Hemendra Bhatia was an Indian actor, writer and acting coach. [1]
Bhatia was born in Kanpur in 1952. [2] [1] He was an alumnus of Film and Television Institute of India. He was an acting coach to prominent actors like Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Deepika Padukone and Anupam Kher. [3] He joined the Bhartendu Natya Academy as a teacher and later served as the first dean of Anupam's acting school, Actor Prepares. [2] [4] [5]
Hemendra appeared in the short The Eight Column Affair in 1987 [6] and the film Karamati Coat or the miraculous coat in 1993. [2] He acted in films like Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara , Satta . He also appeared in the TV series Bharat Ek Khoj . [5] He was also involved in writing of the screenplay of the 1992 film Idiot , starring Shah Rukh Khan. [6] In 2020, he wrote and directed a stage play named Tum. [7] He also served as a member of the jury in 52nd International Film Festival of India. [8]
Bhatia died at the age of 70 in Mumbai, on 30 August 2022. [2]