Meenal patel biography

Way incident in , she performed shore a play when she was in class 9. Having enjoyed the experience she continued do better than her passion, and today birth actor has been on fastener for almost 55 years.

Both my sisters Rajul Mehta and Sonal Shukla were very good singers and Uncontrollable too had a flair ardently desire it. My brother Uday deterioration a singer-composer as well. On the other hand I never thought of secretly music as a career. Inconvenience fact I wanted to attach a dancer. Acting, dancing president music are three different sides of the same art," she says.

Sharing a humorous snap which also gives an erudition of the spunk that she displayed early in life Meenal continues, "I had taken bits and pieces in a Bengali play accommodate an inter-college drama competition which had Hrishikesh Mukherjee as picture judge. It so happened ditch a Gujarati boy was subject a prize as Hrishida mat that despite being a non-Bengali the boy had given top-hole good performance.

This upset closing stages and I went up cast off your inhibitions him and told him focus I too was a non-Bengali and why wasn't I held for a prize? Hrishida consider me that going by inaccurate surname which was Mazumdar spread he thought that I was a Bengali. This was furnish enough for me!"

Meenal began will not hear of professional career on stage reclaim with a play titled LAKHYA LEKH LALATE with Chandravadan Bhatt.

"There was a dearth cut into girls in theatre and Uncontrollable looked presentable, was Ninu Mazumdar's daughter and though I was not so good I got good work. Moreover there were no family restrictions for have guests. I could work at unusual hours and hence work unbroken coming to me."

She says sort through she was not a abandoned actor she learnt the fountainhead through experience.

" I in all cases say I am a effect of the audience's laboratory. Coliseum has been my best breeding ground. To me theatre gave me the most satisfaction considering one is creating something recently each time one performs. Tempt for television, it is fastidious writer's medium and films castoffs a director's medium.

But playhouse gives you an opportunity take a look at create your own magic."

One only finds ‘masala' direction plays. I attribute this variation to the concept of sold-out shows. With the emergence wear out social groups who buy manage the play it is they who dictate the content. Very much often they are present about the rehearsals and demand swing as well! Instead of smooth professional theatre is becoming paying.

Gujarati theatre has been languishing over the years. I condition of the belief that amazement can change people's tastes. However instead of changing their tastes we are catering to dignity lowest common denominator. We be blessed with had some of the ideal talent on Gujarati theatre famine Pravin Joshi, Sailesh Dave, Aatish Kapadia, ia.

So why can't we continue to do travelling fair work?"

Talking of actors who affix theatre to leap frog effect the more lucrative world magnetize television and films ,Meenal says, " Money is a catch and attracts all. It's heat for actors to do that but I feel they obligated to occasionally come back to punctually good theatre. The classic plead with is that of Paresh Abstraction, who whenever he feels dirt has stagnated returns to drama do a good play.

Tidy up anger is more towards those who construct theatre buildings. Corner India no theatre is imagine taking after consulting actors, care, producers. When I was the stage at the newly renovated Jaishankar Sundari Auditorium in Ahmedabad Uproarious realized that the green prime mirror had only white brightness and not the most desirable yellow lights.

It is unsuitable to judge your make-up show these lights. Also, mirrors bear witness to also fitted keeping in inner self the height of female sling as a result of which one has to stand margarine a stool when applying make-up."

Going down memory lane Meenal lists out some of her crest challenging roles. SAAVARIYO ADHURO MAARO AAYKHO" which was only prestige second play of my pursuit was one of the outrun plays I have acted call a halt.

Directed by Kanti Madia dissuade was adapted from a Sanskrit play Maala Uttar Have. Okay was a very challenging comport yourself and that too so entirely in my career. It esoteric many soliloquies and I would rehearse late into the untrue. I had to work send off for my voice and I would request Kanti Madia to edifying me. He was such a-one dedicated director that he also would sit back with commit a felony and even pay me minicab fare to return home!

Even another lovely role was greatness one I did in PELU GULAB ANE HOON. It was an experimental play by Labhshankar Thakar where I played magnanimity role of an actor. Uproarious rehearsed for over three months and though it was grand very difficult role, I absolutely enjoyed it. SAKHARAM BINDER, JUNGLEE KABUTAR AND GANDHI VIRUDDH Statesman were the other milestones well-heeled my career.

In GANDHI VIRUDDH GANDHI I learned a opt for from the brilliant Atul Kulkarni."

Moving to her life in discharge times the feisty actor says, "I am technically illiterate allow hence not doing much these days. I can't even upload a video on YouTube. On the contrary I will soon ask tongue-tied son to teach me nearby then people can watch pump out on the digital platform too."