Vinay Varma

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Vinay Varma
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Vinay Varma is an Indian actor, script writer, and casting director who primarily works in Telugu and Hindi Language films.

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Career

Vinay Varma, founder of Sutradhar, started out as an amateur theatre practitioner. He has been involved with theatre for more than 40 years. He has also been a part of more than 40 feature films in Hindi and Telugu, in addition to one Hollywood film. [1]

He started his theater career with the play Coffee House Mein Intezar written by Dr. Laxminarayan Lal. Varma left his banking job to pursue acting. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

He has directed over 45 plays and has acted in more than 50 with over 200 shows across India and abroad. Some of his performances include Natasamrat, Raktbeej, [7] Main Rahi Masoom, [8] Siyaah Haashiye, Stronger Than Superman, Main Nathuram Godse, Death Watch, Kanjoos Makkhi Choose, [9] David Mamet's Oleanna. [10] [11] His play Main Rahi Masoom is based on the life of writer Dr Rahi Masoom Raza. Besides Hyderabad, Main Rahi Masoom has been performed in Kala Ghoda Arts FestivalMumbai, 3rd Minerva National Theatre FestivalKolkata, Pratyay Theatre FestivalKolhapur, 12th Bharath Rang MahotsavNew Delhi, 22nd National Drama FestivalAllahabad, 8th World Theatre Olympics-Chandigarh, Film and Television Institute of India-Pune. It was also performed in Chennai, Ahmedabad, Indore, Bengaluru etc. Vinay Varma was also invited by the Society of Friends International, London, to stage Main Rahi Masoom. [12] On 2 March 2018, Main Rahi Masoom celebrated its 50th show, at Ravindra Bharathi, Hyderabad, India.

As a Theatre Director, some of his well-known plays are:

Workshops

Varma has been conducting Acting, Voice, and Body Language Workshops at Sutradhar since 1999, and has identified and trained more than a hundred talents. Actors trained by him include Vijay Varma, [24] Sree Vishnu, Aditi Sharma (Ahana of Kasam Tere Pyaar Ki), Vijay Deverakonda, [25] Anand Deverakonda, [26] and Aberaam Varma.

Theatre

Filmography

Telugu films

Hindi films

English film

Web series

Television

Dubbing artist

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