Shreyas Talpade: ‘I felt when everything is going online, why not theatre’
The Hindu
Actor Shreyas Talpade launches Nine Rasa, an OTT channel for theatre
“And then I found theatre,” says actor Shreyas Talpade, getting nostalgic as he talks about his first love. Growing up in Mumbai, Shreyas remembers being an average student, who was not good in sports and was low on confidence. “I owe everything to the theatre. Once you get involved in theatre, it boosts your confidence, shapes your personality. I began to feel that I could do something.” He remembers watching practice sessions of Shafi Inamdar directing Gujarati plays and acting in iconic Marathi plays like Vasant Kanetkar’s Ashroonchi Zhali Phule. “The play inspired many films, including the Dilip Kumar-Anil Kapoor starrer Mashaal. I used to play Anil sir’s part. Given a chance, I would like to do it again, as the play remains meaningful,” he says. Now, it is payback time and Shreyas has launched Nine Rasa, an OTT platform dedicated to theatre. Already live, it has more than 100 hours of content in Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati and English. More importantly, it has provided opportunities to around 1,500 actors and technicians during the pandemic.
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