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Pritesh Sodha

An MBA in Marketing and now a Theatre Professional, Pritesh Sodha started his journey into theatre in 1999 with an amateur theatre group (Brahman Sabha Malad Kala Krida Vibhag) and moved on to working with theatre companies who were active in the experimental theatre circuit in the city of Mumbai. He was doing his MBA at the same time, and immediately after his post graduation he got an opportunity to work in the marketing departments for many world class banks (Kotak Mahindra and HSBC)

Constant learning and understanding of theatre as an art form and the need for cutting edge communication in the 21st century led to the foundation of ‘utopia communications’ in 2009, wherein the sole endeavor is to explore theatre and build contemporary plays and use theatre as a major catalyst in creating communication programs with an impact for educational institutes, corporate, ngo and individuals.

Last 11 years introduced him to the world of commercial theatre arena and today he is a writer, director, light designer for many theatre productions in city of Mumbai; and also in these years he has led utopia along with its team of trainers and artists to design and execute many interesting training and entertainment programs. Theater and its possible application in every aspect of communication is where he now sets his foot on. He is also a Tedx Speaker on the topic -'Being a Theatrepreneur'

Plays Directed by Pritesh Sodha

'Baby' (Marathi - 2009) 'Miss Calls...' (Marathi - 2010) 'Korat' (Gujarati - 2011) 'Pramey' (Gujarati - 2012) 'Ka Kanji no Ka' (Gujarati - 2012) 'Dabo ane Jamno' (Gujarati - 2012) 'Made in America' (Gujarati - 2013) 'A Fair Affair' (Hinglish - 2013) 'Manchha' (Gujarati - 2014) ‘Tee…’ (Marathi - 2015) 'Nanimaa' (Gujarati - 2015) 'Babot' (Gujarati -2015) ‘Happy Diwali’ (Gujarat 2016) 'Mara Asatya Na Prayogo' (Gujarati -2018) 'Black and White' (Gujarati - 2018) 'Life...Thodi Khatti, Thodi Meethi' (Gujarati - 2018) 'Jaykara' (Gujarati - 2019) 'Dastangoi Gujarati' (Gujarati - 2019)

Awards and Festival Selections :

‘Tee…’ got officially selected for the 8th Theatre Olympics 2018, Delhi

Best Writer ‘K. A. Abbas Trophy’ for 'KharrKharr' at IPTA 2016

Selected 6 times at the NCPA Centrestage Festival to stage his productions (2011 - 2015 and 2017) and 6 times at the Kalaghoda Arts Festival (2014 – 2016, 2018 - 2020) at once at Nehru Theatre Festival (2015) and twice Prithvi Theatre Festival (2018 - 2019)

Best Play and Best Director Silver Medal at Maharashtra Rajya Natya Spardha and 5 Nominations at Zee TV Natya Gaurav for 'Tee...' (2014)

Best Play, Best Director and Best Supporting Actor at Chitraleka Natya Spardha for 'Korat' (2011)

Was one of the 5 Directors who made it to the Finals of All India Youth Theatre Festival, ‘Thespo 8’ for 'Baby' (2006)