NEERAJ KUNDER , SECETRERY & DIRECTOR , INDRAVATI NATYA SAMITI, GOPAL DAS ROAD SOUTH KARAUNDIYA SIDHI
Presently: Work with our theater group, and doing research work about tribal and folk art from Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh.
Academic Qualification: B.COM: P.M.B. Gujrati College Indore (2007) , Student of Sangeet Natak academy ,{Select in 30 days theatre workshop 1st phase 2006} ,{Select in 75 days theatre workshop 2nd phase 2008} ,{Select in 6 month sanskrit theatre workshop 3rd phase 2009}
Work with Sanskrit Theater: Sopanam institute of performing art & research thiruvananthpuram kerala. (2010)
Special work: Work with ten thousand tribal and folk artist in different communities like Kol, Gond, Baiga, Agariya, Panika, Aheer, Basor, Saket, Kumhar etc. {Adopt 501 villge and make “Lok Kala Gram”}
Publication: My self Poem “MERI KAVITA” Published in SAMKALEEN BHARTITYA SAHITYA Issued by Sahitya Academy DELHI.
My article ‘’SIDHI LOKOTSAV 2010’’ Published in RANGKARM 2011 Issued by IPTA Raigarh. Vindhya mekal lokrang mahotsav 2016
Mahaur 2017, Banbhatt mahotsav 2018, Mahaur 2019, Mahaur 2021
Workshops: Directed a workshop organized by Natwar Natya kala Samiti Sidhi (2005) , Directed a workshop organized by Indravati Natya Samiti Sidhi (2007) ,Directed a children workshop organized by Ustad allauddin khan sangeet kala academy Bhopal (2007). Directed a Production workshop Play Hawalaat organized by Indravati Natya Samiti Sidhi (2008) ,Directed a children workshop organized by Ustad allauddin khan sangeet kala academy Bhopal (2010). Directed a workshop organized by Swaraj Sansthan Sanchnalay Bhopal (2010) Organized a dance workshop in sidhi by Gladys clain. (May 2012) , Organized a workshop Of Marshal Art, Dance, And Theater Workshop in Sidhi 5 April to 20 June 2013
Organized a workshop of Mime theater in sidhi 2014 ,Organized a workshop of dance, drama and music in sidhi 2014 ,Organized a workshop of Folk drama and music in sidhi 2016 ,Organized a workshop of Classical drama and music in sidhi 2017 ,Organized a workshop of drama, mime and dance in sidhi 2018 ,Folk drama workshop Organized in sidhi 2019 ,Organized a 21 day Workshop in center jail sidhi 2019 , Organized Mahaur gramanchal mahotsav 2019 ,Organized 3 days Vindhya inter national film festival 2019 , 21 days International mahaur theater festival in sidhi 2020 , 11 days International mahaur theater festival in sidhi 2020 ,Organized 3 days Vindhya inter national film festival 2021 ,Organized 21 day Children theatre Workshop 2021 , Organized 51 day National theatre Workshop 2021 ,Organized 75 day National theatre Workshop 2021 ,Organized 40 day National theatre Workshop 2021
Seminars:
| NO. | Name of the seminar/conference/symposia etc. | Name of the sponsoring agency | Place and date |
| 1 | Ramayana relation with folk music | Indravati natya samiti sidhi | Sidhi 2009 |
| 2 | Sanskrit theater in modern aspects | Sangeet natak Academy Delhi | Dharwar 2009 |
| 3 | Young artist work in theater | Sangeet natak Academy Delhi | Kurukshetra 2009 |
| 4 | Aaj ke parivesh me‘’NAUTANKI’’ | Sangeet natak Academy Delhi | Lakhanow 2009 |
| 5. | Tribal art forms and theatre | N.S.D Delhi | Bombay 2015& Allahabad 2015 |
| 6. | Folk culture and theatre | MPSD Bhopal | Bhopal 2017 |
| 7. | Regional theatre | MPSD Bhopal | Bhopal 2018 |
| 8. | Folk music in performance | Sonalchal mahotsav samiti, sidhi | Sidhi 2020 |
| 9. | Folk theatre in roots | Varansi theatre | Online 2020 |
| 10. | Theatre talk show | Natrang Jammu | Online 2020 |
Participation in National Theater Festivals: Participate in “AZAD BASURI ‘’ ‘baal natya samaroh’ organized by Swaraj Sansthan Sanchnalay Bhopal. 20 august 2010. Participate in ‘’VINDHYA NATYA UTSAV organized by tata shiksha samajik vikas samiti Sidhi & devdhara manav kalian samiti Sidhi 18 July 2010. Participate in ‘BHARAT PARV’’ organized by Swaraj sansthan Bhopal 26 Jan. 2011. Participate in ‘’17th RASTRIYA NATYA SAMAROH’’ organized by IPTA Raighar 7 January 2011. Participate in national theater festival ‘’NATYAOTSAV’’ organized by Sangeet natak academy 25 February 2011. Participate in ‘AAZAMGARH RANG MAHOTSAV (Aarangam)’’ by Sutradhar Aazamghar 2011. Participate in ‘’26th PATLIPUTRA NATYA MAHOTSAV’’ organized by Prangan Patna 2011. Participate in ‘’27th PATLIPUTRA NATYA MAHOTSAV’’ organized by Prangan Patna 2012. Participate in National Children Theater Festival organized by Kilkari Bal Bhawan Patna 2012. Participate in ‘’6th NATIONAL MIME FESTIVAL’’ organized by Indian Mime Theatre Kolkata 2012. Participate in Tagore National Mime Theater Festival organized by Indian Mime Theater 2012 Participate in Sanskrit Theater festival organized by Pratibha Sanskritik Sansthan Agra 2012 Participate in 4th National theater festival Organized by Natya Ganga Chhindwara 2012 Participate in 28th PatilPutra Natya Mahotsov, organized by Prangan Patna Bihar 2013 Participate “Madhya Pradesh Natya Utsav 2013 , Participate in 29th PatilPutra Natya Mahotsov, organized by Prangan Patna Bihar 2014 ,Participate in 31st PatilPutra Natya Mahotsov, organized by Prangan Patna Bihar 2016 ,Participate in Bharat rang Mahotsov, organized by N.S.D Delhi 2015 ,Participate in Natya Angan Mahotsov, organized by Abhinay natya sansthan hisaar 2016. Participate in Arangam natya Mahotsov, organized by sutradhar ajamgadh 2016 , Participate in Minerva theatre festival, organized by Kolkata ministry of culture 2017 ,Participate in Thearte Olmpic organized by N.S.D Delhi 2015 , Participate in Bharat rang Mahotsov, organized by N.S.D Delhi 2015 ,Participate in Lokrang evm natya Mahotsov in Bihar 2017 Participate in Pahchan natya mahotsav, organized by aadivasi lok kala parishad Bhopal 2017. Participate in Basant natya Mahotsov, organized by Mumbai university 2018. Participate in lokrang natya mahotsav organized by Achhinjal bhatsimari bihar 2018. Participate in Minerva theatre festival, organized by Kolkata ministry of culture 2018 ,Participate in Natya mahotsav Vijayvada Andhrapradesh 2018 ,Participate in Natya mahotsav organized by bhaav rag tal natya sansthan uttrakhand 2018. Participate in Classical festival Khandva madhypradesh 2018 , 4th minerava national theatre festival Kolkata 2019. 11 day,s International mahaur theater festival in sidhi 2019. Samskrit vibhag ka aayojam banbhatya samaroh sidhi 2019. 11 divasiy mahaur fag mahotsav 2019. 11 divasiy mahaur javara mahotsav 2019. Rasagjana 4th national theatre festival 2019 Participate in Sanskrit natya samaroh Ujjain 2021
Acting: Bakari, kafan (2003), Andha yug, (2006), Uttarpriydarshi (2005), 1857 ki kranti, (2008),Dhortsamagam, (2008),Abhigyan shakuntalam in Sanskrit (2008), Avavn-avan kadamba in Malayalam (2010).Chandanua in Bagheli (2015)
Direction: 2005 – Railway encounters (imprecision production) 2006 – Gaddha (writer: ashwin sharma) (based on krishan chander story) 2007 – Kaal – kothari (writer: Swadesh deepak) (about suffering a theater artist) 2008- Hawalat (writer: Sarveshwar dayal saxsena), (soreness of unemployment) 2008 – 1857 ki kranti (writer: Roshani Prasad mishra), (Based of revaluation of 1857) 2008 – Aatmaza viritant (writer: Neeraj kunder) 2009 – Jamun ka ped (writer: krishan chander) 2009 – Dadarpur ke bachche (writer: krishan chander)2010 – Chamde ki naav (Satish Mehta) (children folk musical play) 2010 – Thakur ranmat singh (Manoj Mishra) (children folk musical play)2011 – Taiyya – taiyyam (decampment of farmer with relation of Ramayana) 2012 – Latmarba – {writer and director – Neeraj kunder and R.P.Mishra} 2012 – Sach bada balwaan – {writer and director – Neeraj kunder and R.P.Mishra} 2012 – Aap ke kar kamlo se – {writer – vilas gupte, Directed by- Neeraj Kunder}2012 – Kabulivala {writer Ravindra nath taigore Directed by- Neeraj } 2012 – Karnbharam {Writer–mahakavi bhas Directed by –Neeraj Kunder} 2013 – Hori {writer- Vishnu Prabhakar Directed by – Neeraj Kunder} 2014 – Panchbhagat {writer- Narendra singh, Directed by – Neeraj Kunder} 2014 – Shiv vivha {writer- Narendra singh, Directed by – Neeraj Kunder} 2017 – Eklvya {writer- Narendra singh, Directed by – Neeraj Kunder} 2019 – Barbreek {writer- Narendra singh, Directed by – Neeraj Kunder} 2021 – yog evam jeevan darshan {writer- Roshani Prasad Mishra, Directed by – Neeraj Kunder}
Organized festivals: VINDHYA NATYA UTSAV, SIDHI’’ –18 July 2010 , 1ST SIDHI – LOKOTSAV (a journey of folk dance festival) –15 to 18 oct. 2010 ,2ND SIDHI – LOKOTSAV (a journey of folk dance festival and education tour ,Of Madhya Pradesh Natya Vidhyalay Bhopal) –21 to 28 Nov. 2011 , 3RD SIDHI – LOKOTSAV (a journey of folk dance festival) – jan 2012 ,1st Kadambari Natya Samaroah ( drama and folk art festival) – 2013 1st Mahakaushal Natya Mahotsav (drama and folk art festival) 2013 ,4th SIDHI – LOKOTSAV (a journey of folk dance festival) – jan 2013 , 2nd adambari Natya Samaroah ( drama and folk art festival) – 2014,2nd Mahakaushal Natya Mahotsav (drama and folk art festival) 2014 , 5th SIDHI – LOKOTSAV (a journey of folk dance festival) – jan 2014,3rd Kadambari Natya Samaroah ( drama and folk art festival) – 2015,3th Mahakaushal Natya Mahotsav (drama and folk art festival) 2015,6th SIDHI – LOKOTSAV (a journey of folk dance festival) – jan 2015,7th SIDHI – LOKOTSAV (a journey of folk dance festival) – jan 2016.,51 days Mahaur kala mahotsav 2016. 1st Banbhatt natya evm lokrang utsav 2016. World record 111 days mahaur kala mahotsav 2017.2nd Banbhatt natya evm lokrang utsav 2017.3days sidhi natya mahotsav 2018.1st siddhidatri lokrang mahotsav 2018.8th SIDHI – LOKOTSAV’ (a journey of folk dance festival) – 2017.3rd Banbhatt lokrang evm natya samaroh 2018.9th SIDHI – LOKOTSAV’ (a journey of folk dance festival) – 2018.4th Banbhatt lokrang evm natya samaroh 2019.11 days Mahaur kala mahotsav 2019.11 days Mahaur Bhagat mahotsav 2019. 3 days Mahaur mahotsav 2021 ,7 days Mahaur mahotsav 2022.
Membership/committees on education:Syllabus designer and Consultant in diploma in performing art {Tribal, folk, and tradition art form} Tata College affiliated by ignou.Member of Indian Mime federation. Examination member of Raja Mansingh tomar music & Art university, Gwalior
Workshop and co-ordination work with Different Institute : 15 days workshop and dairected drama Karnbharam in kilkari bal bhavan patna, 2019,As a guest faculty Theatre traing work with 1st, 5th, and 7th, baich student in madhypradesh natya vidyalay bhopal.Co- ordination to chandigarh university 12 days educational tour in sidhi.15 days mime and poetry workshop As a guest faculty work with student of chandigarh univesity.Co-ordinate EZCC Mime and folk festival.
Work with: Shri Kavalam narayan panikkar Sir,Shri Sanjay upadhyay Sir,Shri Satish Anand Sir,Shri Suman Kumar Sir,Shri Niranjan Goswami Sir, Shri P. Gopinath Sir,
Scholarship: Sangeet natak academy give scholarship for learn Sanskrit theater with panikkar sir. (2009-2010)Scholarship to young theater artist from Ministry of Culture (2010-2012)
Award: Pyare mohan Sahay Smriti Samman by – Prangan Sanskritik Sansthan Patna bihar
Occupation /Professing: – Theatre
Neeraj Kunder Date: 30/01/2020 Place: sidhi
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