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Barry John | |
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| Born | 1944 (age 79–80) Coventry, England |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom (1944–2012) India (2012–present) |
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Barry John (born 1944) is an English-born Indian theatre director, actor, and acting coach.
Some of his students became Bollywood actors including Shah Rukh Khan, Manoj Bajpayee, Varun Dhawan, Dulquer Salmaan, Kunal Kapoor, Rana Daggubati, Samir Soni and Shiney Ahuja, and actresses, such as Jacqueline Fernandez, Richa Chadha, Dia Mirza, and Plabita Borthakur,[1][2] as well as Hollywood actors including Freida Pinto[3] and one of the top 10 US media companies CEO Samir Arora. He has been based in India since 1969. After moving to Mumbai his acting school was opened in Mumbai as 'The Barry John Acting Studio', situated in Andheri.[4]
He was awarded the 1993 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Theatre Direction by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Theatre, and also the Sahitya Kala Parishad Award.[citation needed]
- ^ 'Theatre is at an all-time low in Delhi' Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Hindustan Times, Mumbai, 9 April 2007.
- ^ The guru of Shah Rukh The Times of India, TNN 22 April 2007.
- ^ "Freida Pinto thanks mentor Barry John for success". Daily News & Analysis. 29 January 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
- ^ The Barry John Acting Studio – Inauguration Archived 11 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine 6 April 2007.