Early Times Report
JAMMU, July 18: Natrang's National Theatre Talk Show, 'Young Voices of Theatre' featured theatre, film and TV actor, director and writer, National School of Drama alumni, Rakesh Chaturvedi Om today who shared his views with the global audience at the Facebook page of Natrang Jammu. Born and brought up in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, Rakesh Chaturvedi Om completed his Diploma in Acting from National School of Drama in the year 2000. He started his theatre career with Darpan Theatre Group and attended a workshop conducted by IPTA and National School of Drama in Kanpur. Rakesh Chaturvedi has the credit of conducting production oriented workshops at Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand and other parts of the country including one acting oriented workshop in Chandigarh, sponsored by Sangeet Natak Akademi, Chandigarh. He has the experience of working with eminent Theatre personalities. He has acted in many serials like; 'CID', 'Akela', 'Apradhi Kaun', 'Karamchand', 'Insaaf', 'Khel', 'Sara Aakash', Short films; 'Gulcharrey', 'Noor' and some TV commercials too. As far as the feature films are concerned, he has acted in "Kesari", "Padman", "Graveyard Shift", "Adrishya", "Path", "Dhoort" etc. In a candid and interesting conversation with Nartang's senior artist Anil Tickoo, Rakesh narrated his flamboyant journey of theatre with vivid citation. Once, while watching a film 'Yaarana' of Amitabh Bachan, he got interested in acting and earlier considered theatre to be a medium to reach Mumbai. Later he got an entry in Darpan theatre group of Kanpur. He believes that theatre practitioners develop a bird's eye view to watch the society. He humbly asserts that solo performances and a few plays in Mumbai helped him to remain active in theatre during struggle days and even today he is working on solo performances and also struggling. He believes that theatre should be a part of curriculum till 12th standard as it will certainly help in personality development of children.
He suggests that one needs to be in practice and activate oneself with practice. Be interactive as interaction is essential for theatre. Working with the freshers, for him, is a tremendous experience.
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