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Shilpi Marwaha

Shilpi Marwaha is a renowned name in Delhi Theatre Circuit and beyond. She has been active in theatre for over a decade and has been a leading voice particularly against woman atrocities through her street plays. One of great contributions to theatre has been reviving the street plays. Her passion, commitment and charismatic presence has uplifted the street play scenario and has made it appear cool and attractive to youth of today. Some of her popular stage plays include the path breaking solo, “A Woman Alone” of Franca Rame has been described as one of the boldest plays in the country. She has also worked in “Ramkali”, an adaptation of The Good Woman of Szechwan, Dario Fo’s Chukayenge Nahi(adaptation of Can't pay wont pay) & Operation Three Star, G.P Deshpande’s Raaste, Rajesh Kumar’s Ambedkar Aur Gandhi & Hindu Code Bill, Swadesh Deepak’s Court Martial, Premchand’s Moteram Ka Satyagrah, Mohan Rakesh’s Lehron Ke Rajhans, Vijay Mishra’s “Tat Niranjana" amongst many others. She has not only been active in theatre but done both mainstream and parallel cinema in form movies like “Raanjhanaa” directed by Anand L Rai, Inheritors of Earth by T V Chandran "Widow of Silence" directed by Praveen Morchhale. She has been part of myriads of documentaries, shows and worked with oscar award-winning director Ross Kaufman.

She won the best actress award in 2010 in the “International short and sweet festival” and was also the face of national award-winning documentary on the Nirbhaya Andolan called “Daughters of Mother India” directed by Vibha Bakshi. Recipient of awards from Delhi Commission for Woman, AAS award, first recipient of Sarla Birla Award for contribution to women issues and many others.

Ms. Marwaha has not just been involved in theatre as an actor but has earned quite a repute as an actor trainer. She has conducted workshops all over the country in various leading institutions like IIT DELHI, IT-BHU, IIM’s, Delhi University, Shoolini University, Katha(NGO), working with street children and conducting workshops for school children as well.

Many of her trained actors are now working in the Indian film and television industry in different capacities and a few have turned actor trainers themselves. Shilpi has also penned down five stories namely, “Apratyaksh”, a love story of a Eunuch, “Kaash”, inter caste love saga, “Purity” on the slut shaming tendencies of the society “Rangmanch” elucidating the struggles involved in the life of an aspiring actor trying to fulfill his dream and “Asifa” on child abuse. “Ehsaas” a solo act written and performed by Shilpi herself showcasing a young girl’s struggle to express her love and desire for other women. All these dramas have been enacted on stage and been very well received by the audience. Losing a colleague to a road accident made Ms. Marwaha adapt Anton Chekhov’s classic story, “Misery” for the modern day audience adding her personal touch to it. Losing her mother at an early age due to medical negligence had a deep and devastating impact on Ms. Marwaha. It was this blow that made her to take up socio political theatre as her career as she wanted to dedicate her life for raising her voice against the injustice and inequality prevalent in the society. It was this zest of Ms. Marwaha that she became one of the leading voice in the anti corruption crusade and also took the lead in the “Nirbhaya andolan” protests. She has performed thousands of street plays to raise awareness on atrocities against women and continues to do so on various other topics like farmer suicides, acid attack, environment, voting awareness etc.

Ms. Marwaha decided to begin the group in 2017 in the memory of her late beloved mother whom she lost at a young age and whose name “Sukhvarsha” inspired the name of this group. Her vision is not just to create good actors but also to give the society sensitive and aware individuals.