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Maya From Madurai
''Maya from Madurai'' is an Indian play written by Naren Weiss. The play explores the life and death of a drug dealer, and marked the directorial debut of actress Pooja Devariya. It premiered at the 2013 edition of the Short and Sweet Festival in Chennai, India; where it won the Play of the Day award. Three days before script submission, director Devariya called former classmate Weiss and asked him to write something, describing what she had in mind. The play subsequently toured the country as a part of The Park's New Festival in 2013. South Indian theatre troupe Stray Factory took the one act play to six Indian cities, with four other short plays. The original production starred Venkatesh Harinathan Venkatesh Harinathan is an Indian actor, who appears in Tamil cinema (Kollywood). Career Venkatesh made his acting careers in Stage Plays. He belongs to Chennai-based theater group Stray Factory and also appeared in various Television Commerc ..., who also translated the pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naren Weiss
Naren Weiss (born March 15, 1991) is an actor, playwright, and former model. He played Osama bin Laden in Kamal Haasan's film on terrorism ''Vishwaroopam'', Dekker in the ABC series ''Deception'', and is known for his work in theatre in India and the United States. Early life Born in Nassau Bay, 30 minutes outside of Houston, Weiss's family bounced around various places in the U.S. until, at the age of 12, the family migrated to Madras. While finishing his education, he found his love for the stage in several school and college productions, and went on to attend Madras Christian College and Brooklyn College. He is of mixed ethnicity and worked as a model during college, appearing in campaigns for Sprite, Bank of India, The Chennai Silks and on magazine covers like India Today. He was discovered by VJ Paloma Rao while performing onstage, leading to his becoming a VJ for Channel UFX. He comes from an athletic background, and turned down several scholarships to play basketba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pooja Devariya
Pooja Devariya (born 29 July 1991) is an Indian theatre and film actor as well as a performance coach who works primarily in Tamil films, alongside a Kannada film. She started her film acting career with Selvaraghavan’s Mayakkam Enna, and has gone on to win several awards including Vikatan’s Best Supporting Actress award for her performance in Kuttrame Thandanai. Pooja is also the founder and creative director of Scout & Guide Media, an actors’ studio & production house, with her partner Sumanth Shetty. Early life Pooja Devariya was born on 29 July 1991, to Balu Namasivayam and Pushpa Devariya in Bengaluru, India. She also goes by the patronym, Pooja Balu. A big part of her formative years was spent in Abacus Montessori School, Chennai, to which Pooja credits her personality development and healthy curiosity. She is also a jazz and ballet dancer, having trained in Jeffery Vardon’s Hotshoe Dance Academy, alongside silambattam, a martial arts style from Tamil Nadu which s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short And Sweet (festival)
Short+Sweet is a multi-form arts platform presenting festivals in theatre, dance, music-theatre, comedy and cabaret co-ordinated in multiple counties globally. The unifying feature of all works presented at the festival is they must be no longer than ten-minutes. Their flagship festival is Short+Sweet Theatre Sydney, the largest ten-minute play festival in the world. Festivals Short+Sweet Theatre was founded at the Newtown Theatre (now King Street Theatre) in Sydney, Australia in January 2002 by Mark Cleary, beginning with the first ever Short+Sweet Theatre festival. In January 2004, Alex Broun took over as Artistic Coordinator of Short+Sweet Theatre Sydney. New elements were introduced during this time, including a strict time-limit, limit of one play per playwright, one play per director and two plays per actor, people's choice voting and the competitive aspect of the festival where plays are chosen from each week to progress to the Gala Final. Short+Sweet Theatre Sydney is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stray Factory
Stray Factory is an Indian Independent entertainment company founded on July 17, 2010 by Mathivanan Rajendran as a performing arts company before diversifying into online media in 2014 and independent film in 2017. Upcoming films include '' Nirvana Inn'' (2019) & ''Nasir'' (2020). Overview 2010–2014: Theatre and early years After a few scripted plays, the company made a departure from traditional scripted work to devised theatre. The first of which was seen in their 2011 production of ''Great Indian Blogologues'' which took blogs from the public and adapted them to stage. Stray Factory's biggest achievements have been in the short format, particularly at International Short and Sweet festivals, notable plays include ''My Name is Cine-Ma''''Carpouram'', ''Typist with Destiny,'' ''Lost Audition'', ''Chairpersons'' & '' Maya from Madurai''. The group has performed at ''Short and Sweet'' Festivals in Sydney, Dubai, Kuala Lumpur and Los angeles and at other International festiva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venkatesh Harinathan
Venkatesh Harinathan is an Indian actor, who appears in Tamil cinema (Kollywood). Career Venkatesh made his acting careers in Stage Plays. He belongs to Chennai-based theater group Stray Factory and also appeared in various Television Commercials. Venkatesh made his film debut in Tamil film ''Irandaam Ulagam''. He acted in key roles in ''Sutta Kadhai'' and ''Moone Moonu Varthai''.http://indulge.newindianexpress.com/going-way/chennai/26852 He also translated and starred in ''Maya from Madurai'', written by Naren Weiss and directed by Pooja Devariya. Filmography *''All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.'' References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Harinathan, Venkatesh Male actors from Tamil Nadu Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Tamil male actors Tamil comedians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Plays
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