N. K. Sharma

N.K. Sharma is an Indian theatre director and acting teacher. Since 1978 he has been freelance theatre person, working all over India in many languages and with many traditional forms. Sharma has worked with Safdar Hashmi.

Early life and career
He began his theatre career with the Jana Natya Manch (Janam)- to be in association with Communist Party of India (Marxist), he was in government sector where any employee were not allow to participate in any political activities. After years with 'Janam' He founded a theatre group 'Act One' in 1990 with Manoj Bajpayee.

“You must be interested in people if you want stories. Shakespeare lived before Marx, but he wrote working class stories. The Panchatantra was all about the triumph of good over evil and the desire to live. Stories are going to come back. Look at (Steven) Spielberg’s last four films. The spotlight will return to the actor,” - He told to The Hindu.

Notable students

 * Manoj Bajpayee
 * Deepak Dobriyal
 * Huma Qureshi
 * Ashish Vidyarthi
 * Piyush Mishra
 * Darshan Kumar
 * Shoojit Sircar
 * Dino Morea