The new session of Madhya Pradesh School of Drama (MPSD) has started and students from across the country have been selected for the new batch of year 2014-15.
Notably, MPSD has selected as many as 25 students for the new batch of the year 2014-15. Students from across the country have been selected for this session after four rounds of theatre auditions where the aspirants showcased their skills and theatre talent before the selection committee.
The aspiring candidates for the batch 2014-15 presented their skills on stage at Shaheed Bhawan as part of the auditions that were held in the months of May and June.
Under the auditions the aspirants presented an introduction about themselves before the selection committee and it became a difficult task for the committee to choose the best candidate. As many as 250 aspiring students from across the country participated in the auditions.
Through these rounds the final selection of the appropriate candidates were carried out. They were marked on music, dance and acting skills. Moreover, the aspirants were also marked on their body language, voice modulation and expressions.
Under the selection committee, renowned names in theatres like Uttara Baokar from Pune, Neelam Mansingh Chandigarh, Anuradha Kapoor, New Delhi, Bansi Kaun, New Delhi, Ajay Malkani, Ranchi, Devendra Ranj Ankur, New Delhi, Alok Chhatterjee, Bhopal, and Sanjay Upadhyay were present.
The selected candidates for MPSD batch 2014-15 include Anjali from New Delhi, Raju Kumar, Mohammad Shehanshah and Raj Kapoor from Bihar, Rahul Tyagi, Yogesh Kumar Upadhyay and Kaleem Jafar from Uttar Pradesh, Shubham Parik from Rajasthan, Manish Dogra and Arun Thakur from Chandigarh, Sushmita Mohte from West Bengal.
As many as 13 students have been selected from Madhya Pradesh that include Durgesh Soni, Romi Sen, Jyoti Atrolia, Diksha Sahu, Karuna Singh, Ranjeet Sarathe, Shubham Tiwari, Anchal Tiwari, Rakesh Warwade, Praveen Namdev and lakhan lal.