He has acted in great variety of roles for the past 35 years in all such as Stage plays, street plays, Radio plays, Film Documentaries, Ad films & feature films.
After his extensive training in koothu pattarai he decided to start his own institute THEATRELAB ACTORS WORKSTATION in 2005
Has conducted many theatre/voice workshops for children in Schools and Special Schools like Sankalp, Alpha to Omega, Madhuram Narayanan Centre for Exceptional Children, voluntary bodies like Madras Craft Foundation, Krishnamurthy Foundation of India, Ability Foundation, Abacus (organized by Sarika Kamal Haasan) Has conducted literacy programme for actor-training workshops. He has also conducted a 4 days workshop to enable a group of Transsexuals to develop a Play on their lack of human rights and their struggles to claim their rights for WINS at Tirupathi. Recently, he designed and conducted a special programme for children in culture & Environment and Scientific Craft Learning on behalf of Dhakshina Chitra.
ACTING
Has taken part in all performances of Koothu-p-Pattarai including Street plays, Radio plays, and Film documentaries, acting in a great variety of roles, working in diverse styles of portrayal under many established directors. and he also directed most of the plays and staged more than 600 performances . most notable one is, he has acted and directed a Solo, “Appavum Pillayum” in 2003, that was widely acclaimed and praised by hindu and times of india . Has acted in Malayalam and Tamil movies. he has been a personal trainer for some successful Actors in Tamil Film Industry
SET AND BACK STAGE WORKS
Leicester Hay Market Theatre(British Council), Thana Therinjukkanum by Natesh, Saavithri by Veena Pani Chawla, God Has Changed His Name by Dr.Avanti Meduri (Visiting Professor, Performing Arts, North West University, New York).
AWARDS RECEIVED
Has received Junior Fellowship from the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt, of India, New Delhi for two years in the field of “Folk Percussions of South India”.
“ Mr. Rao has been involved in many social awareness programs for a cause. He believes that every human being born in this earth has a social responsibility and must give something back to the society ‘’
After his extensive training for the past 18 years , he decided to start his own institute THEATRELAB ACTORS WORKSTATION in 2005
His Achievements
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1999 - Junior fellowship award in the field of Folk Percussions of South India, from the Ministry of Human Resource Development Government of India, New Delhi.
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2009 – Best Theatre Director Award by ThirupureArima Group – KalayElakiya Association. This is the first time that this prestigious award has been given to a theater play and Mr. Rao is very happy to have received it.
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Mr. Rao believes that an award is nothing but apitiesers to his journey towards his goal. He is called as Master by everybody but he is truly a Master of all trades.