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Unique
talents come into light at the budding stage itself.
Mime Ramesh was no different. He learnt Yakshagana
at a very early age and thus his association with
theatre began. He performed proscenium plays and
enlightened the people with his street plays all
over Karnataka, as part of the 'Samudaya' group
way back in the early seventies. He has had the
opportunity to undergo training under stalwarts
of art such as Sri Badal Sarkar, a great third theatre
personality, Sri Kadri Vishnu, a famous yakshagana
artist, and Sri U S Krishna Rao, popular Bharatnatyam
artist. It was then that he fell in love with what
would give him utmost fame in the acting circles
– Mime.
Ramesh
has performed more than 500 one-man mime shows all
over India. Some of the notable mime shows that
he executed are Purna Chandra Tejaswi's Maya Mruga,
P Lankesh's Rotti, adaptation of films such as Bicycle
Thieves and French tele film Red Balloon, Peter
Handek's Casper, Nicholoi Goloi's Over Coat, so
on and so forth. A highlight of his mime career
is his 90 minute nonstop mime show Quest For Glory,
which he performed at the Kalamandir, Mysore in
March 2007. The fact that he has directed shows
on various topics for college students and amateur
troupes, organized workshops and theatre camps,
served as a guest faculty for diploma in film direction
students for mime and acting, speaks for itself
about his endeavors to pass on what he has learnt
to successive generations. He is blessed to have
been worked under veteran directors such as B V
Karanth, Prasnna, M S Sathyu, , Fritz Bennevitz
(Germany), Stukle (Germany), Vassili (USA), John
Martyn (London), Illiana (Italy), and the like.
Being an expert in Children's theatre, he visited
Sweden to attend workshop in Children's Theatre.
He was a part of Rangayana tour to USA, Germany
& Austria.
A
multifaceted personality that he is, Ramesh is skilled
at performing various dance forms such as Yakshagana,
Bharatnatyam, Kamsaale, Veeraghase, Kathakali, Bhoota
Nruthya, Chao and a few styles of western dance
forms as well. He is at ease with executing various
theatre related aspects such as mask making, aerobics,
stage designing, costume designing, choreography,
direction, and of course, acting. The fact that
he is familiar with yoga and martial arts (Katti
Varse) also, does give you the impression that he
is a jack of all trades in the true sense of the
term.
Ramesh
has been honoured with awards such as Ranga Karmi
in the year 1989 presented to him at the event 'Kasaragodina
Kalavidaru' by none other than the walking encyclopedia
himself, Dr Shivaram Karanth. He is also the only
Kannadiga to have received the Kalai Selvan award
by the South Indian Artists Association, Chennai
in the year 1997.
At
present Ramesh teaches Acting & Body movements
at Rangayana. He also heads amateur theatre group
GPIER and 'Touch & Fly' - Theatre and Film acting
Institute.
Contact
Mime Ramesh
E-23, Kalamandira Apartment,
Vinobha Road, Mysore 570005
Ph : 2412398, 9448271066
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