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Mita Vashisht Instagram - Different roles yet the same power!

Here's to women who are brave, resilient, and unapologetically themselves. Happy Women's Day!

#internationalwomensday

Mita Vashisht Instagram - It all started in 1980s ⭐️

#worldtheaterday

Mita Vashisht Instagram - Throwback to the early Bombay days....a very young us-- I and Anant Mahadevan in the lovely director Mazahir Rahim's limited episode tv serial Peele Patte (पीले पत्ते) for Doordarshan....shooting and stories had such elegance....we would go home so creatively joyous at the end of each day ..
Thank for the pic Mazahir....and for the wonderful Peele Patte. I think we can find it on you tube or dd archives

#Doordarahan #ddindia tvserialsindia #anantmahadevan #actorslife #mazahirrahim

Mita Vashisht Instagram - PORTFOLIO WALE DIN
Photo, courtesy Rakesh Khatri.

My friend Rakesh Khatri was an amateur photographer. I had just graduated from the National School Of Drama.
While moving to Bombay, and to films was not on my immediate agenda...I did neet a 'portfolio' as it was referred to those days.

'Photos ka portfolio hai?' the director will ask you, I was told. (Those days there were no casting agencies or casting directors, you met the director who would be directing the film or the tv serial).

"Khatri, portfolio chahiye yaar" I wailed dramatically over the land line phone.
"No problem, kal" (tomorrow) and Khatri disconnected the call.

Khatri was a guy of few, VERY few words. I think it was that paan- masala he so loved chewing which restricted his speech to a few sounds or at best to a huge grin---it was a vocabulary that I had to learn to decipher, and managed to, in the course of the many photo shoots we did...

Prep for the shoot was something like this:
Rummage through my younger brother's cupboard for a denim shirt,
One Lakme lip gloss which was past the expiry date (I didn't check, actually, but I know I had bought I four years prior and used it sparingly, so in hindsight it must have expired).
Ready????
ready!!!
Thereafter to stand on the terrace of my house where ever Khatri gestured ( where the light was falling the best)....
Khatri loaded the film in his camera and did about ten or eleven clicks per 'costume change' till we finished the roll of 36 frames.

A few days later we would pore over the contact sheet and choose which ones to make large- sized copies of.

These photos that Khatri had clicked circulated for the next two years, as my 'portfolio' and sometime later, one of them found its way to an half page article in the Times of India, by the hugely celebrated (and almost iconic) film journalist Khalid Mohammed.
Khalid's article featured Shabana Azmi and Me and Dimple Kapadia. My photo clicked by Rakesh Khatri sat in the centre flanked by the photos of the two veteran stars...
Thanks Khatriiii...!!!!
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Mita Vashisht Instagram - From 'Jazeere' in 1988 till today..!

Rajit once told me, that his first film/acting in the camera was with me---in Govind Nihalani's 'Jazeere' (an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's play 'Little Eyolf').
Rajit and I and Irrfan and Ratna Pathak Shah were the principal cast. (1989)

(I caught the film a few years ago on DD archives and was quite astounded at the level of maturity we had as actors even in our twenties---each of our roles was a highly complex one to play).

Rajit has never lost the warmth of that time, and this picture, taken at the Goldfish premiere, captures beautifully the bond that has remained unconditionally affectionate and trustworthy!

In this picture he is dragging me off to ensure we have a picture together, (to mark the event), in front of the Goldfish poster.
(Qudos to the press photographer who captured this in camera...)

And yes...he is fabulous as always in Goldfish!

#thesplendidfilms #rajitkapur #actorslife #worldcinema

Mita Vashisht Instagram - #REPOST @brut.india
“I think comic villains are very difficult roles to play.” Actor Mita Vasisht opened up about her journey from daily soaps to her film The Shameless which is competing for the category Un Certain Regard in an exclusive interview with Brut. #Cannes2024

Mita Vashisht Instagram - #REPOST @ind.igenous with @get__repost__app Stumbled across this on YouTube today.
Mita Vasisht in her debut film, Vaar Vaar Vaari (1987)
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Kumar Shahani was invited to direct the diploma film of Nandini Bedi, then an editing student at FTII. Vaar Vaar Vaari is a brilliant Shahani-esque exploration of the machine-nature dichotomy and the female desire, through the lens of the mythical. There's the lover in its various forms, a caged black swan, the sea, the sakhi, music. And it is exquisitely shot.
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@mitavasisht
#kumarshahani #ftii #diplomafilm #indiancinema #avantgarde #indianparallelcinema #ftiipune #filmschool #repostandroid #repostw10

Mita Vashisht Instagram - An absolutely honoured & blissful moment with the most humble, extremely talented & versatile actress @mitavasisht ma’am at @nsd_official_

Thank you so much maam for your valuable time & that warm hug ❤️🤗

#blessed 😇🙏

Always grateful to @glamourgurgaon @mrsdelhincrofficial @bnangia ma’am @barkhanangiaofficial ma’am ❤️

#instadaily #instalike #explore #explorepage #instagram #celebrity #actress #bollywood #theatre #acting #delhi

Mita Vashisht Instagram - The opening of grand Biennale for Arts Architecture and Design in Delhi, two days ago. At the historic Red Fort...a huge part of which now houses seven art spaces. Thanks to the Central Govt initiative!!! More power to such initiatives!!!
We had to be seated three hours in advance of the Prime Minister's arrival!
Very exciting to witness the initiative, and curious about the possibilities this may offer, in lieu of all that I want to bring to the table as Chairperson of Haryana Film and Entertainment Policy ...

Mita Vashisht Instagram - Friends, film maker Elroy Pinto and film editor Swabha Pal , found this in a documentary film on Kumar Shahani and Mani Kaul, they are watching and sent this to me...
Thank you...!!
So blessed to have been the lead actress for the cinemas of Kumar Shahani and Mani Kaul
(Five films!!.
'Var Var Vari', 'Khayal Gatha' and 'Kasba' for Kumar Shahani
'Siddheshwari' and 'Ahmaq' for Mani Kaul)

KASBA is currently playing on #MUBI
VAR VAR VARI on #YouTube
SIDDHESHWARI' on #You Tube

#kumarshahani #mani kaul #indiancinema #worldcinema
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Mita Vashisht Instagram - Sometimes those late night flights gift you the meeting at airports, with a friend you're so happy to meet again, after so long....
Tose naina @jassijasbir
#Airport #chandigarh #punjabi

Mita Vashisht Instagram - R.I.P #MANGAL SINGH DHILLON

Mangal left at 1.30am to return home ....may the rain shower upon him peace and joy, as he makes his way to the Divine Source from which we all have come.
Aum Shanti!
Wahe Guru Satnam!
#mangaldhillon #actor
#spiritualist #MDC mangal dhillon #mangaldhillonchannel

Mita Vashisht Instagram - 'You need to get more mainstream Mita...'
Photo shoot for FILMFARE magazine
Photographer: Vinesh Gandhy

Here I was, living now in Bombay ...

I had to move to Bombay because I was shooting every single day of the first three years after graduating from NSD...and all the shoots were in Bombay...

Five films and several tv serials down the line ....'You need to become a commercial film star so we can keep making films with you...' one of my iconic art film directors jokingly said to me one day...
He was in part serious, I realised.

My heart sank...'Why do I? You have already cast me in three of your films when I was absolutely unknown' I wanted to argue, but bit back the retort.
(I knew already how tough it was for my directors to make the cinema they did...)

Anyway FilmFare magazine wanted a photo shoot for an interview so here I was....as usual, just me and my makeup-kit.

Vinesh Ghandy or Vinya, to his friends, was commissioned to shoot this portfolio.
This was my third photo shoot with Vinya, and as always, the preferred location was his simple, yet eclectic studio in Mahim where the sea waves would come crashing below his window.
The sound of the waves was the background music score as we clicked photos, sipped coffee and sometimes just gazed out at the sea.

Vinya is one of the gentlest people ever...we were probably the same age...however he had a maturity and serenity I didn't...
I was then, as restless as the sea.
Spending time at Vinya's studio an hour after each photo shoot was somehow enormously calming and I would leave Vinya's studio with some of his serenity......or perhaps it was the sea making those mad waves outside the windows--
The sea was after all a presence more elemental and restless than I was....and who am I in front of it...

Mita Vashisht Instagram - Insta created this post...! Ah well!

Mita Vashisht Instagram - Reveling in Meaningful Moments with @mitavasisht Ji
What a delight to connect with like minded souls.

Meeta Ji, your personality is truly extraordinary ❤️

Mita Vashisht Instagram - Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year to all at Applause Entertainment!
#applauseentertainment
#sameern

Mita Vashisht Instagram - In the Divine Presence of the Divine Flautist
Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia ji!!!

So happy to have found his 'NOW' and 'HERE' recently on you tube. My student years at NSD were made all the more magical, listening endlessly to these two albums...

We are at the airport, heading for the Bangalore Poetry Festival..
Pandit Hari Ji's session with his biographer Satya Saran inaugurates the festival. ( My session follows just after.....feeling blessed that he'll be there ....and a wee bit nervous too..)

Thanks Satya Saran for this lovely pic.
#flutemaestro
#bangalorepoetryfestival #actorslife #satyasaran

Mita Vashisht Instagram - 'Var Var Vari'
1987. (Black and white film, shot on film) Ftii Pune.
A film by KUMAR SHAHANI....( Can view it on YouTube)
My first film immediately after graduating from the NSD.....the greatest gift a young actress could receive from the Universe was this....!
Kumar Shahani .. ..

Mita Vashisht Instagram - Kathmandu was great but nothing beats “आमची मुंबई”

Mita Vashisht Instagram - Just post my presentation on Lal Ded...what an amazing day this has been... fabulous audience
#bangalorepoetryfestival #mitavasishtactress #lalded

Mita Vashisht Instagram - What's a Modigliani? I asked...

In those early films, and in those early days, I, as a twenty six year old actress of the the several feature films of Kumar Shahani, Mani Kaul and Govind Nihalani just took it for granted that life was about being surrounded by greatness and great people all the time.

Govind Nihalani and the team was in Pune for a screening and seminar of his latest film in which I featured and he said, I am meeting Vijay Tendulkar Saab for lunch, would you like to come along???
VIJAY TENDULKAR!!!?? Ofcourse I 'came along' and sat quietly through the lunch at 'Krishna Dining' eating from my thaali and listening to these two brilliant artists in discourse...

One winter in Delhi, Kumar Shahani said, I am going to meet Nirmal Verma at his house near the Deer Park, would you like to come along? NIRMAL VERMA!!!? Ofcourse I 'came along'....and again, sat quietly listening to these two greats as the winter evening slipped into a winter night with the same quiet, intense and gentle energy that emanated from them...

Mani Kaul was happy with how 'Siddheshwari' had shaped up.
He wasn't one for complimenting his actors however (much less his actresses).
We had captured the nude scene for the thumri 'Thadi Rahun' without much fuss.
Later that evening, over dinner he turned to me and remarked 'You are like a Modigliani...long limbed..!'
'Don't you think, she is?'… He turned to his Cinematographer and Assistant director with that question...
What's a Modigliani Mani?' l asked...

I had grown up with a passion for Vincent Van Gogh, Henri Toulose Lautrec....
That day thanks to Mani I was introduced to the wonderful painter, MODIGLIANI ...

#actorslife #indiancinema #modigliani

Mita Vashisht Instagram - Posted @withregram • @staybanaras Making memories with timeless actress @mitavasisht ! She is our featured guest of February month. What an experience hosting one of the cult actress who has worked with legendary filmmaker’s like #govindnihalani #manikaul #kumarsahni and evergreen @subhashghai1. Stay Banaras has been artistically designed and always looks forward to an ‘artist’ to add stories to it. Thank you @mitavasisht ma’am for honouring us with your presence.

#banaras

Mita Vashisht Instagram - Join us in Mita Vasisht's 'Lal Ded' on October 27th, 2023, at 6:30 PM at the Rajasthan International Centre, Jaipur.

Only a few seats left, click the link in the bio to book your tickets now. 🎭

#LalDed #MitaVasisht #LiveTheatre #LalDedAtRIC #RicJaipur #RajasthanInternationalCentre #TheatreNights #Drama #Theatre #JaipurTheatre #Play

Mita Vashisht Instagram - Thoda baith gayee, ek rang-be rangee dukaan mein....Thamel, Kathmandu mein

Mita Vashisht Instagram - 14 FEB 2024, Delhi: 🎭 ACTORS ON ACTING - Talk 3 for National School Of Drama Students' Union @nsd_su's ADVITIYA '24 with Ms. Mita Vasisht & Syed Mohd. Irfan Sb.

Honoured to have hosted the illustrious Ms. Mita Vasisht as part of our 'Actors on Acting' series at NSD, Delhi!
In an insightful session moderated by Syed Mohd. Irfan saheb, Founder Producer and host of 'Guftagoo' on Rajya Sabha TV, Ms. Vashisht shared her journey and expertise in the realm of Indian cinema and television. What started out as a discussion, turned into a Masterclass in no time, with Mita ji exemplifying Natyashastra acting techniques with Irfan ji as her co-actor!

With an impressive repertoire spanning numerous films and television shows, including her memorable roles in "Chandni," "Taal," and "Ghaav: The Wound," Ms. Vasisht's contributions to the industry are truly commendable. Beyond her on-screen work, she has been a visiting faculty at esteemed institutions like NSD, NIFT, NID, WWI, and as Head of Department – Acting at FTII.
Organised by the NSD Students’ Union, such sessions are invaluable for aspiring actors and seasoned thespians alike.

#NSDBRM2024 #VandeBharangam

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#nsd #bharatrangmahotsav #festival #culture #traditional #folk #artlover #theatrefestival #nationalschoolofdrama #theatre #internationaltheatre #event #experience #joy #colours #expression #art #performingarts #stage #design #drama #community #artsfestival

Mita Vashisht Instagram - GOLDFISH
A wonderful tender film with the most marvellous performances by the entire cast.
Warm Congratulations to all, on screen and off screen who are a part of this film!!
#pushankripalani #thesplendidfilms #deeptinaval
#rajitkapur #kalkikoechlin
#anuragkashyapdirector
#goldfishthefilm
#mentalhealthawareness

Mita Vashisht Instagram - Has it been 39 years when we last met...?
I don't think so.... clearly not letting go of each other now....
Had been searching all over for the last ten years to find you! ❤️

When 16 years of age
..high school days...
Guitar playing days
Abba Carpenter song-ing and figuring out the guitar cords we could match our voices to...

Early morning sunrise walks through the gigantic boulder studded landscape of Secunderabad
Being aghast and running from creepy flashing men...

Discussing our pining for our individual best friends who were no longer in Sec'bad since their Dads had been posted out..
(Funnily, that best friend is not the one I sought out later)

The apprehension and excitement of discovering and making our individual fashion statements at 16 years...

Dance evenings at the Secunderabad Club days...

The live band at the Sec'bad Club, that we would strain to listen to, from my 5 Bolton Road Bungalow, on nights when we teenagers were not allowed to the Grownups dance evenings..

Food fads, chocolate powder heaped on cold milk and how to drink in without the powder getting into our nostrils

Everyday, just discovering the Universe together ....

Mita Vashisht Instagram - Celebrating him, his life as an artist and a seeker brings me to a pure space within myself.
I experience in a visceral way again the deep, passionate faith and joy of that journey that we all chose and trained ourselves for, as twenty two year olds ...when our vulnerabilities were our strengths....NSD 1987 batch soul siblings....
I came home last night feeling renewed.. strangely free of trappings...
Our beloved, from Irfan....to Irrfan...a blessed journey my friend... Love to you (right here in the present because you haven't gone away) and gratitude for all that you represent!
In pic we all, soul siblings --Ashok Lokhande Bharti Sharma, Irrfan and I...

Mita Vashisht Instagram - Kneeling at his feet...
So blessed am I that Pt Hari Prasad Chaurasia ji attended the Lal Ded presentation,.
And was happy...' अरे तुम गाती भी हो, और सुर में।।।? (Ah you can sing, and in tune.!') he chuckled as he blessed me..

He had just finished his hour long interview with his biographer #satyasaran , her must read book titled #breathofgold, ...

His wit, genius, gentleness, compassion and humility literally brings tears to my eyes that such a person as Hari ji lives in this world, and graces the very air that we breathe....

He chose to stay back after his session, said to Satya ' ये सेशन देखना है मुझे, उसके बाद ही जाऊंगा /I want to stay for this session, after that I will go..(to his suite to rest)
I couldn't have asked for more!!!

#divineflautist #mutavasishtactorslife
#bangalorepoetryfestival2023

Mita Vashisht Instagram - Girl Alone!
A yumm cuppa tea....after two hours of walking around in Pondicherry!!!
Where do I belong?

Mita Vashisht Instagram - CANNES.....
Mumbai airport!!

Mita Vashisht Instagram - An experience beyond words ….✨💫

Extremely overwhelmed & blessed to greet & meet an amazing human , an extremely talented, humble & versatile actress @mitavasisht ma’am during her play LOVE REAL OR REEL ( SOLO) in NATIONAL SCHOOL OF DRAMA @nsd_official_ ❤️🙏

Thank you @mitavasisht ma’am for your knowledgeable session post play … indeed a lifetime experience for me 🤗🤌

#reels #reelitfeelit #instagram #instadaily #instalike #explore #explorepage #mitavashisht #actress #play #threatre #nsd #live

Mita Vashisht Instagram - There's a cosmic connect here...

The beautiful Shubha Mudgal, I met for the first time in Delhi in the early 1990ies....knew her from afar, through mutual friends. She was the cynosure of many eyes...beautiful, talented and the new voice....

In 1999 A phone call from Delhi...'we are shooting a music video'
'Whose the singer?' I ask
'Shubha Mudgal' -- says the voice on the phone, (Shoojit Sirkar was it? or his then business partner Gary..)
I jump inwardly, a surge of such excitement, but keep my voice calm...
Okay..., is all I say
Can you drive a truck? The voice asks
I can drive anything except an aeroplane, I say
Do you have the dates...the voice asks
'I figure them out' I cut in ...'give me your dates'
I was shooting round the clock and 30 days a month those days, but I wasn't going to miss this for anything..

'Mann ke Manjeera' was the music video....and yes, I drove the truck
It won the best music video of the year, and remains one of my cherished roles...I worked hard to find the gestures and the body to fit the phenomenal voice...

The video also led, strangely, to my work with the trafficked minors in the remand home in Deonar...that would possess my life for the next four years...

Then a few years later (2006) I am asked to sing the recitation part of the title song being sung by Shubha ji for the YRF film 'Laaga Chunri Mein Daag'
My to- be- sung- lyrics are penned by Swanand Kirkire... I reach the studio nervous as hell....how am I going to sing with HER.???
I am told to my relief (and to my slight sense of deflation) that the recording is done separately...she has sung and gone and now it's my turn.

I couldn't help but think that some pretty awesome happenings in my life...like the fabulous music video, and then a first time singing, (and that too for a Yash Raj film are some how connected to Shubha Mudgal...that we are somehow connected by a God up there...
#Mannkemanjeere # laagachunrimeindaag #shubhamudgal #actorslife #bangalorepoetryfestival2023

Mita Vashisht Instagram - And it's a wrap for the Mandira Mathur character for #CriminalJusticeSeason4
Thank you team of CJ 4...!
My fraternity and family for 35 years now---the film, tv and now Ott parivaar!!!!
PS: Dear friends it is not my birthday...this is the traditional way of celebrating the actor's last day of shooting on a particular project...today was my last day of shooting for CJ 4.
My birthday is Nov 2nd.
Thanks for the love 💕 anyway! 💗

Mita Vashisht Instagram - “An ode to the craft of acting! 🌟 Join us tomorrow, Feb 14, 2024, at 4:00 PM, as Advitiya’24 presents ‘Actors on Acting’ Talk - 3. Immerse yourself in the wisdom of acclaimed theatre actress Mita Vasisht Ji at the Open Lawn, NSD, New Delhi. The charismatic ‘Guftagoo’ Syed Irfan ji will guide this insightful session as a moderator and host. Let the spirit of theatre unfold on this Valentine’s Day! 🎭❤️ #Advitiya24 #ActorsOnActing #Guftagoo #TheatreMagic #BRM #Studentsunion #nsd”

Mita Vashisht Instagram - Thank you for writing this memoir Amal Allana!
A most precious legacy, an inspiration, a guiding star in the theatre and arts firmament for generations to come ...
#amalallana #penguinbooks #theatre #liberalarts #indiantheatre

Mita Vashisht Instagram - Mita Vasisht’s acting in Lal is nothing short of extraordinary.

Her portrayal is a masterclass in bringing character of “Lalla” to life, seamlessly blending passion and skill.

A performance that resonates deeply and lingers in the hearts of the audience.

Truly, a testament to her exceptional talent.

#RicJaipur #MitaVasisht #RajasthanInternationalCentre #Theatre #Acting #LalDed

Mita Vashisht Instagram - Behind the scenes
KAALA, now streaming on Disney Hotstar...
This was lunch break...a yummy Bengali cuisine tiffin ...that I insisted I want on a table, out on the Kolkata street (just outside my make up van)
I love the streets of Kolkata! And Kolkata...

Mita Vashisht Instagram - 'SAALGIRAAH' a Saturday Suspense episode (Zee tv) that I had scripted...
....those were the days when I had taken the plunge into writing and producing...apart from acting...
It was BOMAN IRANI's first on camera appearance if I am not mistaken, (he plays the serial killer husband to my 'wife' and he was amazing, though he had a tough time struggling with the Hindi (unbelievable now, isn't it ?!)
IRRFAN my NSD soul sibling and classmate played the rejected suitor who comes to the wife's rescue---this was the first meeting of Anup Singh and Irrfan that would lead to a long creative collaboration in the years to come...
ANUP SINGH at his brilliant best directed the episode that was filmed by K.U MOHANAN, the wonderful and highly acclaimed cinematographer...
What a team !!!

#mohanan #anupsingh #irrfan #bomanirani #zeetv #saturdaysuspense #mitavasishtactress
#hindiserials

Mita Vashisht Instagram - Witnessing @mitavasisht's mesmerizing presence as she gracefully strutted down the runway as the showstopper for @prasadbipada's fashion show, "Gamcha," which showcased exquisite handmade Khadi fabric infused with the essence of Indian life and philosophy, was truly enchanting.

Being a part of such an event that reveres the skilled hands of weavers and artisans, who breathe life into our aspirational fabrics, is a profoundly gratifying experience. A delightful bonus was the privilege of being introduced by an accomplished Bollywood actress like @mitavasisht, who has graced the industry for decades yet remains grounded. It's a true pleasure to be associated with someone like her, a fellow aficionado of the arts, who deeply understands the essence of Khadi.

#mitavashisht #vrikshwomen #happycustomers #beejsaree #tussarsilksarees #tussarsilk #tussarsarees #tussarembroiderysaree #tussar #tussarsilksaree #ikatfabric #ikkatsarees #fashionstyle #fashiongram #fashionable #indiansareesonline #indiansareeshopping #indiansarees #indiansaree

Mita Vashisht Instagram - Its multimedia time and even though I am print journalist at heart, am game for trying anything new, specially if there’s the lovely @mitavasisht to capture on camera at @festivaldecannes … The interview can be seen now on @xpresscinema @youtubeindia @youtube channel. Link in bio and highlights and stories …

Mita Vashisht Instagram - ASHOK SAGAR BHAGAT!!!! His light design for my solo play, LAL DED, endures and enthralls even twenty years later. ..
Many years ago he passed on the baton to the wonderful RAGHAV PRAKASH MISHRA who is an invaluable part of the Lal Ded performance journey now...
Here we are ...at the wedding of Raghav's lovely daughter.... (26th Feb 2024)
#lalded #indiantheatre #mysticpoet

Mita Vashisht Instagram - Contemplate, each time, the land scape of performance....
#Theatre #lalded #lucknow #kabirfestivallucknow

Mita Vashisht Instagram - The mind is new, the moon is new, the vast expanse of water is new, I, Lalla, am a new phenomenon (A.K Ramanujan' s translation )

#mysticwomenpoets
#mitavasishtperformslalded
#Suvendu C

Mita Vashisht Instagram - The Fledgling between the two Swans!!!
(The Rakesh Khatri portfolio wala shoot ...that I mentioned earlier....) In the article by THE Khalid Mohammad...

(Credits ---ha ha)
Hair and make up---one comb and a clip and a dash of lip colour
Styling: Rust pure wool sweater is the one that knit for myself in first year college.
The hint of a blue scarf --it belonged to my cousin Geetanjali Lal as did the oxidised earrings. Now pose..
Done!
PS: I loved knitting and embroidery and chrochet so much that when in college the neighborhood aunties were sure I was the first one (of my gang of college friends....) Heading for the perfect marriage...
However my preoccupation had nothing to do with the 'perfect girl for marriage':
It was actually, (as I later realized) the deep need to craft with hands, to enter into fine detailing with the mind when one read the patterns from the knitting books, and the slow but steady creation of a form that would begin to emerge in my hands----it was a pre-cursor to entering the world of theatre....and to the four years of officially training in the theatre (Department of Indian Theatre, Punjab University ,followed by The National School Of Drama, Delhi)

Mita Vashisht Instagram - ....The Poets' Speak....
from differents parts of India expressed how
deeply moved they are by the presentation of Lal Ded excerpts (from the play I do)...
as was I, so moved to be performing to an audience of wonderful published poets...
#pondicherryaurovillepoetryfestival

Mita Vashisht Instagram - There were horses with names here and the most scintillating players riding them....a thrilling experience ....At the Aditya Birla Memorial Polo Match....Mahalaxmi race course.
In pic Rinku Dhawan: Was delighted to catch up with her after so many years,. Deeply fond of her, she was once the wide- eyed baby on the sets of 'Swabhimaan'......
Incidentally, my first ever equestrian experience was as a ten year old sent by my school in Delhi, to write about a polo match for an article that was published in the school magazine....

Mita Vashisht Instagram - In Paris, as an apprentice to Bresson.....
What a profound and beautiful personality even at that age...!

Kumar told me years ago how Bresson wanted to speak to him over the phone before granting him a first meeting
'only if he liked my voice over the phone would he consider meeting me....you know Breason did that...he would decide if he liked someone by first listening to their voice over the phone...'

Mita Vashisht Instagram - Dearest Kumar.....where ever you might be from now on....look, the window remains open in the firmament...

Mita Vashisht Instagram - Honoured, grateful and blessed to be given this opportunity to serve, to contribute....
Deeply impressed by our CM of Haryana---a person of such erudition and elegance!!

Mita Vashisht Instagram - Bangalore Poetry Festival's session with Javed Akhtar was wonderful!
His deep wisdom and incredible wit go hand in hand....it was laughter with learning, this was my first time listening to a session with him live, and I confess I now am a diehard fan....
Here he signs two of his books for my Mom and me!
I have yet to buy JADUNAMA...I will soon ..this I know will be a fascinating read about a fascinating artist, humanist, and poet, of our times!!!
We need our poets more than ever before, in today's times!!
May the tribe increase...

P.S thank you Satya Saran, you amazing person, fascinating woman and rare friend to have, for these pics.

#bangalorepoetryfestival2023
#Javedakhtar
#poets
#indianpoetry
#satyasaran
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Mita Vashisht Instagram - #clientdiaries
Actress Mita Vasisht @mitavasisht in our signature Silk Jamdani in a beautiful yellow and orange combination.

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Mita Vashisht Instagram - Vividh Bharti....the morning spent here ...recording..
I so love All India Radio... and Vividh Bharti is a harking back to childhood...those days of leisure and wonderment...

Mita Vashisht Instagram - Beginning of a busy day, waiting for my breakfast...quite unaware that dear wonderful M.K Raina was clicking a pic ....
Lovely click of me at my favourite place in Delhi...thanks MK

Mita Vashisht Instagram - Walking the ramp to say
ART Lies in the HANDS of ......

Thrilled and honoured to be the Showstopper for the PRASAD BIDAPA fashion show on KHADI.
The fashion show emphasised what cannot be emphasized enough...Khadii as the fashion fabric, the fabric of India and with it begins PRASANNA"s KHADI GAMCHA JATHA across India:
The ubiquitous Gamcha being that which belongs to artisans, craftsmen and labour across the length and breadth of our country...
The Jatha: to raise awareness of our rich cultural heritage that rests in the HANDS of our people...that to be a healthy nation in every way we need 70 percent of people to work with their hands...it is the hands that hold and can nurture our phenomenal heritage of Khadi, and the arts and crafts industry...

In pic flanked by the theatre legend and activist Prasanna.
And the fashion star who has worked with Khadi for decades before it became a fashion statement the wonderful Prasad Bidapa...( such a joyous gentle unassuming person.....no trace of an ego anywhere....)
#prasad_bidapa #khadi #prasanna #artscraftsweaversindia

Mita Vashisht Instagram - BTS : Shooting some winters ago for 'Mani Kaul and That Thing Called The Actor'
In pic @Omar Adma Khan, @Sidrah Fatma and @Lapdiang Syiem...
(Insta produced this reel from somewhere...grabbed it before it disappears..so much so for pre- planning publicity for the film release--ha ha!)
#Naytashastra #actorscraft #Manikaul

Mita Vashisht Instagram - November has been a month of lit fests with sessions 'celebrating' my journeys, to stand up performing Lal Ded and Mira and to Lal Ded performances in the theatre...Jaipur, Lucknow, Nagpur...ahhh...nice also it is to sit and gaze at the Semal tree holding up a wintery sky, from the terrace of my Delhi house

Mita Vashisht Instagram - The director speaks, we actors internalize his words and then the magic ---not just IN us but BETWEEN the actors, and between the actors and the camera...
#mazahirrahim #DDarchives #anantmahadevan #actorslife #hindiserials

Mita Vashisht Instagram - Don't you just love how destiny plays it all out...the best you can do is be playing the game with your honesty at the core of your heart...I say 'no' give my reason, he says 'yes you must, we'll work it.out'... I do the film, a year later I am at CANNES ...upar wala hee hai sab kuch

Mita Vashisht Instagram - Eid Mubarak dear Friends!

This is a throwback pic to a wonderful Eid a few years ago at Taher's family restaurant which has the most delicious food during Ramadan and Eid ... the food felt so Blessed ...it was a wonderous night at Bhendi Bazar, at Taher's!!

Mita Vashisht Instagram - Mazahir Rahim giving us the finer points....we absorb...Anant Mahadevan and I, and the script was always at hand...
Peele Patte (पीले पत्ते )
#doordarshan #DDarchives #mazahirahim #anantmahadevan
#hindiserials

Mita Vashisht Instagram - My Mornings are Magical Now.

Discovered, RE-discovered, thanks to being at the Bangalore Poetry Festival, the joy of reading a poem every day.

The Hindi poetry session featured three wonderful women poets:
in picture, extreme left, is the marvelous Hindi poetess Anuradha Singh who read from her fabulous collection, उत्सव का पुष्प नहीं हूं, one of the several books I bought and had her autograph it.

Reading a poem or two every morning with my cup of tea, is akin to having a brief but profound and enlightening discourse with the poetess/poet herself/himself---

My morning tea time has now transformed into a sacred ritual....
'A Cup of Tea and A Poem' time

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#bangalorepoetryfestival2023
#anuradhasingh
#hindipoetry

Mita Vashisht Instagram - We are at Cannes!!!! 2024!

Shooting for THE SHAMELESS last year in March in Nepal.....hadn't realised that the next year meant I/we will be heading out to Cannes...it has still to sink in!

(Official post below)

We are THRILLED to announce that THE SHAMELESS by Konstantin Bojanov is selected at Festival de Cannes Un Certain Regard.

Thankful to all the amazing people and partners who made this film possible. It has been one of the most challenging film we ever produced and we are so proud to share it with you all soon. It took people from Nepal, India, France, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Taiwan to make it happen 🇳🇵🇮🇳🇫🇷🇨🇭🇧🇬🇹🇼

Produced by AKKA Films, Urban Factory, Klas Film, HOUSE ON FIRE Productions.
With the support of Eurimages, OFC, Cineforum, Région Ile-de-France, Bulgarian National Film Center, 文化內容策進院 Taiwan Creative Content Agency, Dacor Julien Russo, Storiculture

Sales Agent Urban Sales

Starring Anasuya Sengupta, Omara Shetty, Auroshikha Dey, Rohit Kokate, Tanmay Dhanania, Kiran Bhivagade and Mita Vashisht

DOP: Gabriel Lobos
Production Design & Costumes: Parul Sondh Colin
Unit Production Manager & 1st AD: Fanny Florido
1st AD Nepal: Firoj Khada
1nd AD: Aastha Shrestha
Line Producer: Shanta Nepali Productions
MUA: Amanda Silaen
Art Director: Musa Husain
Editing: Tom Lin
Music by Petar Dundakov /composer/, featuring the music of Dmriti
Sound : Gautier Isern Philippe Grivel
Gaffer: Raphael Toel
1st AC: Leonel Becerril Velazquez
Casting Director: Parag Metha
Location Manager: Nimesh Puri
Production Managers: Andej Adikhari, Anne D'Almeida
And many many more I can’t name eveyone.

Produced by Frédéric Corvez, Palmyre A-Badinier, Nicolas Wadimoff, Philippe Coeytaux, Rossitsa Valkanova, Vincent Wang, Severine Pisani, Maéva Savinien, Céline Loop

TimeLine Studio 時間軸 Studio Orlando GOMEDIA

Mita Vashisht Instagram - Presenting the vaachs of LAL DED at the Bangalore Poetry Festival on the morning of the 5th of August.
A fabulous audience and a very beautiful hour that went very fast.

The image in the background is from my play 'Lal Ded', my solo performance that has entered it's 19th year of being performed....

People who have seen the play ask, 19 years ago you were 19 years younger, how do you today, manage the energy, to perform for an hour; nine characters sing, move, recite, speak..

I don't have an answer....
It' s the energy of Lal Ded's vaachs....

#lalded # mitavasishtactorslife #mysticwomenpoets #bangalorepoetryfestival2023

Mita Vashisht - 4.4K Likes - GOVIND NIHALANI on his birthday last evening!
Me demanding his attention to speak into my camera.
I record him speaking about our world of movies and acting and scripts ---his integrity and love and compassion for all things cinema and for all people in the field is so wonderful, so intuitive and aware, and so positive---any annoyances or angst I have been harbouring regarding the same evaporate forever...

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Caption : GOVIND NIHALANI on his birthday last evening! Me demanding his attention to speak into my camera. I record him speaking about our world of movies and acting and scripts —his integrity and love and compassion for all things cinema and for all people in the field is so wonderful, so intuitive and aware, and so positive—any annoyances or angst I have been harbouring regarding the same evaporate forever…
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Mita Vashisht - 1.6K Likes - Oh My Gauche!

The first ever 'professional' photo shoot in Bombay (it was Bombay then, not Mumbai).

I have forgotten the photographer's name, I remember only that he was a kindly Sardarji with a photo studio in Bandra, Linking Road from where I went to pick up the negatives and prints of the photoshoot a few days after the shoot (not to forget the ubiquitous 'contact sheet' that enabled us to choose which prints to enlarge)

There was no makeup person or hair dresser or 'team' to help or to fuss around me, just me with my little makeup pouch and a rubber band to tie up my mane which was glossy and abundant and seemed to have an energy of it's own, (and never needed any setting to look good)

The magazine that wanted the shoot had sent over some oversized 'fancy clothes' that I wasn't sure suited me (how self- conscious and picky I was at that age with 'this is not me') and I felt the least uneasy in this 'sasta' t- shirt that I had come wearing to the location for the shoot...

The poor sweet photographer tried getting me to look less gauche and more 'alluring' .... But Gosh! Even though I was three films and five tv serials old, off the film camera I was just Gauche!

#actressworld #indiancinema #photoshoots #bombay

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Caption : Oh My Gauche! The first ever ‘professional’ photo shoot in Bombay (it was Bombay then, not Mumbai). I have forgotten the photographer’s name, I remember only that he was a kindly Sardarji with a photo studio in Bandra, Linking Road from where I went to pick up the negatives and prints of the photoshoot a few days after the shoot (not to forget the ubiquitous ‘contact sheet’ that enabled us to choose which prints to enlarge) There was no makeup person or hair dresser or ‘team’ to help or to fuss around me, just me with my little makeup pouch and a rubber band to tie up my mane which was glossy and abundant and seemed to have an energy of it’s own, (and never needed any setting to look good) The magazine that wanted the shoot had sent over some oversized ‘fancy clothes’ that I wasn’t sure suited me (how self- conscious and picky I was at that age with ‘this is not me’) and I felt the least uneasy in this ‘sasta’ t- shirt that I had come wearing to the location for the shoot… The poor sweet photographer tried getting me to look less gauche and more ‘alluring’ …. But Gosh! Even though I was three films and five tv serials old, off the film camera I was just Gauche! #actressworld #indiancinema #photoshoots #bombay
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Mita Vashisht - 1.2K Likes - Your Earth Birthday today, 18th June. For many years you celebrated it on the 21st of June...
Mangal shared this pic with me last year. Chandigarh days, outside my house. The year was 1982 or 1983.
#mangaldhillon #actorhindicinema #spiritualist
#MDC #mangaldhillonchannel

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Caption : Your Earth Birthday today, 18th June. For many years you celebrated it on the 21st of June… Mangal shared this pic with me last year. Chandigarh days, outside my house. The year was 1982 or 1983. #mangaldhillon #actorhindicinema #spiritualist #MDC #mangaldhillonchannel
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Mita Vashisht - 1.2K Likes - MERRY CHRISTMAS, SEASONS GREETINGS!
Here @innpondiville
In Auroville!
My dear friends from when we did the play of Sri Aurobindo's 'Savitri' together, in 1993, Pravina and Shudip are the creators of this beautiful homestay ....
...their love and warmth make it the closest to being home, when you're away from home ...

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Caption : MERRY CHRISTMAS, SEASONS GREETINGS! Here @innpondiville In Auroville! My dear friends from when we did the play of Sri Aurobindo’s ‘Savitri’ together, in 1993, Pravina and Shudip are the creators of this beautiful homestay …. …their love and warmth make it the closest to being home, when you’re away from home …
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Mita Vashisht - 1.1K Likes - Starving for Perfection

The first of television that Mangal and I acted in...a single episode story...this was in Delhi. Remember nothing of the name, or the director, or the team except vaguely that it was a story about a freedom fighter and his wife. I remember this though, that this scene was to be shot immediately after lunch break and Mangal and I refused lunch so that we could cry real tears and allow the emotional upheaval to happen in camera (which is not possible if you have just eaten food)
The scene kept getting delayed and by the time it was finally shot at 7 pm we were fainting with hunger....but we achieved the quality of performance that we were so nervous about achieving....
Days of innocence, when we would starve to achieve perfection...

(Years later you use glycerine for tears, and eat your lunch on time, while acting, because you've learnt by now that more often than not, perfection will be put in the dustbin if perchance you are not in the lead role...)

#actorslife #MCD #mangaldhillon # hindiserials #televisionindia #DD

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Caption : Starving for Perfection The first of television that Mangal and I acted in…a single episode story…this was in Delhi. Remember nothing of the name, or the director, or the team except vaguely that it was a story about a freedom fighter and his wife. I remember this though, that this scene was to be shot immediately after lunch break and Mangal and I refused lunch so that we could cry real tears and allow the emotional upheaval to happen in camera (which is not possible if you have just eaten food) The scene kept getting delayed and by the time it was finally shot at 7 pm we were fainting with hunger….but we achieved the quality of performance that we were so nervous about achieving…. Days of innocence, when we would starve to achieve perfection… (Years later you use glycerine for tears, and eat your lunch on time, while acting, because you’ve learnt by now that more often than not, perfection will be put in the dustbin if perchance you are not in the lead role…) #actorslife #MCD #mangaldhillon # hindiserials #televisionindia #DD
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