Akash Khurana

Akash Khurana is an Indian actor, screenwriter, director, author, theatre artist and entrepreneur.

His first screen appearance was in Shyam Benegal's Kalyug. He has appeared in nearly 60 films, including Ardh Satya, Saaransh, Naam, Beta, Saudagar, Sarfarosh, Company and Barfii.

He has written over 20 screen plays, including Aashiqui and Baazigar. He won the Nandi Award for Special Jury for the film Dr. Ambedkar (1992).

Early life and background Khurana did his schooling at St. Francis de Sales school in Nagpur. He graduated from the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela (Rourkela, Odisha, India) as a mechanical engineer. He then obtained an MBA degree from XLRI – Xavier School of Management (Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India). Later he obtained an M.Phil. degree and a Ph.D. in Social Sciences from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (Mumbai, India), where he has been a visiting faculty member since 1995.

Filmography

Actor

Writer

Television

Actor Satyajit Ray Presents Sara Jahan Hamara Guftagoo Tamas C. Rajagopalachari Stories Faisla Dhadkan Asha Rishtey Untitled Raahein Kuch Ret Kuch Pani Aakrosh Ladies Special''' 24 Season 2 Humshakals Leila Mai: A Mother's RageDirector Front Page on Doordarshan Kuch Ret Kuch Pani on Channel 9 Gold Magal on Sun TV (2007–2011)The River of Love (2021 film)

Writer Gulmohur (West) Kismat America...Amerika Kabhie Kabhie Viruddh Dil Hai Hindustani Kuch Ret Kuch Pani''

Theatre

Actor Year Play Playwright Director Refs 1970s The Miser Molière K. Janardhan Equus Peter Schaffer K. Janardhan Adhe Adhure Mohan Rakesh K. Janardhan The Memorandum Vaclav Havel Anmol Vellani The Unknown General Rene de Obaldia Sunil Shanbag Abe Bewaqoof Slavomir Mrozek Satyadev Dubey 1980s Aur Tota Bola C'shekhar Kambhar Satyadev Dubey Aah Vijay Tendulkar Satyadev Dubey Ajnabi Albert Camus Satyadev Dubey Ooljulool A. Rangachari Satyadev Dubey Don Juan in Hell Bernard Shaw Satyadev Dubey Chowkidar Harold Pinter Sunil Shanbag/Akash Khurana Circus Slavomir Mrozek Sunil Shanbag Mat Yaad Dila Vijay Tendulkar Akash Khurana Arms and the Man Bernard Shaw Naseeruddin Shah 1990s Julius Caesar Shakespeare Naseeruddin Shah The Caine Mutiny Court Martial Herman Wouk Naseeruddin Shah Waiting for Godot Samuel Beckett Benjamin Gilani Ramu aur Maalik Milan Kundera Sunil Shanbag 2000s A Life in the Theatre David Mamet Zubin Driver Women in Waiting, Men on the Line Various Poets Akash and Akarsh Khurana A Special Bond Ruskin Bond Akarsh Khurana Antigone Jean Anouilh Satyadev Dubey Blackbird David Harrower Akarsh Khurana 2010s Super 8 Various Akarsh Khurana Our Town Thornton Wilder Akash Khurana Stories in a Song Vikram Phukan Sunil Shanbag Tuesdays with Morrie Mitch Albom Meera Khurana

Director Play Playwright ChowkidarHarold PinterMat Yaad DilaVijay TendulkarWomen in Waiting, Men on the LineVarious PoetsOur TownThornton WilderA Friend's StoryVijay TendulkarThe Hound of the BaskervillesSteven Canny & John NicholsonUnder the Gypsy MoonSarat Chandra Chattopadhyaya/Akash Khurana