Ranvir Shah
Ranvir Shah | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | The Cathedral & John Cannon School |
| Occupation(s) | Social activist Actor Businessman |
| Spouse | Nandi |
| Children | Pratham (son) Prasan (son) Prakriti (daughter) |
| Website | www |
Ranvir Shah is an Indian social activist, theater actor, and businessman. He is the independent director and member of Remuneration committee for KCP Sugar and Industries Corporation.[1] [2][3]
He is the founder of Prakriti Arts Foundation. Through the foundation, Shah has organized and directed cultural festivals like the Parks New Festival, The Festival of Sacred Music at Thiruvaiyaru, The 2010 Poetry with Prakruti Festival, The Hindu Best Fiction Awards, Lit For Life, which celebrate music, literature, dance, theater and visual arts.[4] He has worked with playwrights and performing artist's like, Chandralekha, Shankar Tucker, Manjula Padmanabhan, Maya Krishna Rao, Akram Khan, Aruna Sairam, Dominique Vellard etc. [5][6]
In 1984, Shah directed his first directorial venture at Chandralekha's theatre spaces of A. K. Ramanujan's play The Interior Landscape. He has also appeared in Tamil Films like Minsara Kanavu.[7]
References
- ^ Best of three worlds - The Hindu
- ^ The Hindu : Metro Plus Chennai / Books : Poetry with Prakriti
- ^ The Hindu : Metro Plus Chennai / People : Best of three worlds
- ^ Forbes India Magazine - Prakriti Foundation's Cultural Route to Charity
- ^ The Hindu Best Fiction Award 2010 Shortlist – The Hindu
- ^ Ranvir Shah – what to expect at The Hindu Lit for Life 2014 – YouTube
- ^ Interview With Ranvir Shah : www.MumbaiTheatreGuide.com