A few works of Pawan in the fields of Theatre, Films and Graphic Design with more details about them.... You will also be able to see pictures, press clips and video clips of few productions. 

Theatre
The Final Rehearsal                                     Pictures - Press - Video clips
 
Written Directed and Performed by Pawan Kumar
Duration: 65 Minutes
No. of shows: 16

If we look around us and make a conscious effort to find something which is common to everything, which is present everywhere, we find that it is "Competition". This is what The Final Rehearsal is all about. How does a person handle this entity called competition? And what is he trying to prove at the end of it? And is there an end to it?

Evam Indrajit                                                         Pictures - Press - Video clips
 
Written by Badal Sircar
Adapted and Directed by Pawan Kumar
Duration: 90 Minutes
No. of shows: 5

Evam Indrajit is recognized as a milestone in the history of Modern Indian drama.This play is a crystallized projection of all the prevalent attitudes, vague feelings and undefined frustrations gnawing at the hearts of the educated urban middle class. Evam Indrajit is a thought provoking play questioning the meaning of ones existence. The quest for Truth and a more important question-whose truth?

Monologues
 
Written by Manjula Padmanabhan
Adapted & Directed by Pawan Kumar
Duration: 70 mins
No. of Shows: 1

Five powerful, hard hitting monologues in which the playwright tackles head on issues of violence, intolerance of others, narrow concepts of community and nation, each with a twist that lifts it into the realm of real drama. The Playwright in her attempt to come to grips with the violence of these times excels in this suite of short one-handers which leaves the viewer both shaken and thoughtful. Originally titled Hidden Fires.

Third Bell Theatre Festival                                         Pictures - Press
 
3 plays: Evam Indrajit, Sakharam Binder, BanDvaaLvillada BaDaayi
Directed by Pawan Kumar, Chandan Sanyal, Balaji Manohar
Duration: 3 days

ACTor Company Theatre brings to you the "IIIrd bell" Theatre Festival. A festival prophesized to become an annual event, IIIrd bell promises to be an ideal platform for aspiring and amateur theatre groups, who can initiate themselves under the glare of an experienced audience. The launch theme of the festival was "3 classics tried by 3 young directors". The vision for this festival was to bring to light the works of young theatre professionals who have taken up old classics and are presenting them with a new flavor.

Sleuth                                                                                  Pictures - Press - Video clips
 
Written by Anthony Shaffer
Directed by Pawan Kumar
Duration: 2 Hours
No. of Shows: 15

Anthony Shaffer's Sleuth has thrilled and delighted audiences the world over since its premiere in 1970. Sleuth played over 2,300 performances in London's West End, over 1,200 performances on Broadway, won the 1971 Tony Award for Best Play and was made into a very successful 1974 film starring Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine. This Thriller is about a man who loves games and theater invites his wife's lover to meet him, setting up a battle of wits with potentially deadly results.

Honey! Lets Break up Vol. 1                                  Pictures - Press
 
Written and Directed by Pawan Kumar
Duration: 90 Minutes
No. of shows: 3

Why we do the things we do?' a question which makes lot of sense when applied to the human life. The only definite thing that every human is capable of is - attachment, a quality which makes him different from the other living things. Among lot of attachments which he has, a lot of his energy and time is spent on nurturing the attachment towards the opposite sex. A tongue-in-cheek comedy that talks about the fascinating ways a man and a woman get together, take each other though a roller-coaster ride and finally end the ride – by breaking up.

The Woman in Me                                                                   Pictures
 
Written and Directed by Pawan Kumar
Duration: 60 Minutes
No. of shows: 4

Based on the concept – ‘There is a woman in every man and vice versa'. The play is multi layered and brushes upon issues that come up when we talk about women. The play is about a man whose wife is dead and he is deeply troubled by that and has lost is emotional balance. What it leads him to do in this state of mind, is what the play is all about. In the play we also address about the issues of Domestic abuse and Rape.

Street Theatre & Playback Theatre                           Pictures
 
Cartoons - The elephant and the mice  - Playback theatre - Theatre in Education - Hare and the tortoise - The Invisible Man - Dinosaur - The Cause - September 11 - You are your own saviour - Mending wall - Ant and the cricket - Nuke

During college days, Pawan setup a theatre club in the college. He wrote and directed number of street plays and skits for the college. The Hare and the Tortoise, is a play about brain drain which after 6 years is still carried forward by the junior batch students of the college and is still winning prizes at various competitions. Playback theatre is an improvisational form of theatre, Pawan was involved with the Playback company in Bangalore and has performed more than 150 shows.


Films
3 - A short Film See Trailer
 

3, is a short film in English directed by Lijo. This murder Thriller was shot on a DV cam in a span of 3 days. A 40 minute film about the hatred ness built between 3 close friends. The Film is in Post production and will be sent for various film festivals. The others in the cast included Munish Sharma and Lijo.

Oceanside Blues  See Pictures
 

A documentary made during the research for a Feature film in Gujarat. Shot on a basic handy cam and edited into a 8 mins documentary film. The is shot and directed by Pawan Kumar. The film gives a very crisp insight of the remote villages and the people on the sea shores of Gujarat. The scenic beauty of the seashore and the innocent smiles of the villagers is beautifully captured.

A Perfect Day   See Film
 

A 5 min film made as a part of the Genesis Film Project by MAM Movies. 101 film makers had participated and 101 '5 min' films were made in 101 hours. 25 of these were chosen and were screened at the Cinemax theatre in Mumbai. This film was one of the 25 films. shot on a Panasonic handy camera and edited on a Final cut pro.

Dreamcatcher   See Film
 

A 1 min film made as an entry for the competition organized by the Ability Foundation. This was shot and edited in a matter of 2 hours. Shot on a sony Pd 150 and edited on Adobe premiere. This one min film was very well recieved in the creative world.

5 star Ad   See Ad-Film
 

A scratch ad made by the O n M ad agency, Mumbai. This ad was for the '5 star' chocolate. Pawan was the model.

Rangashankara - Hutch Ad   See Ad-Film
 

An ambient ad made by O n M ad agency Bangalore. The was part of the Rangashankara theatre festival promotion and was produced by their partners - Hutch.

Beginnings & Endings See Trailer
 

The play 'Honey lets break up' was made into a 25 min short film. The film stared Sabreen Barker and Munish sharma. It was a very very low budget film and was shot over a period of 5 days. Shot on a sony Pd 150 and editied on adobe premiere.


Graphic Art
Posters, Digi Art and Websites                                             Pictures
 

With a keen interest in designs and colors, Pawan played around with a few designing software's during his college days. And slowly that developed into a hobby, and then people started liking his designs. Though he doesn't take up any design projects, he executes his own publicity material and tries to create some digital art. See pictures.

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