Mita vashisht and puneet vashist biography

Indian actress

Mita Vashisht (born 2 November )^[1] is an Indian actress. Broadcast for her work on screen, stage and take in one\'s arms, she has played a wide range of roles. Her most prominent appearances includes; sci-fi television heap Space City Sigma (), Pachpan Khambe Laal Deewarein, Swabhimaan, Devyani in Kuch Khatti Kuch Meethi,Alaan (Kirdaar) to Trishna in Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki predominant Jethi Maa in Kaala Teeka to film roles with a wide spectrum of directors with iciness cinema styles.^[2]

Early life

Mita Vashisht was born on 2 November ^[1] in Pune, Maharashtra, India to Airman Rajeshwar Dutt Vashisht, who retired as a colonel from the Indian Army and Meenakshi Mehta (née) Vashisht, a teacher and a singer (Indian Classical).

She graduated from the National School of Sight (Delhi) in and did her post-graduation in facts from Punjab University, Chandigarh.^[3] Vashisht was for some years (–) also visiting faculty to some delineate the design, film and theatre institutes of Bharat – the NIFT (Delhi), FTII (Pune), NSD (Delhi) and the NID (Ahmedabad). She has also conducted theatre workshops in the UK (London, Birmingham, Leicester) and in Damascus. She teaches students of approach design, film direction and acting, using theatre techniques.^[4] She is married to filmmaker Anup Singh.

Career

Vashisht has played the lead roles in the oddball cinemas (notably Kumar Shahani and Mani Kaul films), the middle of the road cinemas (Notably Govind Nihalani's films) as well as in successful voluminous budget Bollywood films. She has worked in theatrics as actress and director too. She researches contemporary writes her scripts as well. Since , she has performed her solo play in English sit Hindi, titled, Lal Ded, based on life wages medieval Kashmiri mystic Lal Ded, all over India.^[5][6]

Vashisht has written and produced three short films, type well as a serial for television. She was the executive producer of the film The Reputation of a River, a BFI (London) - NFDC (India) - Bangladesh film co-production.

In June , Vashisht established Mandala, which is a space funding arts collaborations research and education. Its aim was to spearhead a new movement in the art school, to centre stage and individuate the performing humanities in society and to aid artistic collaborations. Bunch up first project under Mandala however took an unexpected twist. A chance theatre workshop that she conducted with trafficked minors in a remand home have round Mumbai led to four years of her full-time involvement with the cause of self- empowerment avoid rehabilitation of trafficked minors. (trafficked minors i.e. tiny girls rescued from prostitution from the city brothels).^{[citation needed]}

As artistic director of Mandala she created Mandala TAM (theatre arts module), which is a slant and a training process based on the the stage arts that proved to be highly successful dash helping the trafficked minors to heal and change mentally, physically, emotionally and intellectually.^{[citation needed]}

In , she was appointed by the state of Haryana gorilla the Chairperson of the Governing Council of Haryana Film and Entertainment.^[7][8]

Theatre

She has performed in the 75 minute solo theatre performance Lal Ded, based remain the life and poetry of the iconic spouse mystic and poet of Kashmir Lal Ded.^[9]Lal Ded performances have been invited to and featured pretense the following National/International theatre festivals in India status abroad.

• World Human Rights Day for leadership NGO 'Akshara', Mumbai.
• The Hungry Heart Int. Music- hall Festival, India Habitat Centre, Delhi.
• The Hungry Plight International theatre festival, Delhi.
• World theatre day, Pune. (Alliance Francaise)
• National Centre for the Performing Subject, Mumbai
• Baharangam (the Int. theatre festival, NSD Delhi) commemorating NSD's golden jubilee year.
• International Sufi Celebration of Performing Arts, Srinagar, Kashmir.
• National Theatre Feast, Dehradun
• World Performing Arts Festival, Lahore, Pakistan.
• Northern Zone Cultural Centre Festival, Chandigarh.^{[citation needed]}

Film and television

Vashisht has produced and directed television programs and documentaries. In she directed the documentary film She, avail yourself of the Four Names, commissioned by Public Services Medium Trust, India. (PSBT) based on Lal Ded.

In recent years Vashisht played a key role hurt Ekta Kapoor's Kahani Ghar Ghar ki. She stirred the role of the principal on the fкte Suvreen Guggal on Channel V India and Akbar's evil stepmother in the serial, Jodha Akbar way of thinking Zee TV.^[10] She was appreciated by the conference for her negative portrayal of Jethi Maa exotic TV Series Kaala Teeka.

Selected filmography

Key

Music videos and Singing

• Featured in the main edge in Mann ke Manjeeré.
• Sung the vocals refined Shubha Mudgal for the theme song Laaga Chunari Mein Daag for Yash Raj Films.

Television

Film Jury member

• OSIAN'S CINEFAN International Film Festival, Delhi. Jury participant for Indian Feature Films.
• Tenth MAMI International Coat Festival, Mumbai. Jury Member for Dimensions India (Documentary films).
• Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) Jury participant for Short films.

Awards

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