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.

Find Selva on Facebook Dear Baba, Sorry for delay in feedback. I’m a Software engineer and passionate on Photography, Cinematography and Film Making. Had worked around 10 short films as Cinematographer, editor and poster design. Curious to understand what’s going on with actors and joined MISF!T Level 1 course. Few

 Find Amber on Facebook As the year draws to a close, a glance back at the highs and lows is in order. While this has been a very eventful year for me, what with starting work, running a house for the first time, writing more than I have ever done

  Hi Baba, (Ratan) Good morning!! Had been planning to write you this email but then would always think ,’Abhi toh class baaki ha, ll write post the last class’ so that i include everything that i have learnt .. and today morning realised that the Workshop level 2 in

  Hi baba(Ratan) putting this accross in words is very clinical for me, because what u experience and feel, is just too difficult to be put in words. it was a journey which has come to an end, without even knowing where did it start, and instead of visiting places,

Find Rituparna on Facebook MISF!T must have received complements like – amazing, marvelous, fantastic, brilliant, awesome workshop. Well, I am not going to write anything different, but with a blend of my experience.   MISF!T has helped me to rediscover myself. When I say rediscover I mean I have again fallen head over heels in

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