Biography

Alumnus, The Film & Television Institute of India, Pune

Theatre: English Actor / Director / Mentor / Writer / Designer: The Phoenix Players Mumbai since 1984

International Theatre Festivals: "Troubadour", a solo play, based on the writings of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi at Edinburgh [2004] Dublin [2005] Prague [2007] Lahore [2008] & "Shakespearewallah", a solo play, based on the works of William Shakespeare at Stratford upon Avon [2014]

Feature Films Hindi: "Sardari Begum" & "Trikaal" - Shyam Benegal, "Chakra" - Robin Dharmaraj, "Soldier" - Abbas Mustan, "Maharaja" - Anil Sharma, "Koyla" - Rakesh Roshan, "Shapath" - Rajiv Babbar, "Mohan Joshi Haazir Ho" - Saeed Mirza, "Drohi" - Ramgopal Varma

Malayalam: "Thazhvaram" - Bharathan, "Udayon" - Bhadran

Telugu: "Antham" - Ramgopal Varma, "Rakshana" - Narayan Rao, "Muggaru Manogalu" - Raghavendra Rao

Tamil: "Vetri Vizha" - Pratap Pothen, "Thiruda Thiruda" - Mani Ratnam, "Chinna Gounder" - Udaya Kumar, "Seemaan" - Raj Ghafoor, "Sentamizh Paattu" - P Vasu, "Dass" - Babu Yogeswaran, "Dharmaseelan" - C Ravi, "Vettaikaran" - Babu Sivan

English: "The Deceivers" - Nicholas Meyer, "The Maharajah's Daughter" - Burt Brinckerhoff, "The Perfect Murder" - Zafar Hai, "Kim" - John Davis, "NR 3535" [Short Film]

Pali: "Chapter Three" [Short Film]

Television: Hindi "Subah" & "Inkaar" - Bharat Rungachary "Bharat Ek Khoj" - Shyam Benegal, based on "The Discovery of India" by Jawaharlal Nehru. Portrayed "Krishna", "Rama", "Tipu Sultan" & "Ramaraya"

Voice overs CD's "Mandookya Upanishad" [English] "The Speaking Tree" [English & Hindi] "The Glimpses of the Gita", "Manah Shanti", "Vishwaroopam" [English]

NDTV - promos TV [Hindi] "Outstanding Voice of the Year, 2004 & 2005" Feature Film Dubbing in Hindi for "Scar" in "The Lion King" & "Leonidas" in "300"

Martial Arts & Healing "Hanshi" 9th Dan Black Belt, "Soke Shihan" [Founder] Zendokai Kokusai. Grand Master in Martial Arts & Healing Sciences - Okinawa, Japan, China & India
- IMDb mini biography by: SALIM GHOUSE

Deep rich voice.

Performed his own fight scenes and stunts.

Often played thinking villains.

Menacing, sinister grin.

Debut film was Swarg Narak 1978.

Was also a certified in martial arts.