Vinay Varma is a theater personality, film actor, voice actor, script writer, casting director and a trainer from Hyderabad, India. He started his theater career with the play Coffee House Mein Intezar written by Dr. Laxminarayan Lal, on 14 September 1980. It was directed by Dr. D.K. Goel. Vinay left his lucrative Bank Officer job to pursue his passion. He believes,"one life one passion".
Career
Vinay Varma, founder of Sutradhar started out as an amateur theatre practitioner and is now a theatre personality of International repute. He has been passionately involved with theatre for more than thirty years. He's also been a part of more than 15 feature films in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, and a Hollywood film. Vinay is well-known for many of his stage and screen characters. He has directed over 30 plays and acted in more than 50 plays with over 200 shows across India and abroad. Some of his acclaimed performances are in Natasamrat, Raktbeej, Main Rahi Masoom, Siyaah Haashiye, Stronger Than Superman, Main Nathuram Godse, Death Watch, Kanjoos Makkhi Choose, David Mamet's Oleanna. He is well-known for his play Main Rahi Masoom which is based on the life and times of writer Dr Rahi Masoom Raza. Besides Hyderabad, Main Rahi Masoom has been performed in Kala Ghoda Arts Festival – Mumbai, 3rd Minerva National Theatre Festival – Kolkata, Pratyay Theatre Festival – Kolhapur, 12th Bharath Rang Mahotsav – New Delhi, 22nd National Drama Festival – Allahabad, 8th World Theatre Olympics-Chandigarh, Film and Television Institute of India-Pune. It was also performed in Chennai, Ahmedabad, Indore, Bengaluru etc. Vinay Varma was also invited by the Society of Friends International, London, to stage Main Rahi Masoom. On 2 March 2018, Main Rahi Masoom celebrated its 50th show, at Ravindra Bharathi, Hyderabad, India. As a Theatre Director, some of his well-known plays are:
Kanjoos Makkhi Choose, a Hyderabadi adaptation of The Miser.
Voice work
Vinay Varma had lent his voice in Urdu, English, and Hindi, for various Ad-Films, Documentaries, Corporate Films, and Educational Films. He also dubs for Telugu films. He has dubbed for Tinnu Anand in Telugu film Anji, for Nassar in Okkadunnadu, for the main villain in Vijay Devarakonda starrer Dear Comrade, for Tamil actor Ilavarasu in Donga, and for many other interesting characters.
Workshops
Vinay Varma has been conducting Acting, Voice, and Body Language Workshops at Sutradhar since 1999, and has identified and trained more than a hundred talents. Some well-known faces trained by him are Vijay Varma, Sree Vishnu, Aditi Sharma, Vijay Deverakonda, Y.P. Yashashwini. Some have won accolades for their short films, some do regular voice-overs and dubbing for feature films, ad-films, and documentaries, and some are assisting big-time film directors.
In the media
Public Appearance
Vinay Varma was honored as a NIFT guest faculty, Annapurna adjunct faculty and CCRT guest faculty. He was also a part of the National Film Awards 2015 Jury.
