Rajeev Kumar

Multidisciplinary director trained at UoH & JNU — merging engineering precision, international relations worldview, and rigorous stage practice into cinematic storytelling.

Actor + Costume & Light Designer - National School of Drama

Bharat Rang Mahotsav

Invited Delegate - International Theatre Festival of Kerala

(2025-01 - 2026-12)

Cross-cultural curation

Director - University of Hyderabad

Tring Tring: The Last Call of Love

• Adaptation — Dial M for Murder reimagined as Psychological Noir in 1991 Mumbai
• Complete script localization transposing Western thriller into Indian socio-political context
• Retro-cinematic soundscapes, minimalist lighting, sustained mise-en-scène command

Playwright, Director, Designer - Independent Production

Dawat-e-Ishq

• Original Play — Independent Production
• Wrote original script, directed and designed independently
• Shadow, fabric and spatial geometry as primary scenic and emotional storytelling tools

Director - Taabir Theatre Group - Laxmi Nagar, New Delhi The Overcoat — Nikolai Gogol

• Ensemble adaptation — stylized movement and socio-economic satire against bureaucratic oppression

Director - University of Hyderabad

Who Took My Hat? — Miller's Crossing Adaptation

• Translated cinematic close-ups and quick-cuts into live physical blocking — direct fluency in cinematic grammar

Scene Work Director - University of Hyderabad The Lady from the Sea — Ibsen

• Subtextual realism, vocal modulation, psychological depth

Stage Manager - University of Hyderabad

Rumour Has It — 8-Hour Durational Performance

• Full technical cue tracking and multi-department coordination for full-day endurance production

Stage Manager - University of Hyderabad The Lady from the Sea

Costume + Light Designer - University of Hyderabad / BRM, NSD

Uncle Vanya — Chekhov

• 4 Shows

Light Designer + Sound Operator - Lamakaan - Hyderabad

Roopantara (Bharatanatyam) — Classical dance

• Precision cues

Live Sound Operator - NSD Festival - New Delhi

Yarna

• 2 Show Run

Sound Operator - Taabir Theatre Group - Delhi

Roman Bath — Stratiev

• LTG Auditorium · 2 Shows

Actor - BRM, NSD

Uncle Vanya

• 4 Shows

Solo Performer

Vasna Ki Chhaya Mein — Psychological endurance monologue

Actor - University of Hyderabad

Macbeth (Ionesco) — Absurdist physicality

Actor - Taabir Theatre Group - Delhi

Roman Bath

• LTG Auditorium & Taabir Space

Actor - Delhi

Sahir Prito

• LTG Auditorium + NSD Campus

M.P.A. - Theatre Arts - University of Hyderabad (2024-01 - 2026-12)

M.S. - International Relations - JNU, New Delhi

B.Tech - ECE - JNU, New Delhi