Theatre Day Celebrated by AAFT On Line |
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Delhi: The Theatre has been one of the most popular forms of entertainment
since the Greeks, and is one of the most important activities in performing
arts.
“Theatre
Day is celebrated on 27th March to pay respect to the artists and
encourage performing arts as a means of infotainment. Theatre has been able to
bring in voices of neglected in the foray, and given a platform to artists to
convey their emotions and message across to a wider audience,” said Dr. Sandeep
Marwah President of Marwah Studios and one time theatre artist himself.
“Theatre is a very important
part of our studies at AAFT. All acting courses and performing arts like dance
actually have been originated from theatre. We still give lots of importance to
theatre exercises in our syllabus,” added Dr. Marwah while addressing the
students on line.
Dr. Sandeep Marwah now
renowned international media personality started his carrier as theatre artist
way back in school, college and then professionally.
He has been involved with
great theatre personalities like B.V. karant, Meena Jacop, Rati Bartholomeo, Nadira
Babbar, Umesh Luthra and S.C. Sehgal as an actor.
Later he graduated to
theatre director, producer and presenter also. He has performed more than 100
shows on stage and has been associated with plays like Andher Gardi Choupat
Raja, Bhaye Ka Devta, Hai Watan, Tash Nagri, Jasma Odan, Oh Mere Sapne, Hum Do
Humare Do, Ek Se Barkar Ek, Baqi Ithihas, Rustam Saurabh, Dial M for Murder and
many more.