chaudhary’s, “Patalghar” ,another National Award winner and many more .

• RADHIKA APTE ( Jyoti Devlalikar )
• Actor
• Radhika Apte, a graduate from Pune University, has been actively involved in theatre for the past 5 years. She is also a trained Kathak dancer, who has studied dance under the guidance of eminent danseuse Guru Rohini Bhate. She has also learnt Contemporary Ballet under Ms.Gauri Vanarase for 2 years. She has participated in many one-act competitions, and has won several Awards for acting at the State Level. Her ongoing projects include ‘TU’, a play directed by Mr. Mohit Takalkar, (which was staged at the prestigious National Theatre Festival at Bharangam, and in Delhi and Kolkata), and ‘POORNAVIRAM’ by the same director, which opened at the (Royal Court) Writers’ Bloc Festival at Prithvi Theatre in Mumbai in 2007.Ms Apte is presently acting in three plays.

• Raaghav Chanana ( Jayprakash Devlalikar)
• Actor
• Raghav has been acting for the past five years, both in India and abroad. He was last seen during the Writer's Bloc Festival in the Sunil Shanbag directed Turel (2007).
• His theatrical credits include Farrukh Dhondy's Brain Child (2005), directed by Roysten Abel, Shakespeare's Twelfth Night (2004), directed by Stephen Beresford, (staged at London's Albery Theatre for 10 weeks), the musical hit Yeh Hai Mumbai Meri Jaan (2003), directed by Sanjoy Roy.
• His other credits include Dea Loher's Tattoo (2004), Thomas Jonigk's And You Shall Give Me Grandsons (2004), both of which were directed by Suhela Kapur. He also acted in Vincent Didn't Know He Was A Genius (2003) and Come As You Were (2003), both written and directed by Nicholas Kharkongor; and G.B. Shaw's Arms And The Man (2002).
• He is also a voice-over artiste and has presented radio shows, and compered for several events. He is currently acting in two plays – ‘Kanyadaan’ and ‘Turel’.

• BHOLA SHARMA
• SET & Lights Designer.
• Mr Sharma is a graduate from the J.J School of Art, Mumbai and has been involved in Art Direction, Set Design and Light Effects since 1982. He has designed sets and lights for several theatre directors including Naseerudin Shah, Mahabanoo Mody Kotwal, Hosi Vasunia etc as well as designed the sets for The Primetime Theatre Company's SAMMY, 30 DAYS IN SEPTEMBER and ZEN KATHA .He has also designed for 2BU for Alyque Padamsee. The Verdict for Divya Palat, My Best Friends Wedding for Sandeep Sikkand.
• He has also been an art director on various television shows and done lighting for dance ballets as well which include “World Millennium Concert” for Zee Tv & DNA New York, “ Sonu Nigam Night” for “Birla Group”, “An Evening In Paris” For “The Club”, A Daler Mehndi Show , “Technical Award Night” for “Zee Tv”

• Main Event : THEATRE "Kanya Daan - The Gift of a Daughter" English Play by Vijay Tendulkar at Kamani Auditorium - 18th & 19th July, 2007