About Us

Rangabhasha is a cultural organisation that facilitates in the area of performing and visual arts. We believe in consistent learning while exploring. Rangabhasha is a platform open for aspirants to identify, develop and nurture their abilities and interests and explore new possibilities through ventures and collaborations. We also help, design and execute various programs/workshops which fulfils requirements of organisations, institutions and of an individual too.


Rangabhasha has two primary intents –

To create awareness about Importance of art education

To develop the link between Creations, Creators and Audiences in all kinds of performing and visual art forms, while maintaining good values of entertainment
To practice our motto, we organise and curate various workshops, walk throughs, meet ups and performances that brings like minded people together, where the process of various performing and visual arts can be experienced, discussed and learnt together.


Founder-Director

Amrut Samak is a Founder Director of ‘Rangabhasha’. He has completed his Masters in theatre arts. He is a freelance theatre practitioner, working as an actor, director and facilitator. He started as an actor in 1987 (at the age of 5 years) and has been facilitating and directing since 2007.
As a director and facilitator he is associated with several renowned organizations like ‘Maharashtra Cultural Centre’, ‘IPTA, Pune’, ‘Bharat Natya Sanshodhan Mandir’, ‘IAPAR’, ‘Symbiosis international School (IB)’, ‘Rotary Club of Pune- Shivaji Nagar and Pune south’, ‘Ekalavya Nyas’, ‘Snovel’, ‘BookHungama’, ‘Sangam Rangabhumi’, ‘Rangagandha Kalasakta Nyas, Chalisgaon’, ‘Theatre resource’ and ‘Jnana Prabodhini Prashala, Pune’.
He has directed more than 15 plays and a couple of documentaries, short films. He is working as a faculty. He is working as a faculty – Creative writing and Theatre Arts at ‘Jnana Prabodhini Prashala’ since 2015 and also as a trainer with ‘W. N. Dandekar Teachers Training Centre’. He has designed and conducted workshops for various communities and institutions like ‘Apte Deaf and Dumb school’, ‘Athashri Forest Trails’, ‘Athashri Baner’, ‘Athashri Bavdhan’, Students of ‘PUNE Municipal Corporation Schools’, ‘MSETCL (Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company Ltd.)’.
He is one of the creative brains behind uniquely designed workshops and programmes organized by Rangabhasha. Also, he is a member of Forum for Theatre Training and Education (FTTE), International Theatre Institute.


Mentor

Prof. Shyamrao Joshi

Benefactors

Subodh Bapat
Late. Kumar Gokhale
Vinayak Samak
Late. Prabhakar Bhave
Late. Shridhar Samak
Smita Samak

Admins

Vaishnavi Joshi
Ex-Admin Associate
Outreach Programme
Prachi Rege
Admin Associate
Branding and Publicity Management
Mayura Sevekari Program Coordinator

Facilitators

Shridhar Kulkarni
Prachi Rege
Gauri Damle
Amrut Samak
Aditi Joglekar-Hardikar

Sucheta Siddha
Madhura Aphale
Dhananjay Sardeshpande

Artists

Pratima Kulkarni
Gajanan Paranjape
Jaideep Mujumdar
Mugdha Godbole
Shubhangi Damle
Kiran Yadnyopavit
Anand Deshmukh
Ruta Pandit
Gauri Lagoo
Dheeresh Joshi
Santosh Makude
Surabhi Natu
Neena Kulkarni
Shivaji Satam
Seema Deshmukh
Shrirang Deshmukh
Pournima Manohar
Subodh Bhave
Pradeep Welankar
Rajani Welankar
Tushar Dalvi
Chinmayee Sumeet
Aishwarya Narkar
Madhura Welankar
Kalyani Deshmukh
Anish Railkar
Angad Patwardhan
Nikhil Gadgil
Gauri Damle
Shrikant Bhide
Prachi Rege

Sneha Bhave
Jyoti Mahale
Shridhar Kulkarni
Swapnil Bhave
Sayee Sathe
Onkar Birajdar
Prasad Rajopadhye
Ashwini Pande
Saurabh Dighe
Dr. Nitin Hadap
Dileep Joglekar
Vedashree Mahajan
Sharva Wadhavekar
Sangeeta Kulkarni
Suhani Dhadphale
Akshay Shimpi
Shubhangi Bhujbal
Suhas Pol

Art Enthusiasts and Aspirants

Devendra Kelkar
Varad Kulkarni
Atharva Ghodke
Shriniwas Dhage
Dr. Shruti Mahajan
Hardika Phadke
Pushkar Aurangabadkar
Prasad Shirgaonkar
Vaishali Kanaskar
Aishwarya Mahajan

Swati Deshpande
Neeta Bodas

Rucha Mulay
Anant Satalkar
Ankita Apte

Storytellers

Shridhar Kulkarni
Nikhil Pujari
Swati Vartak
Rajani Kale
Prajakta Datye
Dr. Shruti Mahajan

Gratitude

Late Dr. Sulabha Brahme
Dr. Aruna Dhere
Ashish Mujumdar

Anant Bhave
Late. Shobha Bhagwat
Dr. Sangeeta Barve
Sandeep Khare
Jyotsna Prakashan
Devendra Rakshe
Varsha Bhave
Shashank Purandare
Mukta Puntambekar
Tinoue Merigot
Parchure Prakashan Mandir
Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune
Parineeta Dandekar

Interns and Support Team

Aditya Nande
Support team member 2019

Aditya Dhamankar
Intern 2021-2022

Dhruwa Gokhale
Intern 2022-2023
Digital documentation
Anuj Sasane
Intern 2022-2023
Digital documentation

Our Collaborations