Abhinay Banker

Abhinay Banker
Born (1984-09-14) 14 September 1984
Ahmadabad, Gujarat, India
Nationality Indian
Occupation Actor, director, writer
Years active 2005–present
Spouse(s) Megha Vyas

Abhinay Banker (Gujarati: અભિનય બેન્કર) (हिन्दी: अभिनय बेन्कर; born 14 September 1984) is an actor, director and writer who works in Indian cinema and theatre plays. After a period of noticeable theatre performances in his early career, he got recognized in the first urban Gujarati movie named Kevi Rite Jaish (2012) which has won more than 20 awards till the time.[1][2][3]

Early life

Banker was born in Ahmadabad, Gujarat state of India to a Gujarati Hindu family. During his study time, he worked as photo journalist for a leading news agency in 2002.[4] He finished his Bachelor of performing arts with theatre concentration at the Gujarat University in April 2009 and was granted a Gold medal decoration. Also in 2015, he had been part of the jury in Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU).[5][6]

Career as an actor

Abhinay Banker has acted in more than 70 plays till the time; His acting vocation began in 2005 with 'Nat-samrat' & since 2006, he is connected as an acting trainer with Darpana Academy of Performing Arts.[7][8][9] He is also an originator of Actor's Theatre Ahmadabad (a group of theatre artist) and founder director of Aarambh Arts.[10]

In 2007, he acted as Anand in Mallika Sarabhai's 'Unsuni (Unheard Voices)' which is an adaptation of former IAS officer Harsh Mander's novel Unheard Voices. Despite facing the heat from Censor Board,[11] it demonstrated more than 150 performances everywhere throughout the nation.[12][13]

His performances in Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' (2007) and 'King Lear' (2007), Bhas's 'Sharvilak', Tagore's 'Sacrifice' (2007) and Madhu Rye's 'Ashwatthama' (2007) were remarkable.[14]

Professor S D Desai titled "A universe of emotion" while reviewing Jean Racine's 'Phèdre in India' (Phèdre en Inde) in which banker has performed as Théramène, at the tenth Bharat Rang Mahotsav in the year of 2008.[15][16][17][18]

In 2009, Along with Dr Mallika Sarabhai, he acted in 'Ahmedabad ki aurat bhali – Ramkali' which is an adaptation of famed German playwright and director Bertolt Brecht's work 'The Good Woman of Setzuan' directed by Arvind Gaur in 34th Vikram Sarabhai International Art Festival.[19][20][21][22]

Abhinay is well known for his lead character in Saumya Joshi's play 'Welcome Zindagi' (2010) and performed more than 550 shows universally.[23][24][25]

Banker has additionally acted in numerous short movies such as Gujarati fiction film 'Frock' (2011), directed by Prachee Bajania; in which he acted as Vasu, was screened at Berlin Film Festival furthermore at Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) on festivity of finishing 100 years of Indian Cinema.[26] A Marathi short friction film titled 'Bhinti Maage- Behind the Wall' (2013) directed by Vishwesh Kolwalkar, in which he portrayed the lead character of Atul, was selected for the 6th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala (IDSFFK), 2013. In addition, it also won the Dada Saheb Phalke Award in 2013.[27][28]

Abhinay had been awarded as best actor at 14th Transmedia Gujarati Screen & Stage Awards for his acting as Mahatma Gandhi in the play named 'Kasturba' (2012)[29][30] and people highly appreciated his character.[31][32][33] The play has also been dramatized at AIANA's Chaalo Gujarat event at Edison, New Jersey in August 2015.[34]

Banker has additionally acted within the play named 'Akoopar' (2013) that's based totally on the novel by means of Dhruv Bhatt and it is approximately the existence of the Maldharis (animal breeders), who live within the Gir forest, the last home of the Asiatic lion.[35] Directed by Aditi Desai, daughter of the theatre artiste late Jaswant Thakar, the play have been performed at the Bharat Rang Mahotsav at National School of Drama (NSD) Delhi.[36] It has been additionally announced as the best play at awards for the year 2013.[37]

To become a part of 'Kadak Badshahi' (2014) play, which is celebrating six hundred years of Ahmadabad city[38] & to portray Ahmed Shah in it was a count of sheer pleasure for banker.[39]

Acting in 'Kaun Banega Crorepati' for season 8 promo (2014), directed by Nitish Tiwari, was all very surreal for Abhinay where the creator appreciated his work[26][40]

Banker is playing lead role in Aditi Desai's recent production named 'Samudra manthan' (2016).[41][42] The story, delineating the battle for good over malice, is an anecdotal thought on the lives of Gujarati group of Kharwas (who live by the ocean) enlivened by an old book of the same name. It is genesis of a Nakhuda, the term utilized for a captain of the boat in Kharwas and demonstrates the agitating in the mid ocean that draws out all the 9 ras of human emotions.[43]

Vachika Abhinaya

Vachikam is the vocal or verbal part of expressive theatre. This is with respect to how identifies with how expression is helped out through speech. It is utilized all the more clearly as a part of dramatization. Vachika Abhinaya incorporates expression through discourse although it is accomplished through writing, lyrics and verse-tunes and drama. Banker has contributed in the accompanying performances:

Year Literature Author Director Venue
2009 Raseedi Ticket[44] Amrita Pritam Abhinay Banker Natarani
2010 Amrita Imroz[45] Uma Trilok Abhinay Banker Natarani
2013 Sakharam Binder[46][47] Vijay Tendulkar Vrundavan Vaidya Natarani
2014 Amruta[48] Raghuveer Chaudhary Aditi Desai Gujarati Literature Festival

Career as director and writer

At the same time as aiming to inspire experimental, untried and non-commercial theatre which does not exists at present, Banker directed and designed two perform 'Khamoshiyaan' (2009) and 'Khuda Hafiz' (2009), written with the aid of Gulzar, for 'Festival of non-violence through arts' which were regarding partition and riots. Exceedingly, the organization with younger artists of Gujarat was given remarkable reaction from the people.[10][49]

Crowd appreciated him as director-actor for his musical demonstration which was based on Amrita Pritam's life – 'Main Tenu Phir Milangi' (2011).[50][51] Amrita Pritam shared a passive romance with Sahir Ludhianvi as he was pretty shy and reticent; she had an extraordinary relationship with Imroz as he turned into gregarious and humorous.[52] Her love tale is about aside from others, as it talks about the purest unconditional love."The play has received several invites from Karachi and Lahore and because Amrita had migrated from Lahore, it might be amazing to take the show there" stated Abhinay Banker.[53]

While Urdu writer Saadat Hasan Manto became leaving Mumbai to visit Delhi, had said "Main khud ek chalta phirta Bambai hun" (I myself am a travelling Mumbai), to explain his connection to the city. Thus the one of his play has been named as 'Chalta Phirta Bambai' (2012).[54] Three joined stories unobtrusively depict the truth of life and all the while challenge the thought of innocence, love, ethics, morality, virtuousness and self respect; but then finish into the nakedness and blatancy existent in our general public.[55][56]

Banker has also contributed as an script associate in the benchmark Gujarati movie 'Kevi Rite Jaish' (2012) apart from acting as 'Raheel' in the same production, directed by Abhishek Jain.[57][58]

The play 'Koi Pan Ek Phool Nu Naam Bolo To- Name any one flower' (2014) which is a psychological murder mystery and is an entire thriller, has been at first written with the aid of mentioned Gujarati writer named Madhu Rye nearly five decades ago. Later in 1969, Kailash Pandya – who became the first head of the drama department of Darpana Academy of Performing Arts, directed the play and it turned into completed for the primary time at the same place.[59][60] 45 years later, Abhinay Banker and his group are all geared up to carry out this play on the same stage.[61] It had been also nominated for best drama production at 14th Transmedia Gujarati Screen & Stage Awards.[62]

With Gujarati theatre artists performing all around the globe, 'The Greatest Sovereign' (2014) stood 2nd in the best play category at the All India Artists association Shimla-Mumbai that facilitated a five-day drama and dance festival, wherein numerous entries from across the India were registered.[63]

Director, actor and writer of the play 'Haji Ek Varta' (2014), Abhinay Banker, portrayed it as a play that has the strings of immaculate humorousness, warmth and joy weaved suitably.[64] It is a progression of six distinctive stories falling in a steady progression, penned by prestigious creators of Gujarati literature.[65] After its fruitful presentation at the National Center for Performing Art's Gujarati Vasant Natyo Utsav 2014,[66][67] the play has been sensationalized in Habitat Conclave, Ashapalli Festival at Ahmadabad in early 2016.[68][69]

'Unbroken Wings' (2015) is the account of Ananya, a joyous young lady who meets with a street mischance and survives a savage blow of destiny. Banker argued that the play will unquestionably rouse adolescents who have run over such circumstances yet have no idea on the best way to proceed.[70] It has won a few awards at the INT 2015 (Indian National Theatre) including the best show, best director, best performer (male & female) and the best music.[71][72]

‘Happy Journey' (2016), a play written and directed by Abhinay for H L Institute of Commerce- A part of Ahmadabad University, demonstrated the life of today's youth as an understudy seeking after her interests and who experiences thick and diminishes of being in a relationship leading her into melancholy and how benevolently leaves it with the well-built backing of her dad. It won the first prize and lifted a standout amongst the most pined for trophies in the field of theatre by INT (Indian National Theatre).[73]

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