US Judges
नाटयालंकार सोहोळा
Mukund Marathe
Actor/Director
Mukund Marathe is a theater enthusiast in the San Francisco Bay Area and is one of the founder members of California Arts Association-CalAA. Mukund has directed and acted in Marathi, Hindi and English plays and translated into Hindi and Marathi a number of plays and Ekaankikaas for CalAA and Naatak in the Bay Area. Mukund has recently acted in a couple of short films and is fascinated by the differences between stage and film acting and the entire filmmaking process.
Vidula Mungekar
Actor/Director
Vidula Mungekar is an actor, director livng in NJ. She has had the privilege of working with eminent directors like Pt Satyadev Dubey, Ratnakar Markari, Firoz Abbas Khan, Aakash Khurana to name a few. She has to her credit Hindi, Marathi, English plays, TV shows, feature films commercials,short films.She is a core member of Theatrix USA, a theater group in NJ promoting Indian theater.
Jayant Bhopatkar
Actor/Director
Jayant Bhopatkar is an actor, director, tabla-player, and a performer-at-large, from Seattle, WA (formerly from Chicago, IL). He has had the privilege of being associated with over 50 productions in Marathi, Hindi, and English theater in the Seattle area, as well as shows across the US. He takes pride in the constant evaluation and evolution of the roles he plays or directs to get to the deepest meaning and purpose that is being conveyed through the storyline by the playwright. He also takes equal satisfaction in supporting roles such as sound management, lights management, stage management, etc. and draws his energy and inspiration from performing arts, in general.