N. K. Sharma
{{Short description|Indian theatre director}}
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| birth_name = Narendra Kumar Sharma
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| nationality = Indian
| other_names = पंडित जी
| occupation = Theatre Actor & Director
| years_active = 1978 - present
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N.K. Sharma is an Indian theatre director and acting teacher. Since 1978 he has been freelance theatre person, working all over India in many languages and with many traditional forms. Sharma has worked with Safdar Hashmi.{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/theatre/keeping-it-real/article4365920.ece|title=Keeping it real|date=2013-02-01|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-12-07|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/nk-sharma-was-the-first-person-to-tell-me-i-could-act-huma-qureshi/story-or2wGxDSVn0zh0fYwXoERJ.html|title=NK Sharma was the first person to tell me I could act: Huma Qureshi|date=2016-06-28|work=hindustantimes.com/|access-date=2017-12-07|language=en}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-acDoLv-sigC&q=n+k+sharma&pg=PA83|title=Theatre of the streets|last=Deshpande|first=Sudhanva|date=2007|publisher=Jana Natya Manch|language=en}}
Early life and career
He began his theatre career with the Jana Natya Manch (Janam)- to be in association with Communist Party of India (Marxist), he was in government sector where any employee were not allow to participate in any political activities. After years with 'Janam' He founded a theatre group 'Act One' in 1990 with Manoj Bajpayee.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1120701/jsp/7days/story_15677164.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109141204/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120701/jsp/7days/story_15677164.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 9, 2014|title=The industry makes me sit at home most of the time|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2017-12-07}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.scoopwhoop.com/inothernews/theatre-actors-in-bollywood/#.d3x2ublvr|title=51 Times Indian Theatre Gifted Bollywood With Amazing Acting Talent|last=ScoopWhoop|date=2015-10-05|work=ScoopWhoop|access-date=2017-12-07|language=En}}{{quote box
| quote = " Acting is something that can be learnt, but never taught. You learn from life. A person should be real, true to character,”
| source = —N. K. Sharma on Keeping it real,.[http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/theatre/keeping-it-real/article4365920.ece]
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“You must be interested in people if you want stories. Shakespeare lived before Marx, but he wrote working class stories. The Panchatantra was all about the triumph of good over evil and the desire to live. Stories are going to come back. Look at (Steven) Spielberg’s last four films. The spotlight will return to the actor,” - He told to The Hindu.
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| Angaar (1992)
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Notable students
- Manoj Bajpayee{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/I-wanted-to-commit-suicide-after-I-was-rejected-by-NSD-Manoj-Bajpayee/articleshow/18399539.cms|title=I wanted to commit suicide after I was rejected by NSD: Manoj Bajpayee - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-12-07}}
- Deepak Dobriyal{{Cite web|url=http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main49.asp?filename=hub020411RAJJU.asp|title=Tehelka - India's Independent Weekly News Magazine|website=archive.tehelka.com|access-date=2017-12-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420214355/http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main49.asp?filename=hub020411RAJJU.asp|archive-date=2017-04-20|url-status=dead}}
- Huma Qureshi{{Cite news|url=http://www.desimartini.com/news/bollywood/huma-qureshi-i-owe-my-success-two-people-n-k-sharma-and-anurag-kashyap/article4926.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614083224/http://www.desimartini.com/news/bollywood/huma-qureshi-i-owe-my-success-two-people-n-k-sharma-and-anurag-kashyap/article4926.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 14, 2013|title=Huma Qureshi: I owe my success to two people - N K Sharma and Anurag Kashyap|work=Desimartini|access-date=2017-12-07|language=en}}
- Ashish Vidyarthi
- Piyush Mishra{{Cite news|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/94456/exclusive-interview-with-piyush-mishra/|title="Everyone Can't Become an Einstein, Everyone Can't Earn in Lakhs" - Piyush Mishra to Indian Parents|date=2017-04-05|work=The Better India|access-date=2017-12-07|language=en-US}}
- Darshan Kumar{{Cite news|url=https://www.filmfare.com/interviews/i-always-wanted-to-be-an-actor-7367.html|title=I always wanted to be an actor|work=filmfare.com|access-date=2017-12-07|language=en}}
- Shoojit Sircar{{Cite news|url=https://www.mansworldindia.com/pq/shoojit-sircar-film-maker/|title=Getting To Know Shoojit Sircar|date=2017-04-07|work=Man's World India|access-date=2017-12-07|language=en-GB}}
- Dino Morea{{Cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0roiLKQ62I|title=Dino Morea {{!}} The Empire {{!}} Helmet {{!}} Spill The Tea With Sneha {{!}} Film Companion|date=2021-09-02|work=Film Companion |access-date=2021-09-02|language=en-GB}}
External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqJKPwf-FUg Guftagoo with N K Sharma] on Rajya Sabha TV