Founder
FOUNDERS
Dr. Ramendra Kumar Chakarwarti
Dr. Ramendra Kumar Chakarwarti has been active in theatre both in theory and practice for about two decades. He has completed his PhD in Theatre and Performance studies from School of Arts and Aesthetics,JNU on the topic “Avadhi Ramlila: Text, Performance and Tradition” in 2014. He has also completed his MPhil from the same department. His MPhil research was “Staging of Shakespeare in Post-Independence India in context of Alkazi and Utpal Dutt”.In the course of his theatrical journey, he has acted in and directed more than forty theatrical productions. Some of these plays have been staged in India and others abroad in countries like Japan & UAE. He has a vast experience of various forms of acting. In his work. He has explored several areas such as the revival of farce in the contemporary Indian context, realism and modern theatre, evolution of theatrical choreography, exploration of tribal forms, dramatization of novels, and development of plays from multiple sources.
Dr. Ramendra Chakarwarti has conducted number of workshops for students and theatre enthusiasts in various cities and villages. He has also participated in workshops in London, Germany, Imphal and with many notable people from NSD and JNU). He has also worked at the Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts.In the year 2013, Dr. Ramendra Chakarwarti was awarded as the ‘Best Director in Theatre’ for staging of his play ‘Mother’, an adaptation of Maxim Gorky’s iconic novel Mother. Later, in 2014, he was honored with the ‘Rajiv Gandhi Samaj Ratna Award 2014′ for his contribution in dramatic arts.Presently, he is the director of Bollygrad Film & Television Institute, an acting institute with the aim of molding real talents in a guided direction. In BFTI, he ensures that all the BFTI students get not only theoretical knowledge but practical knowledge from the real experiences of the BFTI Professionals. He professes the use of spiritual acting methods in his classrooms apart from the exposure to others methods of acting.
Dr. Rajkumar Yadav
Dr. Rajkumar Yadav is currently the Director of Bollygrad Studioz. He has completed his PhD in Russian Linguistics from JNU, has been recipient of an International fellowship from Tomsk State University Russia in 2014, has held academic positions in all the prestigious Universities of Delhi, is specialized in pedagogy with publications in Academic journals of national and international repute.
Parallely, his passion and nack for performance and art took him from a multifaceted stage performer and director in his school days to being the director of one of fastest growing production houses:
Bollygrad Studioz. He strongly believes that anyone with dedication and determination to learn can achieve any goal he or she sets eyes on, whereas success and satisfaction in art can only be achieved through devotion to ones craft; and he uses the same approach with all the interns at Bollygrad Studioz, making sure that interns learn and grow with each assigned task