Spalding Gray was an American actor, novelist, playwright, screenwriter and performance artist. He is best known for the autobiographical monologues that he wrote and performed for the theater in the 1980s and 1990s, as well as for his film adaptations of these works, beginning in 1987. He wrote and starred in several, working with different directors.
Madhoo Shah, also known formerly as Madhubala, is an Indian actress known for her works predominantly in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada language films. She was a part of Movies like Phool Aur Kaante (1991), Roja (1992), Allari Priyudu (1992), Yodha (1992), and Gentleman (1993).
Theatre of India is one of the most ancient forms of theatre and it features a detailed textual, sculptural, and dramatic effects which emerged in mid first millennium BC. Like in the areas of music and dance, the Indian theatre is also defined by the dramatic performance based on the concept of Nritya, which is a Sanskrit word for drama but encompasses dramatic narrative, virtuosic dance, and music. Historically, Indian theatre has exerted influence beyond its borders, reaching ancient China and other countries in the Far East.
Arundhati Nag is an Indian actress. She has been involved with multilingual Theatre in India, for over 25 years, first in Mumbai where she got involved with Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA), and did various productions in Gujarati, Marathi, and Hindi theatre, and then in Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and English, in Bangalore.
KSS Limited was incorporated in September 1995, and is headquartered in Mumbai. KSS is a publicly listed company, currently listed on the BSE and NSE. It is delisted from the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. KSS has produced and distributed over 100 films and produced over a dozen movies. KSS focuses on the entertainment film business; with three business entities focusing on digital cinema rollout, the building of miniplex cinema screens, and alternative content programming in cinema theatres, respectively.
Javed Siddiqui is a Hindi and Urdu screenwriter, dialogue writer and playwright from India. He has written over 50 storylines, screenplays and dialogues.
Matthew Wilkinson is a British actor, playwright and director.
William Missouri Downs is an American comedy writer, playwright, screenwriter, stage director, and author.
Vir Das is an Indian comedian, actor and musician. After beginning a career in standup comedy, Das moved to Hindi cinema starring in films like Badmaash Company (2010), Delhi Belly (2011), and Go Goa Gone (2013) in supporting roles. In 2017, he performed the Netflix special Abroad Understanding. Das has appeared in approximately 35 plays, over 100 stand-up comedy shows, 18 films, eight TV shows and six comedy specials. He has written comedic columns for Femina, Maxim, Exotica, DNA and Tehelka. In 2019, he made his debut in American television with the television series, Whiskey Cavalier. He won the 2023 International Emmy Award for Best Comedy Series for the Netflix comedy special Vir Das: Landing.
Sharmin Meymandi Nejad is a popularly acclaimed Iranian writer, playwright, director and researcher of social sciences. Meyamandi Nejad is mostly known for being the founder of Society of Students Against Poverty (IAPSRS). An NGO which is mainly dedicated to children's and women's right.
Mohammad Ali Baig is an Indian theatre personality and film maker of ad and documentary films, referred to by the media as 'Global Face of Hyderabadi Theatre', 'Sultan of Epics' and 'Master of Revival'. He is the recipient of the Padmashri He founded the Qadir Ali Baig Theatre Foundation in Hyderabad in 2005, as a tribute to his father, theatre legend late Qadir Ali Baig. In April 2014, he was awarded Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in India, in 2014 for his contributions in theatre arts.
Agam is a Bangalore-based contemporary Carnatic progressive rock band. The band was formed in the year 2003. The current lineup consists of Harish Sivaramakrishnan (vocals) Swamy Seetharaman, T Praveen Kumar, Aditya Kasyap, Sivakumar Nagarajan, Jagadish Natarajan and Yadhunandan (Drummer). Jagadish Natarajan replaced Suraj Satheesh as the rhythm guitarist in 2012 but the lineup of the band has otherwise remained same. Vignesh Lakshminarayanan was replaced by Aditya Kasyap on bass and backing vocals. Agam is often featured on the Malayalam music channel Kappa TV.
Sudipto Das is an Indian author, social worker and musician. He is also a speaker at TED events and a veteran in the semiconductor industry, having co-chaired the Industry Forum at VLSID 2020. He has been the co-founder of two startups. In 2020 he spearheaded a country wide initiative to deliver daily groceries to people stranded due to lockdowns in the wake of the breakout of COVID-19.
Shekinah Jacob is an Indian playwright who has appeared in Edinburgh Fringe and worked with the Royal Court Theatre.
Sharmin Ali is an Indian actress, author, and entrepreneur.
Natsamrāt is a 2018 Indian Gujarati-language drama film starring Siddharth Randeria and Deepika Chikhalia in the leading role. The film is the remake of Marathi film of the same name starring Nana Patekar, which was based on Marathi play by V. V. Shirwadkar. Before making it to the big screen as movie, Randeria has adopted the screen play to a Gujarati language stage play named 'Amari Duniya, Tamari Duniya' in 2007 with many known faces of Gujarati theatre like Randeria himself, Jimmit trivedi, Disha Savla-Upadhyay etc. The film is the story of an actor who has reached many heights in his career, but has to retire from acting at the peak.
Ravindra Vijay is an Indian actor who primarily appears in Tamil and Telugu films. After beginning his career as a theatre actor, Ravindra had a career breakthrough with appearances in Odu Raja Odu (2018) and Uma Maheshwara Ugra Roopasya (2020).
Mukhtar Begum was a Pakistani classical, ghazal singer and actress. She was known as The Queen of Music, Queen Songstress and Melody Queen of India for singing songs in films and on radio. She worked in Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu films and was known for her roles in films Hathili Dulhan, Ali Baba 40 Chor, Nala Damayanti, Dil ki Pyas, Ankh ka Nasha, Muflis Ashiq and Chatra Bakavali.
