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Aishveryaa Nidhi
(Also credited as Aishverya Nidhi)
Aishveryaa Nidhi is a Sydney-based actor,writer,director and filmmaker. She was nominated for Best Actress Award in Short & Sweet, Sydney 2009, the biggest festival of 10 minute plays on the planet, for her powerful performance in Mandragora, written by David Sharpe and directed by Lisa Eismen. She is the recipient of Bronze (ARP) artist award at Short+Sweet. She is the recipient of 'Excellent contribution in Art & Culture' award by Navtarang FISCA in 2009 and Hindi Gaurav & Radio Sur Sangam in 2011.
She is the Associate Producer of the 2006 Hollywood drama-mystery Beyond Life. More recently, she has produced and directed the Aussie-Bollywood flick Flight to Bollywood featuring Salme Geransar, James Eggleton, Kyla Frank, Sukhraj Deepak and Satish Rai. Background score was given by Avijit Sarkar.
Aish is also actively involved in popularising Indian art and culture in Australia. Aish has produced and acted in immensely popular theatre productions, such as Gandhari (solo performance), Kuntiputra Karna and Hamare Padosi, directed by Arvind Gaur. As the founder president of Abhinay School of Performing Arts Inc.,she is dedicated to promoting languages like Hindi & Sanskrit and art and culture from Indian sub continent through instructional classes and professional performances. Their artistic programmes maintain Indian-Australian connection to their cultural heritage, and strive to expand the culture's expressive range,fostering it's stylistic evolution in Australia.
Aishverya Nidhi with Arvind Gaur, Deepak Dobrial,Nandini and
others in Log Baag .
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Aishveryaa Nidhi with Rajesh Bagotra, Wasim Azad, Tarun Puri, Sapna Khatana & Shilpa Shukla
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Aishveryaa Nidhi with Shilpa Shukla and Sapna Khatana in Mahesh Dattani's TARA
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Aishveryaa Nidhi in Mahesh Dattani's TARA, directed by Arvind Gaur
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Acted in 'Jab Rooh ko Saans Aaye' - a film by Swapan Chakravarthy
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Acted in 'Meadow' - a film by Babak Karimi
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Acted is Crossroads, a short film, directed by Neeraj Verma,produced by Yassh Desai.
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Acted in Punjabi Bollywood film VIRSA, directed by Pankaj Batra. Starring Arya Babbar, Mehru Rheal, Gulshan Grover and Kanwaljeet Singh.
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Acted in Yash Chopra's Bollywood film Trouble with Raj (Bachna Ae Haseeno) directed by Siddharth Anand, starring Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone.
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Flight to Bollywood (film): Producer & Director.
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Acted in 21st Conspiracy, a series directed by Steve Anthopoulous.
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Beyond Life (Film) USA, Actor and Associate Producer, Directed by Navanil Das.
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She worked with Sally Spenser Harris (of RADA) in Auckland, New Zealand, and acted in a Shortland Street (TV serial ) in New Zealand.
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Aish’s Journey
Theatre
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Acted in Sukhpreet Dhamoon's 'Dhalti Parchayian' for 'Indradhanush- Festival of short plays organised by Abhinay School of Performing Arts on 11 September 2011.
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Translated and directed Alex Broun's 'Cate Blanchett wants to be my friend on facebook' in Hindi for 'Indradhanush- Festival of short plays organised by Abhinay School of Performing Arts on 11 September 2011.
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Acted in Donna Abela's ' The Rift ' (Play) , directed by Catherine Juhasz cast included Vanessa Davis, Tade Adepoyibi and Sylvia Keays as part of The Mardi Gras Colour Blind Project's groundbreaking concept to Australia’s premier LGBT event, the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.The Mardi Gras Colour Blind Project celebrates the diverse pool of multicultural talent in Sydney and those from the LGBT community that are often underrepresented in theatre because of their racial and cultural background. The Project seeks to break deep-rooted stereotypes, embrace and celebrate cultural diversity, and unify a disjointed LGBT community.
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Produced and acted in Neena Badhwar's 'Quarantine' (Play), Directed by Stefo Nantsou . Cast included Stefo Nantsou himself, Pranam Janney and Shourya Nidhi in Short+Sweet, Sydney 2011. Quarantine came third in 'Audience Choice' week 1.
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Produced and acted in Neena Badhwar's 'Quarantine' (Play), directed by Arvind Gaur. Cast included Ishwak Singh, Shiv Chauhan, Smrit Vij, Malay Garg, Charu Gupta, Rahul Khanna & Himansu Maggu. Music by Kiran Pradhan and Sangeeta Gaur in Short+Sweet, Delhi 2011.
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Acted in ' Leviathan ' (Play), The Unauthorised Biography of Sydney, written by John Birmingham, Adaptation by Resident director of Sydney Theatre Company, Stefo Nantsou is a collaborative theatre piece showcasing Sydney Theatre Company's permanent ensemble of actors including Stefo Nantsou with the artists from Abhinay School of Performing Arts,
Hurstville council and liverpool council and was performed at Hurstville Entertainment Centre on 18 and 19 September 2010, and Liverpool's Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre on 24 September 2010
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LEVIATHAN was the winner for Projects, Programs and Partnerships - category C (for Councils with over 60,000 residents)
at the 2011 Local Government Cultural Awards ceremony at NSW Parliament House. Also Brendan Hartnett Award (acknowledging pivotal cultural staff within councils) was awarded to Anne-Marie Wiles, Cultural development officer, Hurstville Council.
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Acted in Felino Dolllso's 'Let's shoot Max instead!, (Play),directed by Kirsty Kiloh,musical interpretation and soundscape by Kiran pradhan,production assistant Tanya Dickson & Heidi Lupprian.Cast included John Lam,Shireen Anne Magsalin, Carlos Sivalingam & Lara Lightfoot as part of Short & Sweet,
Week 2 at NIDA, PARADE PLAYHOUSE.l
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http://www.theistimes.com/aishveryaa-nidhi-performs-in-short-worlds-biggest-festival-of-ten-minute-plays/#more-696?
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Acted in David Sharpe's Mandragora (play) (directed by Lisa Eismen, co-starring Kieran Foster, Susan Stapleton and Leanne Zaccar) for Short+Sweet, Sydney 2009, Top 100 Category, Newtown Theatre, Week 1.Reached Gala Finals of Short+Sweet Festival, Sydney 2009, York Theatre, Seymour Centre, 20th and 21st Feb. Mandragora is an intriguing play dealing with emotions of a young man, recovering from aftershocks of causing a serious car accident.
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Aish was nominated for Best Actress Award, Short+Sweet, Sydney 2009 for Mandragora. The play got two more nominations, Best Drama script for David Sharpe and "Alex Broun Award for New Talent" for David Sharpe.
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Acted in writer and director Elizabeth Warning's touching play Almost boiling, (play) presented by Somesortawarning productions (co-starring Cheryl Khurana, Yong Won Suh and Peter Irving Smith) for Short+Sweet 2009,Top 100 Category at Seymour Centre, Downstairs (Week 1). The play explores the battle between Anne Stone and her adult daughter Leah as they face the dark realities that come with an unexpected terminal diagnosis in a public hospital.
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Kuntiputra Karna (play) which she produced and acted in along with her son Shourya Nidhi. Directed by Arvind Gaur, it is inspired from the tragic life and times of Karna, son of Kunti and God Surya.
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Hamare Padosi (play) which she produced and acted in. Credited for promoting local Indian theatre talent, the play featured over 20 aspiring actors from the Indian community based in Sydney. The play was directed by Arvind Gaur.
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Gandhari (play) is a 60-minute solo-performance which was first staged at one of Sydney's most respected venues, NIDA Theatre, in July 2005. Produced by Aishveryaa and directed by Arvind Gaur. Done repeat shows in Sydney and was also invited to perform in Melbourne on South Asia Day on 9th August 2008. Gandhari is one of the tragic characters of Mahabharata, the great Indian mythological epic and is very relevant to the contemporary socio- political context. She was born a princess, but was forced to marry a blind man, Dhritrashtra, who was much older to her. Gandhari is story of Mahabharata from Gandhari's eyes.
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Langdi Taang (play): Actor. Directed by Prof. Devendra Raj Ankur of National School of Drama (NSD) India. Technical Direction was by Prof. Suresh Bhardwaj of NSD and Costume Designing by Ass Prof. Hema Singh of NSD.
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Romeo, Juliet and Darkness (play): Scriptwriter. The play was written for ASMITA, Theatre group. It was selected as the Best Play of the Year 2001, by SKP (Sahitya Kala Parishad) Critics Committee.
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The Racing Demon (play): Actor. The play was produced in New Zealand by Pilgrim Productions, directed by Royston Brown and written by David Hare.
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Acted in Mahesh Dattani's TARA, directed by Arvind Gaur-adjudged Best Play of the Year 2000, by SKP Critics Committee, India.
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She performed at the National School of Drama's annual festival, Rang
Mahotsav in 2000.
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In 2000, she conducted a production-based workshop for slum children called Woman (Aurat).
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Acted in Neil Simon's The Good Doctor -Adjudged Best Play of the Year 1999, by SKP Critics Committee.
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Acted in Bertolt Breckht’s The Good Woman of Schezwan (Kanpur ki aurat bhali, Ramkali), directed by Arvind Gaur - Adjudged Best Play of the Year 1998, by SKP Critics Committee
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Acted in Ashok Lal's Ek Mamooli Aadmi, directed by Arvind Gaur
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Acted in Mahesh Dattani's The Final Solutions, directed by Arvind Gaur
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Acted in Swadesh Deepak's Court Martial, directed by Arvind Gaur
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Acted in Director Ranjit Kapoor's Ek Ghoda Cheh Sawar.
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Acted in Kaag-Panth, a National School of Drama production.
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