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Mohit Takalkar
Mohit Ratnakar Takalkar (born 18 August 1977) is an Indian theatre director, filmmaker, and film editor based in Pune, Maharashtra. He is a co-founder of the theatre company Aasakta Kalamanch, established in 2003.
Takalkar has directed more than 45 plays in Marathi, Hindi, Urdu, Kannada, Marwari, and English. He has directed films such as The Bright Day, Medium Spicy, and Toh Ti ani Fuji. He also runs his restaurant Barometer in Pune.
Takalkar met actor Geetanjali Joshi during rehearsals for his first play Yayati. They married in 2005 and later separated in 2007. In 2011, Takalkar was diagnosed with bipolar II disorder, about which he has spoken publicly.
He graduated from the Institute of Hotel Management, Mumbai, and briefly worked in the hospitality industry as a chef, before shifting his focus to the entertainment industry. He then studied animation at the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing.
Takalkar began his theatre career with the Progressive Dramatic Association in Pune. He won Maharashtra State Awards for Best Play and Best Director for Yayati and Nanephek and later for Tu (2007).
In 2003, he co-founded Aasakta Kalamanch. His plays are noted for minimalist staging, technical clarity, and a distinctive visual language. For the company’s repertory, Takalkar directed a series of productions at Sudarshan Rangmanch, an intimate 100-seat theatre in central Pune.
In 2010, he was awarded the Charles Wallace scholarship to pursue a Master's degree in Theatre Practice from the University of Exeter studying under Phillip Zarrilli. This exposure reshaped his artistic practice. Upon returning to India, he directed plays with large ensemble casts including Comrade Kumbhakarna, written by Ramu Ramanathan, for the National School of Drama's repertory company. Deepa Ganesh for the Hindu wrote, “The play, intense and multi-layered, is full of signs and metaphors, weaving into its polyphonic narrative, mythology, politics and life as it were”.
He later directed Uney Purey Shahar Ek his Marathi adaptation of Girish Karnad's English play, Bendakaalu on Toast. Shanta Gokhale for Pune Mirror wrote, “Mohit Takalkar walks with Karnad step for step, giving us a piece of theatre that is memorable as much for its strong conviction as for its refined stage craft”.
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Mohit Takalkar
Mohit Ratnakar Takalkar (born 18 August 1977) is an Indian theatre director, filmmaker, and film editor based in Pune, Maharashtra. He is a co-founder of the theatre company Aasakta Kalamanch, established in 2003.
Takalkar has directed more than 45 plays in Marathi, Hindi, Urdu, Kannada, Marwari, and English. He has directed films such as The Bright Day, Medium Spicy, and Toh Ti ani Fuji. He also runs his restaurant Barometer in Pune.
Takalkar met actor Geetanjali Joshi during rehearsals for his first play Yayati. They married in 2005 and later separated in 2007. In 2011, Takalkar was diagnosed with bipolar II disorder, about which he has spoken publicly.
He graduated from the Institute of Hotel Management, Mumbai, and briefly worked in the hospitality industry as a chef, before shifting his focus to the entertainment industry. He then studied animation at the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing.
Takalkar began his theatre career with the Progressive Dramatic Association in Pune. He won Maharashtra State Awards for Best Play and Best Director for Yayati and Nanephek and later for Tu (2007).
In 2003, he co-founded Aasakta Kalamanch. His plays are noted for minimalist staging, technical clarity, and a distinctive visual language. For the company’s repertory, Takalkar directed a series of productions at Sudarshan Rangmanch, an intimate 100-seat theatre in central Pune.
In 2010, he was awarded the Charles Wallace scholarship to pursue a Master's degree in Theatre Practice from the University of Exeter studying under Phillip Zarrilli. This exposure reshaped his artistic practice. Upon returning to India, he directed plays with large ensemble casts including Comrade Kumbhakarna, written by Ramu Ramanathan, for the National School of Drama's repertory company. Deepa Ganesh for the Hindu wrote, “The play, intense and multi-layered, is full of signs and metaphors, weaving into its polyphonic narrative, mythology, politics and life as it were”.
He later directed Uney Purey Shahar Ek his Marathi adaptation of Girish Karnad's English play, Bendakaalu on Toast. Shanta Gokhale for Pune Mirror wrote, “Mohit Takalkar walks with Karnad step for step, giving us a piece of theatre that is memorable as much for its strong conviction as for its refined stage craft”.
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