Why travel so much !!!

(Last Updated May 2015)

In last 7 years I have traveled to 

 Rajasthan
Ajmer Udaipur Jaipur Chittorgarh Jodhpur
 Maharashtra
Raigarh Pratapgarh
Pune (5) Mumbai (2)
 Karntaka
Hampi Aihole Badami Patadakal Belur (4) Halebiddu(4)
Tala Cauveri(bike) Mysore(5) Chikmagalur (4)
Kemmangundi Kodachadri  Udipi Jog Falls Honnavar
Bekal Mangalore Karwar  Vellore Madikeri  Treks(5) Monolith Climb(6)
 Tamil Nadu
Ooty Munnar Chennai Pondicherry, Kanyakumari 
 Goa (3)
 Kerala
Thrissur(4), Trivandrum, Munnar, Idduki(2),  Battery Manathwady (bike)
Kottayam, Thodupuzha(3) Kannur, Kozhikode, Haripad
 Delhi (7)
 Kolkatta 
 Orissa
 Puri Konark Bhubneshwar

Travel Abroad : 1999 - 2007
London Cornwal Lake District Brighton Hastings Bournemouth Isle of Wight
Paris, Disney
Rome Venice Florence
Brussels Antwerp 
Amsterdam Hague Rotterdam 
Glasgow Cardiff Oban Fort William Inverness Isle of Skye
Bern Zurich  Geneva Laussane Lucerne Interlaken Wengen Jungfrau Neuchatel
New York Houston Dallas Seattle Detroit Chicago Washington DC Arkansas
Toronto, Niagara Falls

Himalayas
Mussorie(3), Dalhousie, Dharamshala, Mandi, Kullu, Manali, Khirsu, Landsdowne
Nainital, Palampur

I love traveling, what can I say

Photon on the Go

There is a girl I know, like a photon on the go

Nimble as a feather, predictable like weather!

Her personality is such, that earth gravity is not much

The earth revolves around her, around her 

She paints, She acts, She dances … are facts

An inspiration to many, perspiration to “Maharaj Shani”!

Persistent like a wave, ever giving like a flame

Like a gentle breeze she is, she is

When kids her age are getting a grip on life

She has understood the crux, like a butter thru knife  

She is a star, grabs opportunities near and far

Friends to many, chai wala, cleaning lady, security guards … so many so many

She does things Mountain Dew drinkers will dare not do

Breaks boundaries, barriers and riti riwaaz too

Everything is a story, Everything is a song

Drama runs in her blood stream from the day she was born

Where does she get all this, Maybe from her dad I guess

Maybe it is her mom, but let me not digress

Happy Birthday Dear Nithya

May God Bless you ya,

Half my age, Half my weight … but

      Double the zing, Double the grace

Great to have a friend like you … but

     Don’t go overboard with all this praise

Happy Birthday Dear Nithya

May God Bless you ya,

Short & Sweet Theatre Festival Finals 2015

Nithya's Story ... well yes

     but when Ratnakar scripted the play it became his in a way

          when Jibrael acted as a Muslim Shopkeeper it became his in a way

              when Deepti lent her beautiful voice to it it became hers

                  when the talkative Sudharshan played a silent char it became his

Well its our story now but come watch and it may become yours
A melody of 10 wonderful plays on May 2nd and May3rd 2015

A Malayali Catholic Professor is acting as a Muslim Shopkeeper with Hyderabadi accent

When I lose myself in the character, I guess like many others I found myself, 

      Well that is the beauty of theatre

Salaam Namaste
Katharsis Productions
Playwright - Ratnakar Baggi
Director - Ratnakar Baggi
Cast - Nithya J Rao, Jibrael Jos, Sudarshan Basrithaya, Ratnakar Baggi, Deepthi Bhaskar
In the midst of a volatile situation in the old city of Hyderabad two individuals are able to transcend barriers and find resonance with their human identities.

Out of 60 plays ..
Our play got second place judges choice,first place crew choice,
Ratnakar best script and second place for director,
Nithya second place for actress and ..
I got third place for actor !!
Wonderful feedback from audience ... very satisfying

Best Actor Male
Aaron Punnen- Dog Bites Man- 6 votes
Ashank Bhandari- Wish- 3 votes
Jimmy Xavier- About Me- 3 votes
Jibrael Jos- Salaam Namaste- 3 votes

Best Actor Female
Meera Parmesh- Wish- 6 votes
Samanvita Shetty- Keeping Annabelle-4 votes
Nithya J Rao- Salaam Namaste- 3 votes
Best Emerging Artiste: Jueeli More- Murder In the Title
Crew favorite: Salaam Namaste
Best Ensemble: Bobby's Brain
SPIRIT OF SHORT + SWEET 2015!!
Santhosh Nandivada
Ashwin Sharma

Anitha and Team, thanks for Short & Sweet. You are in the business of touching hearts and changing minds .. Keep Flying


The other plays  in The Grand Finale : May 2nd and 3rd 2015

 Diagnosi
The Non-conforming Non- conformists
Playwright: Harikesh Subramanian
Director: Harikesh Subramanian
Cast: Vandhana Rajgopal, Harikesh Subramanian, Alok Bhatt ( guitar)
"Medicine still can’t explain so many phenomena of the complex human body, like why some kids fart when we pull their finger."
Bobby's Brain
Emocrats
Playwright : Bruce Kane
Director : Swati Vittal
Cast -: Ashwathi Iyer, Bhumika Sahani, Gayatri Swaminathan, Swati Vittal, Mohit Budhrani, Bishnoo Ananth,
Rajashekar K, Kishor VP
Unravelling the delicate intricacy of a man's brain
Keeping Annabelle
What's In a Name Productions
Playwright: Rachel Welch
Director : Aaron Julius Punnen
Cast: Samanvita Shetty , Sreecharan Rachakonda
What would YOU do if you were trapped with nowhere to go?
The Kill
Random Play
Playwright : Alex Broun
Director : Ashwin Sharma, Santhosh Nandivada
Cast : Ashwin Sharma and Santhosh Nandivada
An ugly turn of events off the cricket pitch.
Wish
Three Wishes
Playwright: Bokkie Robertson
Director: Kusum Punjabi
Cast: Ashank Bhandari, Meera Parmesh
She's thirteen, she's sassy and she's dying. He's famous, he's arrogant and he's her wish!
Murder in the Title
The Paper Moon Company
Playwright: Anjani Balu, Aiswarya Jayamohan, and Kavya Srinivasan
Director: Sreecharan Rachakonda
Cast: Jueeli More, Kavya Srinivasan and Sreecharan Rachakonda
"The most gripping murder mystery since Dame Christie" - N. Owan Ever
Dog Bites Man
Linked productions
Playwright: Cerise De Gelder
Director: Judith Roby Bidapa .
Cast: Aaron Julius Punnen, Arun Nair, Samanvita Shetty
So why do dogs do what they do? Watch to find out!

About Me
Jugaad Co.
Playwright : Amulya Shruthi
Director: Anna Thomas
Cast : Jimmy Xavier
I'm open minded, friendly and looking for a girl to spend time with till...

'WhatZapped Us'
ShadowLights Entertainment
Playwright : Vinod Kumar S
Director : Vinod Kumar S
Cast : Anirudha Srinivas, Naresh Babu, Prashant Kumar R, Raghava Thummapudi,
Ravishankar Ramamurthy, Varun Marichi