The Creative Head: Mr.Arvind Gaur

He has been a director for decades now. One would expect to see a brooding aura around him, but surprisingly he remains grounded after an extremely successful stint with the medium he loves most; theatre.
He mentors more than 100 students in his theatre group and has only one philosophy; that everybody deserves a chance to prove their mettle. He often talks about facing rejection early in his career and believes that every student who comes to him for guidance deserves an opportunity.
This definitely does not mean that he goes easy on his actors. He constantly pushes them to go beyond their limit and their seeming potential. His actors rehearse for several hours a day and seven days a week. If one gets an opportunity to sit through his rehearsals, one would notice the kind of details he works on. Details that his audiences often take for granted. 
He makes one realise that pursuing each and every profession takes an immense amount of hard work and dedication. People might be born actors, but they still need to work their way up the ladder of success. 

His students not only learn acting but also become thorough intellectuals and virtuous individuals in the process. He urges actors to read about the play they are performing and learn about its socio-political significance. When one meets some of the actors, one notices the determination on their faces and the humility in their demeanour. That is when one realises that these actors have gone through rigourous training to be sporting their kala kurta with pride. Even within the group he has inculcated an environment of mutual respect, coordination and discipline. Thus one can clearly see how much his students admire him.

As has been stated many times, he has directed numerous plays including Bertolt Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Girish Karnad’s Tughlaq, Dharamvir Bharti’s Andha Yug, Albert Camus’ Caligula, Swadesh Deepak’s Court Martial, Mahesh Dattani’s Final Solutions, Dario Fo’s Operation Three Star, Bertolt Brecht’s The Good Person of Szechwan (Ramkali- Good Woman of Delhi), Premchand’s Moteram ka Satyagraha, Rajesh Kumar’s Ambedkar Aur Gandhi and many more. He also directs street plays to give more opportunities to budding actors and spread awareness about social issues. He is also the recipient of various awards like Artists for Change Karamveer Puraskar Noble Laureates, 2008, Radha Krishna Award for contribution to Delhi’s art and culture, 2007, Udbhav Shikhar Samman, 2008 and several others.

He currently lives in Delhi with his wife and has two daughters named Kakoli and Saveree Gaur who are also upcoming actresses.