Capstone Film Academy organises workshop

The aspiring youngsters wanting to enter the Bollywood industry as directors and actors will receive a formal training through workshop.The Capstone Film Academy will be organising a 10-day free acting and direction workshop starting from July 5.While informing about the direction and acting workshop to the media persons here on Friday, Faculty of the academy, Rony George said, “In the workshop, we would instruct youths or acting aspirants about acting and direction and how they can make a career in it. They would also learn about physical expression, speech acting and direction in it.”

Patidar further elaborated, “Harsh Daund, guest faculty of Whistling Woods Acting School, Mumbai and Film and Television Institute, Pune, renowned director Waseem Khan, of Shadow Mime Group, Bhopal would impart the basics of acting and direction to the students. Also, well-known actor like SM Zaheer, and film director Shailendra Sen, Shailednra Shrivastava, Shobhit Atre would also take classes as guest faculties in this workshop.”

Co-director of academy Shyam Ptidar said, “Today acting and direction is just not a hobby but it has become a career option for the youngsters.”

Elaborating further, he said, “Many students of this academy are working as actor in TV and films in Mumbai. Actor Rupali Sisodia is one of them and she would share her experience with youths in this workshop. Sisodia is working in south movie ‘Tanay’ with superstar Chiranjeevi. She has also worked in some soap operas like ‘Yeh Shadi Hai Ya Sauda’, ‘Raghvanshi Kanya’ and ‘NRI Dulha’,” Patidar said. It would be a great opportunity for the youngsters to be a part of the workshop, he added. The workshop will continue till July 15.