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Revision as of 12:38, 19 February 2020

For the musician, see Sachin Gupta (musician).

Sachin Gupta
Born20 July 1994
Delhi, India
OccupationDirector, producer. screenwriter
NationalityIndia
Years active2003–present
Website
sachingupta.net

Sachin Gupta (born 9 March 1978) is an Indian film Producer, Writer and Director. He produces films under Chilsag Motion Pictures & is also an Artistic Director of Chilsag Chillies Theatre Company. He made his writing and directorial debut with the critically acclaimed film Paranthe Wali Gali (2014), he also shot to fame with Pakhi (film) (2018). Sachin's sojourn into theatre started when he was 12 years old, and to date he has staged more than Hundred shows around the world working as an Actor, Director and Playwright including his award-winning Off Broadway play 'Celebration of Life', 'Handicapped City' & 'Kailashnath weds Madhumati' which he staged Off-Broadway, New York and in Toronto, Canada for which he got huge appreciation amongst theatre lovers in North America.[1][2] Sachin Gupta was also the recipient of the 'Natya Bhushan' award in 2012.

Education

Sachin Gupta was born in New Delhi,India & did his schooling at Summer Fields School, Kailash Colony New Delhi and then attended Engineering College in Noida UP,India from where he received his bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering & later he completed his MBA Degree from Symbiosis Pune. After which we went onto Stratford-upon-Avon in London to study and research William Shakespeare. This inspired him to then go to Fanshawe College, Canada to study Theatre. While studying in Ontario he started the Canadian chapter of his theatre company which immediately became a huge success. He went on to study management programs at Harvard University and studied acting at Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, New York.He has also learned nuances of Shakespearean acting at the Emerson College in the US and also did a case study on Harvard University's Theatre Company American Repertory Theatre. Even while studying management programs his end goal was theatre acting and film making, he then used everything he learnt at Harvard to fuel his passion into the entertainment industry.

Film career

Gupta made his writing and directorial debut with the critically acclaimed film Paranthe Wali Gali (2014), produced by Chilsag Motion Pictures, a production company he established in 2012.[3][4]

Year Title Director(s) Writer Producer Cast Genre
2014 Paranthe Wali Gali Yes Yes Yes Anuj Saxena, Sushmita Sen, Neha Pawar Drama
2015 Thoda Lutf Thoda Ishq Yes Yes Yes Hiten Tejwani, Neha Pawar,

Rajpal Yadav, Sanjay Mishra, Bhavita Anand

Comedy
2018 Pakhi Yes Yes Yes Sumeet Kaul ,Anamika Shukla ,Pihu, Anmol Goswami Crime Drama
2019 Mansukh Chaturvedi ki Atmakatha Yes Yes Yes Sandeep Singh, Shalini Chauhan, Anamika shukla, Sikandar Khan Comedy
2020 Mango Talkies Yes Yes Yes Sanaya Irani, Sikandar Khan, Dau Dayal Bansal, Noyonita Lodh, Sunil Handa, Ravi Khanna, Susmita Mukherji, Vishal Choudhary, Sumeet Kant Kaul, Seema Pahwa, Shalini Chauhan, Priyanka Lulla, Sandeep Singh, Myra Hope, Tanya Sharma, Himanshu Sharma, Arjun Aujla, Arti Chaddha. Anthology series

Theatre career

Recipient of National Award "Natya Bhushan", Sachin Gupta, is a qualified software engineer. He is the founder and CEO of Chilsag Entertainment Network, a media and entertainment company.[5]

In March 2003 he started his Chilsag Chillies Theatre Company which has produced thirteen original theatre productions written and directed by Sachin Gupta addressing various social issues, even through musicals and comedy theatre productions, has formed a Theatre laboratory and a Drama Therapy centre. Also he has trained more than 300 actors in various acting programs under the acting school he began in 2004.[6][7]

Internationally, he marked his debut in 2005 as he moved to North America to expand his film and theatre work, staged three Off Broadway shows at Soho Playhouse New York with American actors. Since then he has performed world over, including major cities like New York,Toronto,London,Birmingham,Boston,West Virginia,Connecticut,Philadelphia,Mumbai,New Delhi,Kolkata,Ontario,Orissa,Bangalore,Goa etc. In the past, Sachin has been invited to perform at some of the most prestigious International festivals held across the globe,

While working as an Artistic Director in the Chilsag Chillies Theatre Company Sachin Gupta has also been editing a theatre magazine – Theatre Pasta – that has interviewed theatre personalities from across the world and made it available on the net.[8] In acknowledgement of his continued work he has received letters of positive feedback for social themed plays from the former President of India Dr APJ Abdul Kalam and an award conferred on him by Delhi's Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on behalf of Balwant Ray Society in India.[9]

Sachin's sojourn into theatre started when he was 12 years old, and to date he has staged seventy-five shows around the world working as an Actor, Director and Playwright including his award-winning Off Broadway play 'Celebration of life', 'Handicapped City' & 'Kailashnath weds Madhumati' which he staged Off-Broadway, New York and in Toronto, Canada for which he got huge appreciation amongst theatre lovers in North America. Recently he staged his theatre production The Play Begins @8pm in Orissa while working as an actor along with film actor and playback singer Vasundhara das.[10][11][12][13][14][15]

Film and television actors who have worked with Gupta's Theatre Company include Huma Qureshi, Jitin Gulati, Deepak Wadhwa, Vasundhara Das, Gauri Karnik, Anjum Farooki, Nausheen Ali Sardar, Anuj Saxena, Prerna Wanvari, Kashmira Irani, Shraddha Musale, Rubina Dilaik and Neha Pawar. As an actor in the play KailashNath Weds Madhumati, an Off Broadway Musical Comedy production in New York in the year 2009. and in the year 2011 he acted in The Play Begins at 8pm in Orissa along with Vasundhara Das. He has acted in the US, UK and Canada.

Plays written and directed by Sachin Gupta
Year Ttitle Directed Produced Written Genre
2003 Celebration of Life Yes Yes Yes Drama
2004 Handicapped City Yes Yes Yes Crime Drama
2005 Suicide is painless Yes Yes Yes Drama
2005 Live telecast Yes Yes Yes Satirical Drama
2005 Next Indian Idol Yes Yes Yes Comedy
2005 Great men at work Yes Yes Yes Comedy
2005 No Cheating Today Yes Yes Yes Comedy
2005 Devils Carnival Yes Yes Yes Musical
2005 Don't miss my party Yes Yes Yes Drama
2006 Kailashnath Weds Madhumati Yes Yes Yes Musical comedy
2007 Rollercoaster Ride Yes Yes Yes Fantasy
2007 Wake up Call Yes Yes Yes Drama
2008 Uncle Vanya Yes Yes No Comedy
2008 The Odd Couple (play) Yes Yes No Comedy
2008 A Midsummer Night's Dream Yes Yes No Fantasy Fiction
2009 Cherry Orchard Yes Yes No Drama
2009 A Doll's House Yes Yes No Realistic Drama
2009 Hedda Gabler Yes Yes No
2009 The Glass Menagerie Yes Yes No Memory Play
2010 The Play Begins at 8pm Yes Yes Yes Drama
2014 All My Sons Yes Yes No Tragedy
2015 Chota Bheem The Musical Yes Yes Yes Musical
2016 Ek Shaam Amrita Ke Naam Yes Yes No
2016 Kafan Yes Yes No Satirical

Short Films

Year Title Director Cast Genre
2017 Bidaai Sachin Gupta Sikandar Khan, Dau Dayal Bansal Crime
2017 My Daughter Sachin Gupta Noyonita Lodh, Sunil Handa, Ravi Khanna Drama
2017 The Beginning Sachin Gupta Susmita Mukherji, Dau Dayal Bansal, Vishal Choudhary Drama
2018 Pihu Sachin Gupta Sumeet Kant Kaul, Dau Dayal Bansal, Sanaya Irani Romance
2020 ManoharJi Ki Nimmi Sachin Gupta Seema Pahwa, Shalini Chauhan, Sikandar Khan, Priyanka Lulla, Sandeep Singh, Dau Dayal Bansal Comedy
2020 Seerat Sachin Gupta Myra Hope, Tanya Sharma, Himanshu Sharma, Arjun Aujla, Arti Chaddha, Crime

Music Videos

Year Title Director Music Singer Cast
2019 Naino Tale Yes Shivang Mathur Shivang Mathur, Asees Kaur Jannat Zubair Rahmani, Manish Tyagi
2019 Itni Si Kahani Yes Shivang Mathur Asees Kaur, Abhijeet S, Shivang M. Rohan Mehra, Deepti Sati
2020 Pehla Janam Yes Shivang Mathur Shivang Mathur, Prateeksha Srivastava Lyricist - Shayra Apoorva Programming, Mix & Master - Aman Agarwal
2020 Chunariya Yes Shivang Mathur Prateeksha Srivastava, Shivang Mathur Lyricist - Shayra Apoorva Music Produced, Mix and Mastered by Rishit Chauhan @ Beatspace Studios, Music Assistant - Chirag Chopra
2020 Haneya Yes Shivang Mathur Kalpana Gandharv Lyricist - Shayra Apoorva Arranged & Produced By Rishit Chauhan, Mix By Rishit Chauhan, Mastered By Adil Nadaf And Rishit Chauhan, Strokes - Piyush Sood, Flute - Deepak, Music Assistant - Chirag Chopra

What Leaders Say

The entertainment network has received hearty praise from the late Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, former president of India for the play Handicapped City. He said, "happy to know Chilsag is staging  an English play ‘Handicapped City’. The president extends his warm greetings & good wishes to the play."

Former chief minister of Delhi Sheila Dikshit, said that “the efforts made by Chilsag Chillies Theatre Company in performing art that cuts across social & economic divide & its endeavours in encouraging excellence in this field is praiseworthy.”

The network has also received recognition from the former home minister of India, Shivraj Patil who said that, "It is also gratifying to know that Chilag is using the medium of theatre for the upliftment of the society. And i am sure the Chilsag Chillies will do their best & wish their endeavour all success."

References

  1. ^ "A man with a dream...: Actor, director and writer Sachin Gupta wears many hats with equal ease". The Hindu. 5 May 2006.
  2. ^ "Out of Box: Engineered to act:Sachin Gupta gave up software engineering to pursue theatre". The Tribune. 9 April 2005.
  3. ^ "Individuals shine at theatre festival". The Daily Telegraph. 29 September 2011.
  4. ^ "An Alarm to Action". The Hindu. 26 August 2010.
  5. ^ "Listening to the alarm". The Hindu. 14 September 2007.
  6. ^ "'Celebration of Life' a moving play". The Tribune. 2 January 2010.
  7. ^ "Handicapped City to Play SoHo Playhouse Aug. 17". The PlayBill. 12 August 2009. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011.
  8. ^ "A theatre meal with chillies". The Hindu. 11 August 2006.
  9. ^ "The play's the thing". The Hindu. 27 April 2007.
  10. ^ "Taking a break to chase dreams". Deccan Herald. August 2010.
  11. ^ "Laugh a while". The Hindu. 20 July 2007.
  12. ^ "SACHIN GUPTA INTRODUCES THE FIRST EVER MUSICAL THEATRE FEATURING CHHOTA BHEEMA". TenNews. 20 July 2015.
  13. ^ "SpotLightOn". SoulAmericanActor. August 2011.
  14. ^ ""Wakeup Call" time for Gauri Karnik, Anjum Farooki, Rubina Dilaik, Praneeta Sahu, Kashmira Irani, Nupur Joshi and Prerna Wanvari". TellyChakkar. 11 July 2012.
  15. ^ "Most exciting time in Indian cinema: Sachin Gupta". GoMolo. 30 December 2013.
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