Akash Khurana is an Indian actor, screenwriter, director, author, theatre artist and entrepreneur. [1]
His first screen appearance was in Shyam Benegal's Kalyug . [2] He has appeared in nearly 60 films, including Ardh Satya, Saaransh, Naam, Beta, Saudagar, Sarfarosh , Company and Barfii . [3]
He has written over 20 screen plays, including Aashiqui and Baazigar. He won Nandi Award for Special Jury for the film Dr. Ambedkar (1992). [4]
Khurana did his schooling from St. Francis de Sales school in Nagpur. [5] He graduated from National Institute of Technology, Rourkela (Rourkela, Odisha, India) as a mechanical engineer. He then obtained an MBA degree from XLRI – Xavier School of Management (Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India). [6] Later he obtained an M.Phil. degree and a Ph.D. in Social Sciences from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (Mumbai, India), where he has been a visiting faculty member since 1995. [7] [8]
Year | Films |
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2014 | Kaanchi: The Unbreakable |
2010 | Aakrosh |
2008 | Black & White |
2006 | Sarhad Paar |
2001 | Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke |
1999 | Daag: The Fire |
1999 | Agar Tum Na Aate |
1999 | Kartoos |
1999 | Silsila Hai Pyar Ka |
1998 | Angaaray |
1998 | Duplicate |
1998 | Yeh Aashiqui Meri |
1997 | Betaabi (screenplay / story) |
1996 | Chaahat (written by) |
Sanam O Sanam | |
1995 | Milan |
1993 | Baazigar (written by) |
1992 | Drohi (dialogue) |
1991 | Do Pal |
1991 | Saathi (dialogue / screenplay / story) |
1990 | Aashiqui (dialogue / screenplay / story) |
Swayam |
Play | Playwright | Director |
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1970s | ||
The Miser | Molière | K. Janardhan |
Equus | Peter Schaffer | K. Janardhan |
Adhe Adhure | Mohan Rakesh | K. Janardhan |
The Memorandum | Vaclav Havel | Anmol Vellani |
The Unknown General | Rene de Obaldia | Sunil Shanbag |
Abe Bewaqoof | Slavomir Mrozek | Satyadev Dubey |
1980s | ||
Aur Tota Bola | C’shekhar Kambhar | Satyadev Dubey |
Aah | Vijay Tendulkar | Satyadev Dubey |
Ajnabi | Albert Camus | Satyadev Dubey |
Ooljulool | A. Rangachari | Satyadev Dubey |
Don Juan in Hell | Bernard Shaw | Satyadev Dubey |
Chowkidar | Harold Pinter | Sunil Shanbag/Akash Khurana |
Circus | Slavomir Mrozek | Sunil Shanbag |
Mat Yaad Dila | Vijay Tendulkar | Akash Khurana |
Arms and the Man | Bernard Shaw | Naseeruddin Shah |
1990s | ||
Julius Caesar | Shakespeare | Naseeruddin Shah |
The Caine Mutiny Court Martial | Herman Wouk | Naseeruddin Shah |
Waiting for Godot | Samuel Beckett | Benjamin Gilani |
Ramu aur Maalik | Milan Kundera | Sunil Shanbag |
2000s | ||
A Life in the Theatre | David Mamet | Zubin Driver |
Women in Waiting, Men on the Line | Various Poets | Akash and Akarsh Khurana |
A Special Bond | Ruskin Bond | Akarsh Khurana |
Antigone | Jean Anouilh | Satyadev Dubey |
Blackbird | David Harrower | Akarsh Khurana |
2010s | ||
Super 8 | Various | Akarsh Khurana |
Our Town | Thornton Wilder | Akash Khurana |
Stories in a Song | Vikram Phukan | Sunil Shanbag |
Tuesdays with Morrie | Mitch Albom | Meera Khurana |
Play | Playwright |
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Chowkidar | Harold Pinter |
Mat Yaad Dila | Vijay Tendulkar |
Women in Waiting, Men on the Line | Various Poets |
Our Town | Thornton Wilder |
A Friend's Story | Vijay Tendulkar |
The Hound of the Baskervilles | Steven Canny & John Nicholson |
Under the Gypsy Moon | Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyaya/Akash Khurana |
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