Abhinay Banker

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

Abhinay Banker (Gujarati: અભિનય બેન્કર); born 14 September 1984) is an actor, director and writer who works within Indian cinema and theatre. After several theatre performances in his early career, he received recognition for his performance in Gujarati play Welcome Zindagi (2010), written and directed by Saumya Joshi, which has been performed over 550 times worldwide.[1][2][3] Additionally, people appreciated his performance in the first urban Gujarati movie named Kevi Rite Jaish (2012) which received more than 20 awards.[4][5][6]

Early life

Banker was born in Ahmedabad, Gujarat state of India to a Gujarati Hindu family. During his study time, he worked as freelance photo journalist for a leading news agency in 2002.[7][8] He finished his Bachelor of performing arts with theatre concentration at the Gujarat University in April 2009 and was granted a Gold medal decoration. Since 2014, he has been a contributing faculty cum mentor at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU).[9][10][11][12]

Career

Abhinay Banker has acted in a number of plays in his life. His acting vocation began in 2005 with 'Nat-samrat'. In 2006 he became a theatre trainer and practitioner. From 2012-2015 he was the head of the drama department at Darpana Academy of Performing Arts during 2012-2015.[13][14][15] He is also an originator of Actor's Theatre Ahmadabad (a group of theatre artist) and founder director of Aarambh Arts[16]

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 of the same name. Despite facing the heat from Censor Board,[17] it completed more than 150 performances.[18][19]

Crowds appreciated him as director-actor for his musical demonstration, based on Amrita Pritam's life - 'Main Tenu Phir Milangi' (2011).[20][21][22] 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.[23]

When Urdu writer Saadat Hasan Manto left Mumbai to visit Delhi, he said "Main khud ek chalta phirta Bambai hun" (I myself am a travelling Mumbai), to explain his connection to the city. Thus one of his plays has been named as 'Chalta Phirta Bambai' (2012).[24] In it, 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 ends in the nakedness and blatancy existent in our general public.[25][26]

Banker has additionally acted within the play named 'Akoopar' (2013), based on the novel by means of Dhruv Bhatt. The play focuses on the existence of the Maldharis (animal breeders), who live within the Gir forest, the last home of the Asiatic lion.[27] Directed by Aditi Desai, daughter of the theatre artiste late Jaswant Thakar,[28] the play has been performed at the Bharat Rang Mahotsav at National School of Drama (NSD) Delhi.[29] It has been additionally announced as the best play at Transmedia awards for the year 2013.[30]

The play 'Koi Pan Ek Phool Nu Naam Bolo To (Name any one flower)' (2014) is a psychological murder mystery. It had been at first written with the aid of Gujarati writer Madhu Rye nearly five decades ago. In 1969, Kailash Pandya, who became the first head of the drama department of Darpana Academy of Performing Arts, directed the play.[31] Forty-five years later, Abhinay Banker and his group set out to perform this play on the same stage.[32] It had been also nominated for best drama production at 14th Transmedia Gujarati Screen & Stage Awards.[33]

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.[34] It is a progression of six distinctive stories falling in a steady progression, penned by prestigious creators of Gujarati literature.[35] After its fruitful presentation at the National Center for Performing Art's Gujarati Vasant Natyo Utsav 2014,[36][37] the play has been sensationalized in Habitat Conclave, Ashapalli Festival at Ahmadabad in early 2016.[38][39]

Banker is playing lead role in Aditi Desai's recent production named 'Samudra manthan' (2016).[40][41] 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.[42]

'Happy Journey' (2016), a play written and directed by Abhinay Banker 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 father. It won first prize, received numerous awards in various categories as well as lifted a standout amongst the most pined for trophies in the field of theatre by INT (Indian National Theatre).[43][44]

Theater credits

Year Title Role Credited as Notes Ref(s)
2007 Unsuni Anand Actor The act had been demonstrated more than 150 performances throughout the nation [17][18][19]
2007 Hamlet-o-lear Edger Actor National School of Drama (Intensive acting workshop production) [44]
2007 Aswastthama Aswastthama Actor A play written by famous writer Madyu Rye based on the character of Hindu epic poem Mahabharata [44][45]
2008 Phèdre in India Théramène Actor Have been performed at 10th Bharat Rang Mahotsav in the year of 2008 as well as at French Embassy(New Delhi, India) in Residence programme [46][47][48][49]
2009 Khamoshiyaan - Director A play based on the scars suffered from riots - a collage of Gulzar's literary creations on stage at 'Festival of non-violence through arts' [16][50]
2009 Khuda Hafiz - Director A play based on the scars suffered from riots - a collage of Gulzar's literary creations on stage at 'Festival of non-violence through arts' [16][50]
2009 Ahmedabad ki aurat bhali - Ramkali Narrator Actor An adaptation of Bertolt Brecht's popular play 'The good woman of Setzuan' in 34th Vikram Sarabhai International Art Festival [51][52][53]
2010 Welcome Zindagi Vivek Ganatra Actor More than 550 shows worldwide & Abhinay Banker was nominated for best supporting actor at Transmedia Awards 2011 [1][2][3]
2011 Main Tenu Phir Milangi Sahir Ludhianvi Actor, Director Musical play based on Amrita Pritam's life containing compositions of her poetry [20][21][22][23]
2012 Chalta Phirta Bambai - Director, Writer Based on three plays by Saadat Hassan Manto, a writer of British-Indian Pakistani Origin [24][25][26]
2012 Kasturba Mahatma Gandhi Actor Awarded as best actor at 13th Transmedia Gujarati Screen & Stage Awards[54][55] and the play has also been dramatized at AIANA's Chaalo Gujarat event at Edison, New Jersey[56] [57][58]
2013 Akoopar Nayak - Painter Actor Announced as the best play at Transmedia awards for the year 2013[30] & also have been performed at the Bharat Rang Mahotsav at National School of Drama (NSD) Delhi[29] [27]
2014 Kadak Badshahi Ahmed Shah Actor Celebrated six hundred years of Ahmadabad city [59][60]
2014 Koi Pan Ek Phool Nu Naam Bolo To Keshav Thaker Actor, Director Nominated for more than 7 categories at 14th Transmedia Gujarati Screen & Stage Awards along with nomination for best drama production[33] [31][32]
2014 Haji Ek Varta Marathi Servant Actor, Director, Writer Performed at the National Center for Performing Art's Gujarati Vasant Natyo Utsav 2014[36][37] as well as at the Habitat Conclave, Ashapalli Festival[38][39] [34][35][44]
2015 Unbroken Wings - Director Won number of awards at the INT 2015 (Indian National Theatre) including the best drama, best director, best performer (male & female) and the best music[61] [62][63]
2016 Samudra Manthan Mithu Actor Demonstrates the agitating in the mid ocean that draws out all the 9 ras of human emotions [40][41][42]
2016 Happy Journey - Director, Writer Won the 1st prize and lifted one of the most coveted trophies in the field of Theatre by INT (Indian National Theatre) [43][44]

Filmography

Year Title Role Field Credited as Director Notes Ref(s)
2011 Frock Vasu Film (Short friction) Actor Prachee Bajania Screened at Berlin Film Festival as well as at Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) on festivity of finishing 100 years of Indian Cinema
2012 Kevi Rite Jaish Raheel Gujarati Feature Film Actor, Casting director, Script associate Abhishek Jain First urban Gujarati movie which has won more than 20 awards [4][5][6][44]
2013 Bhinti Maage- Behind the Wall

(Marathi language)

 Atul Film (Short friction) Actor Vishwesh Kolwalkar Won the Dada Saheb Phalke Award in 2013 as well as selected for the 6th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala (IDSFFK) [64][65]
2016 Shubhaarambh Film has yet to be released - Gujarati Feature Film Writer Amit Barot Upcoming Gujarati movie [44][66][67]
2016 Colorbaaj Film has yet to be released Inspector Girish Ramavat Gujarati Feature Film Actor, Writer Zanane Rajsingh Upcoming Gujarati movie [68]
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Films that have not yet been released Denotes films that have not been released yet

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