Gaurav Dwivedi

Who is Gaurav Dwivedi?

Gaurav Dwivedi is an engineer turned actor. He is a graduate of the Film and Television Institute of India. Though active in theatre from childhood, it was while doing his masters in Australia that Gaurav decided to pursue acting full-time. He came back to India, joined the All India Radio Overseas Department and later as a disc jockey. After doing theatre in Delhi, Gaurav joined the Film and Television Institute Of India and indulged in the two passions of his life - acting and literature. His performance in an Institute production was noticed by the renowned director, Ketan Mehta, who signed him on for a leading role in his film, Rang Rasiya aka 'colors of passion'. Bombay Summer was Gaurav's second film which was a critically acclaimed movie and won a lot of awards. In this movie he played the character of Zakir, a drug peddler. After this he did a short film called Still Voices. This movie won a lot of awards in lots of international movie festivals and it was for his role in the movie that Gaurav Dwivedi was nominated for the best actor award.Following that was Sudhir Mishra's 'Inkaar', where he played the character of the H.R. Head named Atul.