Acting Trainer Vidur
The name, by which people know him in Mumbai, is Vidur. His real name is Kamal Nayan Chaturvedi. During his “Chanakya” days, he was known as Kamal Chaturvedi. When he was writing for films and television serials, his name used there was Vidur Kamal Nayan.
Deoria, a small district in U.P., is his birth place. He was born in the family of advocates and farmers.
Vidur a.k.a. Kamal Nayan Chaturvedi did his post graduation in English Literature from Allahabad University, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh in 1974.
He came to Mumbai in 1989 and became an acting trainer. As a free lancer, he was associated with various acting institutes in Mumbail, Pune, Nashik and Bengaluru. In 2012, after 22 years of constant evolution and incessant quest for excellence as Private /Personal Coach and Freelance Trainer, Vidur thought to incorporate his theory ” The Process ” [प्रक्रिया ] in his training. With this aim he established Vidur Acting Institute in Mumbai on September 21, 2012.
He has written two books till date. In 2004, he co-authoured a book, “SWAYAM VADYA SWAYAM VADAK”. It is the first book on acting in Hindi. Then in 2008, he wrote a booklet of diction for his students. It is titled “BHASHA AUR UCHCHARAN”.
In between, he ventured into a new field, and in 2005 co-directed a Marathi feature film, “BHAKTI HEECH KHARI SHAKTI”, starring ASHOK SARAF and ALKA KUBAL..
Personal Acting Trainer of Some of the Stars:
- Katrina Kaif
- Dino Morea
- Akshaye Khanna
- Luv Sinha
- Shazahn Padamsee
- Kunal Kapoor
- Monica Bedi
- Kely Dorji
- Sammir Dattani
- Aarya Babbar
- Tanisha
- Anushka Dandekar
- Tara Sharma
- Smiley Suri
- Zoa Morani
- Arjun Kapoor
- Hritik Roshan
- Sonam Kapoor
- Emraan Hashmi
- Fardeen Khan
- Minissha Lamba
- Sikandar Kher
- Mahima Chaudhary
- Hrishita Bhatt
- Vatsal Sheth
- Tejaswini Kolhapure
- Riya Sen
- Himanshu Malik
- Shamita Shetty
- Rimmii Sen
- Hazel Croney
- Ayesha Khanna
- Preeti Desai
- Kareena Kapoor
- Ranbir Kapoor
- Neil Nitin Mukesh
- Uday Chopra
- Genelia D'Souza
- Ashmit Patel
- Jimmy Sheirgill
- Lisa Ray
- Sameera Reddy
- Tulip Joshi
- Shenaz Treasuryvalla
- Perizaad Zorabian
- Priyanshu Chatterjee
- Soha Ali Khan
- Hazel Keech
- Kalki Koechlin
- Ishan Shankar
Personal Trainer of Some of the Star Sons / Daughters:
- Narmmadaa Ahuja [ Daughter of Mr. Govinda ]
- Shahnawaz Khan [ Son of Mr. Kadar Khan ]
- Raveena Taurani [ Daughter of Mr. Ramesh Taurani ]
- Jagrut Jain [ Son of Mr. Pankaj Jain ]
- Arman Jain [ Grandson of Late Raj Kapoor ]
- Armaan Shah [ Grandson of Late O. P. Ralhan ]
- Varun Dhawan [ Son of Mr. David Dhawan ]
- Kush Sinha [ Son of Mr. Shatrughan Sinha ]
- Alvira Khan [ Sister of Mr. Salman Khan ]
- Priyank Sharma [ Son of Ms. Padmini Kolhapure ]
- Tiger Shroff [ Son of Mr. Jacky Shroff ]
Personal Trainer of Some of the TV/ Television Stars:
- Amir Ali
- Mishal Raheja
- Karishma Tanna
- Kamalika Guh Thakurta
- Ragini Shetty
- Hussain Kuwajerwala
- Mrunal Jain
Personal Trainer of Some of the Models:
- Marc Robinson
- Zulfi Sayed
- Sushma Reddy
- Amrit Maghera
- Aditi Govitrikar
- Upen Patel
- Anjori Alagh
- Aryan Barua
- Rajneish Duggall
- Kamal Siddhu
- Niketan Madhok
Personal Trainer of Some of the Celebrities, Working in Other Fields of Film – Making:
1) Director:
- Kabir sadanand [ Popcorn Khao Mast Ho Jao ]
- Vicky Chopra [ Fight Club ]
- Jugal hansraj [ Roadside Romeo, Pyaar Impossible ]
- Punit Malhotra [ I Hate Luv Storys ]
- Abhishek kapoor [ Rock On ]
- Sajid Khan [ Heyy Babyy, Housefull - 1 & 2 ]
- Prem R. Soni [ Main Aurr Mrs. Khann ]
- Bela Segal [Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi ]
2) Producer:
- Kishan Kumar [ T Series ]
- Dhaval Gada [ Y. M. I. ]
- Rohit Kumar [ Aap Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage ]
- Amita pathak [ Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge ]
3) Music Director:
- Raghav Sachar [ Kabul Express, One Two Three ]
- Darshan Rathod [ Mann, Style ]
- Shekhar Ravjiani [ Om Shanti Om ]
4) Singer:
- Mehnaz, Mukul Deora
5) Lyricist:
- Asif Ali Beg [ Ham Tum ]
6) Film Writers:
- Samir Malhotra [ Musafir ]
7) Film Critic & Anchor:
- Anupama Chopra
8) RJ/VJ/AV & Dubbing Artistes:
- Anil Mani
- Mia Evonne Uyeda
- Teeay Siddhu
- Sushil Jangira
9) TV Anchors:
- Sunita Menon
10) Theatre Personality:
- Mahabanoo Mody - Kotwal
11) Beauty Pageants Participants:
- Miss India Universe - 1997: Nafisa Joseph
- Miss India World - 2005: Sayali Bhagat
- Miss Sri Lanka Universe - 2006: Jacqueline Fernandes
- Mr. India Grasim - 2003: Rajniesh Duggall
- Miss World - 1999: Yuktaa Mookhey
- Miss India Worlwide - 2008: Shagun Sarabhai
- Miss Sri Lanka - 2009: Gamya Vijayadasa
- Miss Great Britain - 2006: Preeti Desai
12) Others:
- Yana Gupta
- Sanobar Kabir
Acting Trainer of Some of the Regional Film Stars:
- Nepali: Jol Shah, Vinay Shreshtha
- Bhojpuri: Swati Varma
- Kannada: Dhyan, Kharrtik (Prajwal) Shetty, Nenapirali Prema, Shri Raj
- Telugu: Allu Arjuna, Ram Charan, Sushant Anumolu, Chaitanya Naga, Anushka Shetty, Shirish Allu
- Tamil: Ashok Balakrishnan, Ganesh Venkataraman
- Marathi: Milind Gawali
- Hollywood: Dev Patel
Freelance Acting Trainer of Some of the Film Stars:
- Imran Khan
- Mahek Chahal
- Harman Baweja
- Bhavna Pani
- Zayed Khan
- Sonali Bendre
- Sarfaraz Khan
- Angad Bedi
- Pulkit Samrat
- Sarwar Ahuja & Aditi Sharma
[Winners of India’s Best Cine Star -2004 Zee TV]
- Priyanka Chopra
- John Abraham
- Neetu Chandra
- Sonu Sood
- Rahul Dev
- Karan Nath
- Vikas Kalantri
- Ejaz Khan
- Kulraj Randhawa
- Urvashi Sharma
- Maninder Singh & Deepa Bakshi
[Winners of Mr. & Ms. Bollywood -2004 Sahara One]
- Vivek Oberoi
- Arjun Rampal
- Arbaaz Khan
- Amrita Arora
- Meghaa Mukherjee
- Jai Kalra
- Priyanka Kothari
- Sudhanshu Pandey
- Sajid Khan
- Sonalli Sehgall
- Piyush Chopra [ Winner of Zee Cinesta Ki Khoj - 2006]
Freelance Acting Trainer of Some of the TV Stars:
- Ali Hasam
- Himanshu Malhotra
- Indraneil Sengupta
- Nasir Qazi
- Ankur Nayyar
- Karan Kapur
- Tarun Khanna
- Kabir Sadanand
- Smita Bansal
- Ayaz Khan
- Manoj Bidvai
- Akshay Sethi
- Gurmeet Choudhoury
- Mannish Goyal
- Anuj Thakur
- Amit Sareen
- Chaitanya Chaudhary
- Shaleen Bhanot
- Sai Deodhar
- Allka Varma
- Pawan Shankar
- Vivek Mashru
- Sid Makkar
- Veebha Anand
- Shobhit Attrey
- Apoorva Agnihotri
- Siddharth Dhawan
- Manasi Varma
- Amit Sadh
- Amit Varma
- Raahil Azam
- Amarr Upadhyay
- Manav Gohil
- Resshmi Ghosh
- Vikas Manaktala
- Neel Bhatt
- Manav Vij
Freelance Acting Trainer of Theatre Artiste/Models / Celebrities:
- Theatre Personality: Juhi Babbar, Vinay Jain, Adhir Bhatt
- Editor: Bela Segal [Devdas, Black, Saawariya]
- Yoga Guru: Bharat Thakur
- D. J.: Aqeel
- Mr. India - 2005: Viraaf Patel
- Ms. India Earth - 2006: Amruta Patki
- Gladrags 2005: Pawan Setpal
As a Freelancer Worked With The Academies Like:
- Stardust Academy - Mumbai [1st & 2nd Batch]
- Asit Sen Acting Academy - Nashik
- Zee Cinestar Ki Khoj - 2004
- Roots & Wings - Mumbai [A Personality Development Institute]
- Dialogue Instructor of " Mahabharat ": A Radio Serial Aired on Akashwani
Acting / Diction Instructor of The Films of Topnotch Banners:
- Yashraj Films: Mohabbatein, Mere Yaar Ki Shadi Hai
- Rajshri Productions: Uff, Kya Jaadoo Mohabbat Hai
- Simla Films Entertainment: Hum Phirr Mileinge
- Picturegates: Production No. 1 [Kannada Film]
- Anil Kapoor Productions: Short Kut
- Adlabs Films Ltd.: Johnny Gaddaar
- Red Chillies Entertainment: Always Kabhi kabhi
- United Color Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.: Be Careful
- Aamir Khan Productions: Dhobi Ghat
- Shilpa Shetty Productions: Dhishkiyaaon
- Dharma Productions: Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
- Adai Mehra Productions Pvt. Ltd.: Zanjeer
- Reel Life Productions: O Teri!
Co – Authored First Book of Acting In Hindi: “Swayam Vadya Swayam Vadak”:
Little More Significant Chapter of Vidur’s Life as a Actor
THEATRE:
AAZAR KA KHWAB Director-Dinesh Thakur
TUGHLAQ Director-Dinesh Thakur
KABIRA KHADA BAZAAR MEIN Director – Vidur
SAARE JAHAN SE ACHCHНА Director-Aamir Raza Hussain
TELEVISION:
CHANKAYA Director – Dr. Chandra Prakash Dwivedi
TALASH Director- Hrishikesh Mukherji
UJALE KI ORE Director – Hrishikesh Mukherji
THE GREAT MARATHA Director – Sanjay Khan
SHAKUNTALA-AMAR CHITRA KATHA Director – Rohit Kaushik
FILMS:
ADIE Director – Sanjay Choudhury
AISA KYON? Director – B. B. Sinha
Little More Significant Chapter of Vidur’s Life as a Writer
THEATRE:
SHAKUTALA-AMAR CHITRA KATHA Director – Rohit Kaushik
FILMS:
YADIE Director – Sanjay Choudhury
AISA KYON? Director – B. B. Sinha
BOOKS:
SWAYAM VADYA SWAYAM VADAK
BHASHA AUR UCHCHARAN
Little More Significant Chapter of Vidur’s Life as a Writer
THEATRE:
KABIRA KHADA BAZAAR MEIN (Director)
FILMS:
BHAKTI HEECH KHARI SHAKTI ABER Co-Director (Marathi)
ABER Director (Bhojpuri)
Frequently Asked Questions
Why Vidur Acting School
While other acting schools take in large numbers of students in each batch, at RTSA the acting classes are limited in size, ensuring one to one interaction, promoting the individual development of every student. Coaching is directed to address individual problems for each student and ample importance is given to individuals to improve on their particular weaknesses in acting class.
Can a person learn acting in 4 months?
Talent is something you already possess. A teacher can only groom it and blossom it or help you bring it out of yourself in acting classes. Many great actors have taken years to gain mastery over their art. It is only the dedication and discipline of an actor to learn and practice which will make him a good actor. 4 months would be the minimum amount of time required to groom an actor.
Does this Course assure me Work in the Film/Television Industry?
An Actor needs a platform to showcase his/her talent. We have tied up with leading Film+TV production houses and will provide all students with productive references. We will also forward our students to auditions all over.
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