Divya Palat

If you have ever heard or watched the famous play on Mumbai attacks, “A Personal War” then you must be aware of the face and mind behind that play, Divya Palat. Once a Hindi film actress, Divya was the director and producer of this award-winning play.

She started her career on television when she got a break to be a part of the series, Captain Vyom Captain Vyom is a kids fantasy serial which used t >> Read More... . Then she went on to work with some big names and brands in Bollywood like Abhishek Bachchan Abhishek Bachchan, or Abhishek Srivastava, is a ve >> Read More... in Kuch Na Kaho Kuch Na Kaho is a Pakistani drama serial that aire >> Read More... , Vivek Oberoi Vivek Anand Oberoi's birth was on 3rd Septembe >> Read More... in Masti, Apurva Agnihotri Apurva Agnihotri is an Indian Hindi television ser >> Read More... in Dhund and Sohail Khan Sohail Khan is an Indian Film Actor. He is also a >> Read More... in Krishna Cottage.

Born in Calcutta on 23th May 1979, Divya was born in a royal family and belonged to Cochin. All her relatives are Generals, Diplomats, Councillors, etc. Her great grandfathers were ministers in Cochin itself. She once told in her interview that her father had a transferable job, so she traveled to many states and even countries during her schooling days.

She studied in Delhi, Mumbai and New York Click to look into! >> Read More... . She did her graduation from Stanford, and it was during that time she decided to pursue acting as her career. After completion of her graduation, she came back to India and started her career on TV.

She then was a part of many plays, and the list includes some legendary ones like Sound of Music. She was even a part of “Legend of Ram.” After acting in plays, she realized that her right place was not in front of the camera but behind the camera and she decided to open her production house. In 2001, she inaugurated her production company and named it “Balancing Act Productions.”

This banner produced many plays like The Graduate, The Verdict, Love Bytes Love Bytes is a local music-based TV show that ai >> Read More... and A personal War. Her play “A personal war” was based on the lives of the survivors and victims of Mumbai attacks that happened in 2008. This play helped her gain the recognition as a director and producer. This play made up its place in Edinburgh Fringe Festival of 2008.

It was among the top 3 out of more than 35000 plays worldwide. She also received an award in New York festival for her direction. Palat is now happily married to actor Aditya Hitkari Aditya Hitkari became a public figure by performin >> Read More... and has a sister named Nikhila Palat who is not a part of the glamour world. Palat is an adventure lover and is into traveling. She also teaches short filmmaking.