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 Anusha on Facebook Dear Ratan, Here is my long pending (after much procrastination) feedback of the brilliant Misf!t course(s) I was fortunate to be a part of. Level 1 : Excitedly we climbed up four floors to the studio on May 3rd 2015, the interview day at 1:45 PM

 Find Abhishek on Facebook L2 is a journey within you. I literally went into various time zones of my life, I cried, laughed, got angry, and became sad. Yes everything and every emotion were true. This is what Baba made us to go through. L2 was like a roller coaster

Imagine this situation: A friend of yours calls on your mobile, and says, “Can I meet you today evening? I really need to talk to you.” . The tone of his voice indicates, very clearly, that something is wrong. You say, “What happened?”. He responds, “I’ll tell you when I

 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 …

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

More experiential than level, great experience. Really takes one to the next level of acting where everyone can become their own coach.