12:48 am as I write. “Disturbing” for the professor is good for “creativity” for the student!!  Without squeezing the orange how do you get the tasty juice? Today’s class was very meaningful.  Totally agree that “simplicity” makes acting fresh and real.  It does take the extraneous mental calculations away and

I am enjoying the revisit of level 2. The process of acting is becoming even more clear, the outcome is obviously me going to a better level and delivering better performance. In Thursday’s class, the highlight for me was the ease with which we can create a character, by picking up

Whew! What a journey it has been, finishing the Level 2, Batch 4, MISF!T acting workshop by Ratan, in September 2009. I finished the Level 1 workshop in June 2006, which brings back so many nostalgic memories. During the interim, I became a professional “audien”, watching plays by others. Something

The advance cource was very different from what i had expected. Any course conducted by Rathan is a lot of fun but there were portions of the advance course that were intense and very personal for me. There was a lot of introspection required for the basic emotions and I

Harrowingly intense and almost about self discovery! It was an interesting experience as an actor. I learnt to feel for the characters I was playing and build a background. Cut off from all my peripherals like stage, costume, lights, etc and stripped down to my bare essentials, I started to

Level 2 is extemely intense. I feel any aspiring actor should be part of Ratan’s Level 2 acting workshop. It helps you unearth all those buried emotions and in turn makes one realize acting is, “how real one can be!” Personally I felt it was 2-3 months of self discovery.

While the Beginner’s batch kept the acting at a more fun level, stressing more on projection and focusing on comedy scripts with humorous portrayals of characters with regional accents, the Advanced batch was all about internalizing. It was about being ‘In the Moment’ and doing an in-depth analysis of the

Find Manisha on FB Thank you Baba, Vishal and Venky Sir. Thank you for all the love, support and guidance. Misf!t has become a very important part of my life. I remember when I first walked into studio for the interview, I was very nervous thinking how am I going

1>Achieved greater clarity on essence of presenting a character in totality. You just realize how much easier and simpler it is to perform once you let yourself be and think like the character. 2>It was very interesting and harder to be as natural and real as possible. 3>Certain activities like

Find Rushi on Facebook   It’s not a workshop- it’s life changing in every aspect. I still remember about the day before my L1 started; I was like I shouldn’t expect much from this course and try to give my 100%. But what a grand journey it has been. I had

Find Bhumika on Facebook Dear Baba, Thank you. Thank you for changing my life, making me a better actor, singer and most important- a better person. You have taught me so much and I feel like you are the only person who I can really, fully open upto. I don’t

Find Devanand on Facebook   This feedback is not because you have asked; it’s because I wanted to give one. Everyone is saying Level 2 is Torment; Ratan also asked us so many times “Are you sure you all want to join L2?” and even told us that it’s not about