Natrang’s National Talk Show
STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: 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.
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. Moreover, it will enhance knowledge about literature, which is very essential for creativity, imagination etc.
He interestingly defines the difference between cinema acting and theatre acting where acting and emotions are same in both the cases only the minuteness is to be focused and loudness of theatre is to be controlled before the camera.
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. Writing for films is a hectic task for him. He has written two films and the third one is under process.
He wants to transform one of his film scripts into a play. Rakesh suggests that even in this pandemic period, we should not let loose the charm of theatre. Be active, narrate stories, share poems etc. to remain alive.