Aishveryaa Nidhi

Aishveryaa Nidhi

Aishveryaa Nidhi ऐश्वेर्या निधि
Born New Delhi
Nationality Australian
Occupation Actor, director, producer, writer

Aishveryaa Nidhi ऐश्वेर्या निधि also known as Aish, is an Indian Australian actor, director, writer, and theatre personality.[1]

She has performed with the Short and Sweet festivals, and has worked to start Short and Sweet Bollywood.[2] Other works include Gandhari... In search of light, a play about the character Gandhari from Vyasa's Hindu epic Mahabharata which has toured widely. She is also the president and artistic director of Abhinay School of Performing Arts, in Sydney.[3]

Personal life

She was born and raised in New Delhi, India. She moved with her family to Aukland, New Zealand in 2001, and then to Sydney a year later.[4] Her son, Shourya Nidhi, is an actor and a businessman.

Theatre and acting

She has worked with the Sydney Theatre Company in the 2010 stage adaptation of John Birmingham's novel Leviathan, and the 2013 play The other way, performed in Bankstown Arts Centre and Sydney Theatre Company in 2013.[2]

She acted in Abhinay School of Performing Arts production, a one-woman play Gandhari... In search of light, which is the story of Gandhari from the Hindu epic Mahabharata. It was scripted and directed by Arvind Gaur, and premiered at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, Sydney, in 2005.[5] The play was later staged in Delhi,[6] Amritsar,[7] Jaipur, Jodhpur, Mumbai [8] Sydney Fringe Festival[9] and also Hollywood Fringe Festival.[10]

Gandhari was also performed in the International One Man Show Festival held by ITI UNESCO. In 2009 she acted in David Sharpe's Mandragora in Short and Sweet Sydney, a festival of ten-minute plays. Mangragora was adjudged first and was invited to be performed in Gala Finals, where Nidhi became the first Indian Australian ever nominated for 'Best actress' award at the festival.[11]

She is an executive producer and actor in the 2006 independent US film Beyond life.[12] She has also done narration for documentaries radio shows.[13] Nidhi has also consulted for Opera Australia's production of Lakmé, where she was a movement, gestures, and physicality consultant to the cast.[14]

References

  1. ↑ Nidhi, Aishveryaa. "About". Aishveryaanidhi. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  2. 1 2 Ashok Kumar. "Abhinay honoured with St.George "community group of the year" award for 2014". Theistimes. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Nurturing Hindi culture". The Leader. Maria Galinovic. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "Aishveryaa Nidhi's migration story (video)". Migration Heritage Centre. NSW Migration Heritage Centre and Hurstville City Library, Museum & Gallery. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Aishveryaa Nidhi-starrer Mandragora wins Short & Sweet festival WK I". Theistimes. Ashok Kumar. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  6. ↑ Ipshita Mitra. "Mahabharata, through the 'eyes' of Gandhari". Times of India. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  7. ↑ Neha Saini. "Bringing Gandhari alive as a rebel". Tribune India. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  8. ↑ "A women of many shades". DNA. DNA correspondent.
  9. ↑ "Indian Drama Festival in Sydney Fringe". Art News Portal.
  10. ↑ "Aishveryaa Nidhi's GANDHARI...IN SEARCH OF LIGHT to Play Hollywood Fringe". Broadway World.
  11. ↑ "A Safe Pair Of Hands Wins SHORT+SWEET 2009". Australian Stage reporter. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  12. ↑ Ashok Kumar. "Hone Your Skills as a Script Writer". TheIndianSubContinentTimes. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  13. ↑ "Colour No Bar". The Indian Sun. Poornima Koonath. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  14. ↑ Shveata Chandel Singh. "life-and-all-that-drama". TheIndianSun.
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