Ravi Deep

Ravi Deep
Writer Director Ravi Deep
Born	Ravi Parkash (1954-12-30) 30 December 1954 (age 62) Firozpur, Punjab, India
Occupation	Director, writer, actor
Spouse(s)	Sunita Gupta

Ravi Deep (born Ravi Parkash; 30 December 1954 at Firozpur, Punjab) is an Indian theatre and television director, writer and actor

Ravi Deep started stage acting from his school days and got involved in modern theatre during college days at Kapurthala, a town in India. He along with Lalit Behl, Pramod Moutho, Satish Sharma and Harjit Walia made this small town a hub of modern theatre. He did his Masters in Dramatic Art from Punjabi University, Patiala in 1977. He did freelancing as theatre actor, director and writer. He wrote and directed short plays 'Rang Nagari' (The City of Colors), 'Kheench Rahe Hain' (Pulling On), 'Kaun Nachaye Nach?' (Who Makes Us Dance?), 'Satya Katha' (The True Story) and 'Mukti Bahini' (The Liberation Force). These plays won inter varsity contests for 4 consecutive years (1978–81). 'Rangmanch Ke Teen Rang' an anthology of his first three plays was published in March 1982.[1] His plays are still being staged every year, mainly at University Contests. He also wrote & directed few children plays like 'Bagula Bhagat' and 'Bahurupiya'. His anthology of stories 'Bilav' was published in 2014.[2]

Ravi Deep joined Doordarshan, the Public Service Broadcasting Organisation of India in April 1983 and shifted to programme production, writing and direction for television. He produced and directed TV Serials 'Buniad', 'Lafafi' and 'Parchhaven' besides a number of teleplays, telefilms, documentaries and TV programmes. He won Doordarshan Award in 2008 in the Literary Adoption Category.[3] He has four more nominations to his credit. He did Masters in Political Science (1980) and M Phil (1992). Presently he is working at Doordarshan Kendra Mumbai. He has been the Programme Director of ABU Robocon India from 2007 to 2014.

Politics & Theatre in Punjab (Thesis for M Phil)