1. Mohit Ratnakar Takalkar was born on 18 August 1977 and is an Indian theatre director, filmmaker and film editor from Pune, Maharashtra.
22 Facts About Mohit Takalkar
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Mohit Takalkar co-founded the theatre company, Aasakta Kalamanch in 2003.
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Mohit Takalkar has directed movies including The Bright Day and Medium Spicy.
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Mohit Takalkar completed graduation from the Institute of Hotel Management, Mumbai and briefly worked in the hospitality industry as a chef, before shifting his focus towards the entertainment industry.
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Mohit Takalkar then studied animation from the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing.
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Mohit Takalkar started his theatre career with the Progressive Dramatic Association, Pune.
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Mohit Takalkar won the Maharashtra State Award for the Best Play and Best Director for Yayati and Nanephek and later for Tu.
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Mohit Takalkar's plays are known for minimalism in staging with technical excellence and a strong visual language.
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Mohit Takalkar directed a flurry of plays for Aasakta repertory, which were mainly performed in Sudarshan Rangmanch, a small intimate theatre space for about 100 odd audiences, in the heart of Pune.
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Mohit Takalkar often acknowledges the contribution of this space in experiments with his craft.
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Mohit Takalkar received the Charles Wallace scholarship which enabled him to pursue his master's degree in Theatre Practice from the University of Exeter in 2010 under the guidance of Phillip Zarrilli.
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Mohit Takalkar then went on to direct his Marathi production of Uney Purey Shahar Ek based on the English play, Bendakaalu on Toast by Girish Karnad.
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In 2017, Mohit Takalkar directed Chaheta in Urdu, based on another of Zuabi's plays, The Beloved.
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Mohit Takalkar directed two plays for Aadyam, an initiative of the Aditya Birla Group.
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Mohit Takalkar then went on to direct Mosambi Narangi, a Hindi adaptation of Marie Jones' English play, Stones in His Pockets, in which two actors, Rajit Kapur and Ajeet Singh Palawat, played more than 20 characters.
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In 2023, Mohit Takalkar returned to Marathi theatre after a hiatus of 9 years directing an adaptation of Sam Steiner's, political two-hander Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons starring Lalit Prabhakar.
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Mohit Takalkar directed Caryl Churchill's Love and Information for National Centre for the Performing Arts.
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In 2012, Mohit Takalkar scripted, edited, and directed his debut feature film The Bright Day in Hindi-English which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
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In June 2021, soon after the pandemic, Mohit Takalkar directed an English language experimental feature film, Occasional Reflection on the contingencies of life shot entirely on an iPhone.
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Mohit Takalkar has edited over 20 feature films which include, Cobalt Blue, Soyarik, Kaasav, Astu, Badha, Dithee, Chidiya, Nital, Samhita among others.
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Mohit Takalkar has played minor roles in films like, Godavari, Gho Mala Asla Hava, CRD, Devrai.
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However, Mohit Takalkar maintains that he acts only for fun and that he lacks the conviction and hard work necessary for being an actor.