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 Parth on Facebook Hello Sir, PFA Level 2 feedback ! 🙂 Level 2, wow. Extremely sorry for sending this 3 weeks later than it was supposed to reach you Sir. Level 1 was amazing, awesome, it was point 1 – check, point 2 – check, point 3 – check

 Find Abhisek on Facebook Hi All , The MAC (Misfit Actors Code) clearly states that everything should have a beginning middle and an end. Beginning: A 33 year old confused soul enters the Misfit studio to break his inhibitions and enrolls for L1. Middle: He fights his inhibitions (fighting …

  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

Find Vidya on FB Dear Baba, below is my feedback. Misfit has a huge impact in my life. Especially L2. It had helped me to improve my self esteem and to rediscover myself. The bonding we develop in misfit as a group is inseperable. That too in L2 we all

  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 Bishan on Facebook Hello Baba, The first word on the white board on the first day of L2 was “Honesty”. And truly L2 is all about honesty. On the day of admissions you gave us enough opportunity to back out from taking up this journey of L2 as it