Prayas

Amit Ohdedar

A founding member of Prayas, Amit Ohdedar is a veteran director of ten plays, five of which have been for Prayas. A deep pride for his Indian heritage and a desire to share...

Sudeepta Vyas

A love of theatre and the buzz of seeing a production come together brought her to Prayas in 2005, and she has since been involved both on-and-off stage, most recently taking the...

Padma Akula

A Graduate in Applied Communications and NYFA trained screen play writer, Padma Akula has been working as a film maker in several mainstream Indian cinemas as well as here in New Zealand. She...

What does a caveman, Indian Prime Minister, psychologist, murderer, doctor, monk, takeaway owner and King of Gods have in common? Well nothing, really, except that Gaurav has played all of these roles in...

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Bhavnesh Soni

An engineer turned photographer, Bhavnesh Soni joined us in 2007, in The Terrace. Since then, he has been an actor, a key member of the production team and heavily involved in the media design...

Rahul Gandhi

A monk turned doctor turned actor, his involvement with Prayas began in its earliest days when he was still a medic student, and as if that was not enough of a challenge, he...

Zetin Moza

It’s not often that someone lives up to their name – but Zetin surely does! Her name means ‘spark’ and although she might be laid back, when it’s time to get down to...

Kanchan Bandyopadhyay

Since he was a wee tot, Kanchan has been on stage – be it singing, acting, or behind stage – in everything from school plays to professional shows. As an adult his love...

Monica Mahendru

A successful Recruitment Consultant in her professional life, Monica spends much of afterhours pursuing courses in stage and screen acting, attending acting workshops, travelling and ofcourse trying out new food joints in the...