Mohit Tripathi is a renowned actor, writer, and director. An alumnus from IMAGO acting school. Mohit has had the opportunity to work with eminent theatre teachers such as Barry John & Habib Tanveer. He has acted in over thirty plays under the direction of Arvind Gaur, Bharti Sharma, Robin Das, Kirti Jain, Bipin Sharma, Avtar Sahni, Sanjeev Sharma, and Neeraj Kabi.
His most celebrated performances include Girish Karnad’s Tughlaq, Bhisham Sahni’s Andha Yug,Mahesh Dattani’s Final Solution, Tara, and Main bhi Bachchan.
Two of his original plays – Main bhi Bachchan and Masterpiece have been published and are performed with great enthusiasm. Mohit has received the Best Actor award at the 11th Natsamrat Theatre Awards, 2018 and Best Director Award at Triveni Theatre Festival 2024.
Other plays adapted and directed by him include Mahesh Elkunchwar’s Reflection, Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot and End Game, Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet, Reginald Rose ’12 Angry Men’.
Mohit has also worked as the Associate Director on the National Award-winning film The Coffin-maker
starring Naseeruddin Shah.
Renaisstance Theatre Society is his brain-child!
Shilpa Shukla is a much-celebrated film and theatre actor working in the field for over twenty years. Her first film Khamosh Pani won several international awards including the Golden Leopard at Locarno. Her portrayal of Bindiya Naik in Shahrukh Khan starrer Bollywood Blockbuster Chak De India got her many popular awards including Stardust, Zee Cine awards and her first Filmfare nomination for Best Actor in a supporting role. In 2013, she acted in the critically acclaimed neo-noir film B.A.Pass for which she received her first Filmfare, Best Actor(critics). Her other films include National award-winning films Frozen and The Coffin maker. She has been trained under M.K.Raina, Barry John, Mahesh Dattani, Kirti Jain, Arvind Gaur, and Bharti Sharma. Her recent Solo Act, an adaptation of Dario Fo & Franka Rame’s Woman Alone, gained much love and appreciation from the audiences.
Theatre, she believes is the vehicle to practice the Craft of Acting.