Vinay Varma is an Indian actor, script writer, and casting director who primarily works in

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films.

Career

Vinay Varma, founder of Sutradhar started out as an amateur theatre practitioner. He has been involved with theatre for more than thirty years. He's also been a part of more than 15 feature films in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, and a Hollywood film. He started his theater career with the play ''Coffee House Mein Intezar'' written by Dr. Laxminarayan Lal, on 14 September 1980. was directed by Dr. D.K. Goel. Varma left his lucrative Bank Officer job to pursue his passion. He believes,''"one life one passion"''. He has directed over 30 plays and acted in more than 50 plays with over 200 shows across India and abroad. Some of his performances are in ''Natasamrat'', ''Raktbeej'', ''Main Rahi Masoom'', ''Siyaah Haashiye'', ''Stronger Than Superman'', ''Main Nathuram Godse'', ''Death Watch'', ''Kanjoos Makkhi Choose'', David Mamet's ''Oleanna''. His play ''Main Rahi Masoom'' which is based on the life and times of writer Dr Rahi Masoom Raza. Besides

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, ''Main Rahi Masoom'' has been performed in

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, ''3rd Minerva National Theatre Festival'' –

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, ''Pratyay Theatre Festival'' –

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, ''12th Bharath Rang Mahotsav'' –

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, ''22nd National Drama Festival'' –

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, ''8th World''

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. It was also performed in

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etc. Vinay Varma was also invited by the Society of Friends International, London, to stage ''Main Rahi Masoom''. 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: * John Pielmeier's

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. * Dr. C.H. Phansalkar's ''Isosceles Triangle''. * ''Birjees Qadar Ka Kunba'', an Urdu adaptation of

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. *

Pinki Virani Pinki Virani (born January 30, 1959) is an Indian writer, journalist, human-rights activist and writer. She is the author of ''Once was Bombay'', ''Aruna's Story'', ''Bitter Chocolate: Child Sexual Abuse in India'' (which won the National Award ...

's ''Bitter Chocolate''. * Badal Sarkar's ''Ballabhpur ki Roopkatha'' * Dr.

Shanker Shesh Shanker Shesh was an Indian playwright, author, poet and story writer. Biography Shanker was born on 2 October 1933 in Bilaspur, Central Provinces and Berar, British India. He did his higher education in Nagpur and Mumbai. He got his Ph.D. from ...

's ''Raktbeej''. * Dr.

's ''Phandi''. * Dr. Prem Janmejai's ''Sita Apaharan Case''. * Sagar Sarhadi's ''Kisi Seema Ki Ek Mamooli Si Ghatna''. *

Surendra Verma Surendra Verma (born 7 September 1941) is a leading Hindi litterateur and playwright. He started out as a playwright, when his play ''Surya Ki Antim Kiran Se Surya Ki Pahli Kiran Tak'' (From sunset to sunrise, 1972) became quite well known; it ...

's ''Maranoparant''. * ''Neem Hakim Khatar e Jaan'', a Hyderabadi adaptation of

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. * Saadat Hasan Manto's ''Siyaah Haashiye'' (co-directed with Deepti Girotra). * Ismat Chughtai's ''Ismat – Ek Aurat''. * ''Gandhi Ambedkar'' and ''Main Nathuram Godse'' (co-directed with Prof. Bhasker Shewalker) * ''Mah Laqa Bai Chanda'', based on the life of

Mah Laqa Bai Mah Laqa Bai (7 April 1768 – August 1824), born Chanda Bai, and sometimes referred to as Mah Laqa Chanda, was an Indian 18th century Urdu poet, courtesan and philanthropist based in Hyderabad. In 1824, she became the first female poet to hav ...

, an 18th-century Urdu poet and the first woman to have a diwan (anthology) of her work. * ''Kanjoos Makkhi Choose'', a Hyderabadi adaptation of The Miser. * Nirmal Verma's ''Weekend''.

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. Some well-known faces trained by him are

Vijay Varma Vijay Varma is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Hindi cinema. Varma rose to prominence with his role in ''Pink'' (2016) and has since acted in critically-acclaimed roles in '' MCA'' (2017), ''Gully Boy'' (2019), ''Baaghi 3'' (2 ...

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, ''Aditi Sharma'' (Ahana of

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), Vijay Deverakonda,

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, and Aberaam Varma.

Theatre

Filmography

Telugu

Hindi

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'' * ''

Mukhbiir ''Mukhbiir'' () is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language spy thriller film directed by the Mani Shankar. The film revolves around the life and events surrounding an Indian spy. The film stars actor Sameer Dattani as the spy, and Om Puri, Sunil Shetty, ...

'' * '' Knock Out'' * '' Bobby Jasoos'' * ''

Yeh Hai Bakrapur ''Yeh Hai Bakrapur'' () is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language social satire Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, an ...

'' * ''The Virgin Goat/Laadli Laila'' * ''Lakshman Rekha : The Unwritten Law'' (Short film) * ''

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'' as Krishna Rao * Music School (Actor, Casting Director, Dialogue Writer)

English

* '' Beeper''

Web series

*''

A Simple Murder ''A Simple Murder'' is a Hindi-language black comedy streaming television series directed by Sachin Pathak and produced by Ajay G Rai, starring Amit Sial, Ayaz Khan, Zeeshan Ayyub, Priya Anand, Sushant Singh, Yashpal Sharma and others. Cas ...

(2020) *''

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(Cameo in Season 2, Episode 1) *''Game'' (2021) on

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*'' Qubool Hai?'' (2022) on Aha as Pehelwan Rafeequddin

Television

* ''Peter the 2'' (Telefilm) * ''Madhavi'' * ''Daanav Hunters'' * ''Dharti Baney Phulwari'' * ''Naghme ka Safar'' * ''Main Phir Janma Hoon'' (Telefilm) * ''Bala'' * ''Ek Kahani'' * ''Manushulu-Mamathalu''

Dubbing artist

Varma had lent his voice in Urdu, English, and Hindi, for various Ad-Films, Documentaries, Corporate Films, and Educational Films. *Tinu Anand - ''Anji'' *

Ilavarasu Ilavarasu is an Indian cinematographer and actor, who works in the Tamil film industry. He started his career as a cinematographer and worked for 13 films, winning a Tamil Nadu State Film Award for one of them. He, however, became better known ...

- '' Donga'' *Paresh Rawal - ''Mechanic Mavayya'' *Nassar - '' Okkadunnadu'' *Raj Arjun - ''Dear Comrade'' *Rahul Dev - ''Akasa Veedhilo''

References

External links

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Personal website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Varma, Vinay Living people Male actors from Hyderabad, India Year of birth missing (living people)