Atul Kulkarni A veteran theatre persona, famous for his role of 'Gandhi' in the critically and commercially acclaimed play ‘Gandhi Viruddh Gandhi’ in December 1995,which gave him 8 Best Actor Awards for the year 1996. It is a record in Marathi Professional Theatre.. Kulkarni's first stint with stage was during his high school days. Later Atul initiated into acting with college plays .He joined ‘Natya Aradhana’, an amateur theatre group from Solapur. He won the award for best actor for Marathi play ‘Chapha’
(1988-89), he stood first in the finals of the statewide competition, beating over 40 other plays. Subsequently, he directed and acted in ‘Apan Sarech Ghodegaokar’ in 1991, which went on to win the awards for the best actor and director, and stood first in Maharashtra. Atul Kulkarni holds a postgraduate diploma in dramatic arts from ‘National School of Drama’, New Delhi from 1992 to 1995.
According to him – “Theatre is unlike any other medium. It's all about repeated performances and new beginnings. Each show is a new day. In Marathi, we call a play aprayog, which means an experiment.
Theatre is a complete experience. It's an incredible challenge to sustain one's intensity and energy for a continuous period of two-three hours. Though the basics of acting don't change between mediums, the technicalities do. In cinema, you can move the audience from location to location and keep them entertained. But in theatre, you have to hold their attention solely on the basis of performances and pace.”
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