Vikash has been a theatre practitioner for almost 40 years. He trained under such eminent theatre persons as Satyadev Dubey, Amrish Puri, Dr. Akash Khurana and Sunil Shanbag before he set up Stagecraft Theatre in Nagpur in 20O3.
He has been credited with bringing about a paradigm shift in the audience's attitude towards theatre, providing a platform and reviving 'theatre-going' in the cultural ethos of Nagpur.
Vikash has directed more than 100 plays (including 7 by Shakespeare, viz. Romeo & Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, Hamlet, Macbeth, Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing & A Midsummer Night's Dream), and acted in over 70 of them.
He has also attended workshops conducted by the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) and regularly mentors and trains theatre enthusiasts and students in acting and speaking, including preparing them for the Trinity Speech and Drama examinations.
He is the recipient of several awards including the Smita Smruti Puruskar (Smita Patil Award) and the Rotary Award for Excellence in Theatre.
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Theatre Workshop - Vikash Khuranna
On 19th Nov 03.00 PM To 03:40 PM
The session was conducted by Vikash Khurrana who has to his credit of directing over 100 plays. He conducted various activities and played various games. Took introduction and also enacted the memory game’s model to enhance the memory as it plays an important part in theatre. Throughout the session, two hrs told the audience various tips and tricks to excel in life and theatre. Vikash asked the audience to visualize any familiar character of the choice and to get into their shoes and live the moment. He made them play ZIP, ZAP, and ZOOM. Also, He made them play a game titled Red Riding Hood in which the audience was made to act on the story and play various characters as a part of it. She even gave them some fake & weird scenarios and asked them to act on those to bring out the stage fear among them. Lastly, he took a Q/A Session with all the contestants, to understand their queries and Resolve them.
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Fantastic Lives at 60: Living a retired life in a modern world--Sutapa Basu, Vilas Kale, Vikash Khurana - In Conversation with Sangeeta Varma
On 19th Nov 03.00 PM To 03:40 PM
The Session was organised for retired People and discussed How they live their retired life. Ms Sangeeta Varma Asked the speakers what Retirement left, and all the people shared their experiences. Mr Vikash Khurana said that is just a number and Retirement is a state of mind, Also Ms Sutapa Basu said that it meant freedom from all the things that bind it thus we are faced to do what we like. All the people shared their different experiences. Mr Vilash Kale - said that we should have the wags to learn something different and spend time for ourselves, Not identifying our profession as it is just a phase of life like retirement, reinventing oneself, finding new things to do learn new things.
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Changing face of Indian Film Industry in the Era of OTT - Susmita Mukherjee Nandita Puri Bharat Dabholkar Kaveree Bamzai In Conversation with Vikash Khurana
On 19th Nov 05.00 PM TO 05:40 PM
Kaveree Bamzai - talked about Mediocrity vs. Excellence. Nandita Om Puri - talked about the art and content are rich in the OTT and that brings the audience to choose over Cinema. Sushmita Mukherjee - talked about the not-so-popular actor with the potential to act and find the OTT as a welcoming platform to survive and prosper. Bharat Dabholkar - talked about Technology, creative content, and Economic disparity that exists between the Cinema and the OTT