About Ivan Rodrigues
Ivan Rodrigues is an accomplished and trained theatre and film actor based in Mumbai, India.Since 2013, he has acted in the following Bollywood films: 'Satyagraha' directed by Prakash Jha, 'Shamitabh' directed by R. Balki, 'Dil Dhadakne Do' directed by Zoya Akhtar, 'Bharat', 'Tiger Zinda Hai' & 'Sultan' directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, 'Dear Zindagi' directed by Gauri Shinde, 'Commando 2' directed by Deven Bhojani, 'MOM' directed by Ravi Udyawar, 'Jagga Jasoos' directed by Anurag Basu, 'Hichki' directed by Sidharth P. Malhotra, 'Love Per Square Foot' directed by Anand Tiwari, 'Bioscopewala' directed by Deb Medhekar, 'GOLD' directed by Reema Kagti, 'URI:The Surgical Strike' directed by Aditya Dhar, 'Noblemen' directed by Vandana Kataria and 'Upstarts' directed by Udai Singh Pawar.In TV he has acted in the Rajya Sabha TV mini-series 'Samvidhaan - The Making of The Indian Constitution', directed by Shyam Benegal. He has also featured in 'The Good Karma Hospital - Season 2' directed by Alex Winckler, a UK TV Series produced by Tiger Aspect Productions for ITV.In web series, he has acted in 'The Family Man S1', 'Made In Heaven S1', Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain S3', 'It Happened In Calcutta', 'Broken but Beautiful S2', 'The Verdict: Statev/sNanavati', 'The Final Call', 'Abhay S1', 'Medically Yourrs', 'What The Folks S1', 'Official CEOgiri', 'Minus One', 'Brochara', 'What's Your Status' and 'Better Life Foundation S2'.In theatre, it was in his final year in Sydenham College, where he won the awards for Best Play, Best Director and Best Actor for the play 'The Chairs' at the prestigious Dr. S. K. Muranjan intra-college competition in 1989. It was at this competition that Mr. Dandavate, who was then the Chairman of the NCPA, invited Ivan to stage 'The Chairs' at the Little Theatre, NCPA. The play received rave reviews in the press and here are some of them."A difficult play to tackle even for professionals, much more so for students, Ivan Rodrigues who also directs, did well to keep the pace brisk and the action taut. So convincing was their portrayal of old age that for a moment it was a jolt to see them smiling and straight-backed offstage". - Meher Pestonji, Sunday Mid-Day, Apr 2, 1989."Only a brave person would have anything to do with 'The Chairs'. Over two decades ago Vijaya Mehta presented it and now Ivan Rodrigues has brought it back. He chose the play because he found it difficult to understand at the first reading. Many rehearsals later he has put up a commendable effort. Both the actors retain the arthritic image from start to finish, drawing the viewer into the vortex of their grey life". - Teresa Viju James, The Indian Post, Mar 29, 1989." 'The Chairs' is a play which extracts that bit of extra energy and talent from the actor. Its success depends a great deal on this aspect. In Ivan Rodrigues and Nilufer Charna, Bombay theatre has discovered two young talented actors with great potential. Both Ivan and Nilufer excelled, their voices and facial expressions picking up the cues from where the other had left, to give us phases of poetry in theatre. It only goes to prove that nothing can replace genuine talent". - Suma Josson, The Sunday Observer, Apr 2 to 8, 1989.Since then Ivan has acted in several professional productions and has performed at venues all over India. Some of these include:'The Fantasticks', a musical play (music by Harvey Schmidt and lyrics by Tom Jones) directed by Janak Toprani and Nandu Bhende, 'Krapp's Last Tape' (Samuel Bec...