Gagandev Riar

Gagandev Riar is an Indian director, writer, musician, and performer based in Mumbai. He has over 15 years of experience in theatre to his credit. He is known to have worked with renowned theatre personalities such as the Late Shri Pandit Satyadev Dubey A versatile personality, also, called often as ‘Th >> Read More... , Atul Kumar Atul Kumar is an actor, a director and theater art >> Read More... , Rajit Kapur Rajit Kapur is a famous Indian actor most known fo >> Read More... , Sunil Shanbag Sunil Shanbag is a Theatre Director, Documentary f >> Read More... , Purva Naresh Purva Naresh, born on 20th June 1974(age-45 years) >> Read More... , and many more. His performances are usually in English, Hindi or Punjabi.

His most acclaimed performances in plays include Stories in a Song, Ok Tata Bye Bye, The Story of Alice & Don Quixote, Renovation, Ye Gainda Kahan Se Aa Gaya, Ravanleela, and Detective Nau-Do-Gyarah. His portrayal of Sir Toby Belch in the Hindi adaptation of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, Piya Behroopiya, won him the META award for Best Supporting Actor in 2014. It reached critical acclaim and has been performed in over 130 shows worldwide. His recent performances include his portrayal of Oberon in Atul Kumar’s Khwaab Sa, the Hindi version of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

As a director, Gagandev’s most prominent work in theatre includes the acclaimed children’s play, James Aur Ek Giant Peach, for Rangbaaz Productions. He directed Krapp's Last Tape, written by Samuel L. Becket, which opened at the Prithvi Festival for the Fringe to honor the legendary theatre director, Satyadev Dubey. He also directed Ye Gainda Kahan Se Aa Gaya, Renovation, a Hindi adaptation of a Marathi play written by Champra Deshpande, and a musical play, Ishq Aaha, which is based on the love lores of Punjab.

Besides theatre, he has also appeared on various TV shows and web-series. He played the role of Raunakk (Jubiliant) for all ten episodes in a mockumentary web-series called Not Fit (2015-2016). He then got cast in the BBC One’s six-part miniseries, A Suitable Boy (2020), directed by Mira Nair Mira Nair, a veteran Filmmaker, based in New York >> Read More... , where he plays the role of Pran Kapoor.

Gagandev also starred in a TV movie, Sunsilk Real FM (2014), where he played the role of Jwahar. He then bagged a role in director Abhishek Chaubey’s Sonchiriya (2019), starring alongside the likes of Sushant Singh Rajput, Manoj Bajpayee, Bhumi Pednekar, and Ranvir Shorey. This film got nominated and won many awards at the Filmfare Awards 2020 and Mirchi Music Awards 2020.

Gagandev was awarded the prestigious Vinod Doshi Fellowship Award 2013 for young theatre professionals. He was also invited to Jairangam 2016, Jaipur’s annual theatre festival. There, he got featured alongside Irrfan Khan, Paresh Rawal, Pranab Mukherjee, Meeta Vashisht, and many others.

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Gagandev Riar is an actor, director, writer, and theatre artist. He is known for films like Sonchiriya, A Suitable Boy, and Not Fit. In 2019, Sonchiriya got released. Abhishek Chaubey directed the film, and Sudip Sharma, and Abhishek Chaubey wrote the screenplay and dialogues for the film. Prasanth Kumar Chandran, Nishith Dadhich Nishith Dadhich is a Bollywood producer and an act >> Read More... , Md Anan Islam, Pashan Jal, Salona Bains Joshi, Sonia Kanwar, Ankur Khanna, and Ronnie Screwvala produced the film. And it starred Sushant Singh Rajput, Bhumi Pednekar, Ashutosh Rana, Ranvir Shorey, Manoj Bajpayee, Khushiya, Ram Naresh Diwakar, Mahesh Balraj, Harish Khanna, and Gagandev Riar. Anuj Rakesh Dhawan managed the cinematography department, and Vishal Bhardwaj, Naren Chandavarkar, Ketan Sodha, and Benedict Taylor composed the music for the film. Meghna Manchanda Sen edited the film.

And Honey Trehan managed the casting department. Rajesh Choudhary and Madhumita Sen led the art direction team. And Divya Gambhir and Nidhi Gambhir managed the costume department. Shrikant Desai, Sonal Ghorpade, Rushikesh Prakash Lad, and Suchit Patel handled the makeup department, and Amrut Athavale, Ridhima Chawda, Ajmoddin Saddam Inamdar, Mitali Jain, Vijay Jaiswal, Gaurav Panjeta, Jagbitr Singh Pannu, Shivalingappa Pujari managed the production team, and Vishal Hans and Prashant Parab handled the art department. Gurpreet Dhuri, Akash Gour Harpreet Singh, and Rakesh Kumar Soni managed the special effects department. And Curran Alphonso, Zahir Bnadukwala, Bulganin Baruah, Sajjan Choudhary, Burhan Kundawala, Dhruv Parekh, Anil Radhakrishnan, and Kunal Sharma managed the sound department. And Anton Moon, Sunil Rodrigues, Amrit Pal Singh, and Hardeep Wassan handled the stunt department.

The film's storyline revolves around Chambal Valley. The film portrayed the story tale of dacoits who used to terrorize Indians back in the time. In 2020, he appeared in the series A Suitable Boy. Mira Nair and Shimit Amin Shimit Amin is a well-known director and is famila >> Read More... directed the series, and Andrew Davies and Vikram Seth Vikram Seth, an Indian poet and novelist , was bor >> Read More... wrote the storyline for the show. Abhijeet Chhabra Abhijeet Chhabra is a famous Indian director, prod >> Read More... , Nishith Dadhich, Arun Singh Dikky, Peter Hampden, Will Johnston, Imtiyaz Khan, Alan McAlex Alan McAlex is an Indian Producer. He was born in >> Read More... , and Norman Merry produced the film. And it starred Tanya Maniktala If you like watching web series, then you probably >> Read More... , Ishaan Khattar Born on 1st November 1995 in Bombay, Ishaan Khatta >> Read More... , Mahira Kakkar Mahira Kakkar is an actress born in Calcutta, Indi >> Read More... , Danesh Razvi Danesh Razvi is a famous actor. He has worked in m >> Read More... , Gagandev Riar, Shubham Saraf Shubham Saraf is a British actor born in 1992. He >> Read More... , Rasika Duggal, Vivek Gomber Vivek Gomber is a brave producer and an actor who >> Read More... , Geeta Agrawal Sharma and Ram Kapoor.

Declan Quinn managed the cinematography department. And Alex Heffes and Anoushka Shankar Anoushka Shankar is a composer, singer, and sitar >> Read More... composed the music for the series. Karan Mally Karan Mally is a casting director working predomin >> Read More... , Dilip Shankar Dilip Shankar was born on 29th October 1970 in New >> Read More... , and Nandini Shrikent Nandini Shrikent has a Post Graduate Diploma in So >> Read More... managed the casting department, and Stephanie Carroll handled the production department. Arvind Ashok Kumar Bio coming soon... >> Read More... , Sushant