Ravi Deep


Ravi Deep is an Indian theatre and television director, writer, and actor

Biography

Ravi Deep started stage acting from his school days and got involved in modern theatre during college days at Kapurthala, a town in India. He along with Lalit Behl, Pramod Moutho, Satish Sharma and Harjit Walia made this small town a hub of modern theatre. He did his Masters in Dramatic Art from Punjabi University, Patiala in 1977. He did freelancing as theatre actor, director and writer. He wrote and directed short plays 'Rang Nagari', 'Kheench Rahe Hain', 'Kaun Nachaye Nach?', 'Satya Katha' and 'Mukti Bahini'. These plays won inter varsity contests for 4 consecutive years. 'Rangmanch Ke Teen Rang' an anthology of his first three plays was published in March 1982. His plays are still being staged every year, mainly at University Contests. He also wrote & directed few children plays like 'Bagula Bhagat' and 'Bahurupiya'. His anthology of stories 'Bilav' was published in 2014.
Ravi Deep joined Doordarshan, the Public Service Broadcasting Organisation of India in April 1983 and shifted to programme production, writing and direction for television. He produced and directed TV Serials 'Buniad', 'Lafafi' and 'Parchhaven' besides a number of teleplays, telefilms, documentaries, and TV programmes. He won Doordarshan Award in 2008 in the Literary Adoption Category. He has four more nominations to his credit. He did Masters in Political Science and M Phil. He has been the Programme Director of ABU Robocon India from 2007 to 2014.

Filmography

As director

Politics & Theatre in Punjab

Awards and nominations

AwardResultCategoryProgramme
Sahyadri Award 2010WonBest in house FictionGodaveri Ne Kay Kele
Sahyadri Award 2010WonBest Nonfiction ABU Robocon 2010: Team India
DD Award 2009–10NominationTelefilmGodaveri Ne Kay Kele
DD Award 2008–09WonLiterary adoptionSamander Ki Rani
DD Award 2008–09NominationTelefilmQatalgah
DD Award 2004NominationScience & TechnologyCharting the Ocean