Ep.32 Juhi Babbar Soni's theatre journey: Family's Support, Teaching Drama, Importance of Mother Tongue and more!

Juhi Babbar Soni started her Theatre journey in 1998. Like everybody else, to formally enter  Ekjute Theatre Group she too had to attend Ekjute’s annual theatre workshop and begin with backstage work.   As she came from a FASHION AND COSTUME background(NIFT Mumbai) she started by designing costumes. Her first play as a costume designer was DIL HI TOH HAI.  She then did her first role in a play called YAHUDI KI LADKI as SHEHZADI DESIA. She also did the costume for about 50 actors, it was a Parsi/Shakespearian style theatre.   Her first important role was in a play written by Javed Siddiqui Sahab- BEGUM JAAN. With only three characters, where Mrs. Nadira Zaheer Babbar played Begum Jaan and she played Zarina  (her granddaughter).  Presently she is winning accolades and appreciation from one and all for WITH LOVE, AAP KI  SAIYAARA, the play she has written, directed, and has also acted in. Juhi Babbar Soni has been honored with the National Award SANGEET NATAK AKADEMI USTAD BISMILLAH KHAN YUVA PURASKAR for service to Indian Theatre. She is the Facilitator at EKJUTE Young Talent Company, a milestone in the field of Children's Theatre, and also the founder of Ekjute Talent Forum, a platform to encourage theatre in the youth.   She has been the Curator for Theatre at Kala Ghoda Arts Festival for 7yrs  Juhi is a Theatre coach to several actors and the speech & diction expert for select Bollywood debutants.   Subscribe/Follow now to receive regular updates about the latest episodes You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at [email protected]. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.mediaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.