I am an architect by profession and a stage artist by parallel profession, my passion for theatre found few occasional outlets since immigrating to Canada. I have starred in a variety of short and long plays for private as well as commercial shows in Toronto. Additionally, I also have some experience with directing small scale plays of my own. In Ahmedabad, I was trained under Hashmukh Baradi, the living legend of Gujarati Theatre, at the Theatre Media Centre (TMC). I have performed with the TMC team at Darpana Academy of Performing Arts and in street theatre pieces directed by Hashmukh Baradi, Janak Raval and Manvita Baradi. I also did a full-length psychological play in Gujarati called Koi Pan Ek Phool Nu Naam Bolo To by Madhu Ray with SAWITRI theater (Mississauga) as the leading role of 'Pramod Patel' & ' Jagannath Pathak'. I can also play flute in the Hindustani Classical Style, which I learnt under the tutelage of Shri Hemendra Dixit in Ahmedabad, and for which I received a scholarship from the Sangeet Natya Academy.
