Gaurav Nanda
Gaurav Nanda is an Indian films, TV and theatre actor known for his roles in Bandini (TV series) on NDTV Imagine, Parvarrish – Kuchh Khattee Kuchh Meethi On Sony ,and presently for his role as Mr.Tandon in Yeh Hai Mohabbatein on Star Plus . He is the founder of the theatre company Actor Studio India .
He specializes in method acting and theatre techniques such as Michael Chekov (Russia),Lee Strasberg (America), Jacques Lecoq Pedagogy (Paris), Stanislavski (Russia), Uta Hagen (America), and Sanford Meisner (America).
Early life
He studied telecommunication engineering at BMSCE Bangalore. In his first year of college he was selected in an All India talent hunt of MTV Serial Kitni Mast Hai Zindagi for Balaji Telefilms where he was selected among the top six applicants from thousands who came to try their luck in Bangalore.
He started his professional training as an actor and got involved in theatre and method acting training during his college days.
Training
His training as an actor was with Mr. Lalit Prakash who was the Head of Department of acting in the Asian Academy of Film & Television . After his graduation he was determined to go to Mumbai and to take up acting as a career, where he did a course at Whistling Woods International under Naseeruddin Shah .
Before he started to work as an actor on projects in Mumbai he already had more than eight years of professional training as an actor in theatre and acting. He got his first break in films while studying acting in Whistling Woods International in the film Sorry Bhai!. He also got a role in a mythological serial on Indian TV Kahaani Hamaaray Mahaabhaarat Ki By Balaji Telefilms.
He has been trained internationally by faculties of National School of Drama (NSD), Film and Television Institute of India(FTII), London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art(LAMDA) among others.
Filmography
Films
- 2008 Sorry Bhai! (film) as student
- 2010 Aisha (film) as guitarist(Sham Song)
- 2010 Break Ke Baad (film) as theatre director(Adhoore Song)
- 2012 Heroine (film) as fashion designer
- 2014 Maal Road Dilli (postproduction) as Bobby
- 2014 Motives (postproduction) (Hollywood film) as Officer Ghosley
- 2014 The Orphan:New Kind Of Hero (announced) (Hollywood film) as Kanaan
- 2014 SHAB (Film) (in production) as Baljeet
Television
- 2008 Kahaani Hamaaray Mahaabhaarat Ki as Gargacharaya
- 2010 Bandini as Tehsildar
- 2010 Behenein as Raman
- 2012 Parvarrish – Kuchh Khattee Kuchh Meethi as Amit Kapoor
- 2012 Amrit Manthan as Bhupinder Singh (CM) and Pritam Bakshi
- 2014-Present Yeh Hai Mohabbatein as Rajeev Tandon
- 2014 Mujahid-e-Azadi Ashfaqulla Khan as Ashfaqulla Khan
Theatre company
Actor Studio India was founded by actor Gaurav Nanda. He has taken workshops for institutes, beauty pageants, corporate's and companies etc.
Workshops
- Mrs.India WorldWide Workshop on Emotional Freedom and Speech
- Acting Workshop at NBA Group of Institutions NBA Workhop by Gaurav Nanda
- Acting Workshop At Asian Academy of Film & TelevisionAAFT Workshop By Gaurav Nanda
Actor Studio Links
- Actor Studio India website
- Actor Studio India on Facebook
- Actor Studio India on Twitter
- Video tour of Actor Studio India
- Fees structure
- Training modules
- FAQ's?
- Gaurav Nanda official website
- Gaurav Nanda on IMDb
Links
- Gaurav Nanda Official website
- Gaurav Nanda on IMDb
- Gaurav Nanda Facebook page
- Gaurav Nanda on Twitter
- Actor Studio India website
- Newspaper article
- http://www.linkedin.com/pub/gaurav-nanda/15/405/664
- NBA Workshop by Gaurav Nanda
- Mrs.India Workshop by Gaurav Nanda
- IIT Guwahati Workshop by Gaurav Nanda
- AAFT Workshop by Gaurav Nanda
- http://gauravnanda.in/
- http://actorstudioindia.com/