Mumbai. Shah Rukh Khan made a comeback this year with ‘Pathan’, not only in India but abroad, his recognition increased manifold. Pathan also became the highest grossing film of the year. On the other hand, there is another Bollywood actor whose acting skills are highly appreciated by the audience, that is Manoj Bajpayee. But did you know that there is a common link between these two stars? Shahrukh and Manoj started doing theater from NSD and not only that, their mentor has also been this same teacher. Do you hardly know about the teacher who gave two big stars to Bollywood?
Here we are going to tell you about the mentor and teacher of Shah Rukh Khan and Manoj Bajpayee. The special thing is that not only these two stars but many actors and actresses including Varun Dhawan, Arjun Kapoor, Richa Chadha have learned acting skills from this teacher. This teacher has a big name in the theater world. He has also acted in many films. Do you know about them?
No! So we are telling. Barry John is the guru who has taught acting skills to all actors including Shah Rukh Khan and Manoj Bajpayee. Barry John was born in 1944 in Warwickshire (now in the West Midlands), England. His father was an engineer who joined the Navy during World War II. Barry John started earning at the age of 12 by selling newspapers in the mornings and doing theater in the evenings.
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Manoj Bajpayee with mentor Barry John
Barry John was working in a factory at the age of 15. After completing his schooling, he moved to London and joined the University of Leeds, where he trained as a theater teacher for 3 years. Barry John was deeply influenced by India and its culture. He arrived in Delhi in 1970 and worked as a freelance teacher in schools and colleges and joined the Yatrika Theater Group.
Barry John formed several acting groups
Barry John founded the Theater Action Group (TAG) in 1973 along with Siddharth Basu, Roshan Seth, Lillet Dubey, Meera Nair, Ravi Dubey, Manohar Singh, Khalid Tayabji, Pamela Roux, Surekha Sikri and Pankaj Kapoor. Then in 1977, he joined the faculty of the National School of Drama and later became the founder-director of NSD’s Theater in Education Company (TIE) in 1989.
These celebs were students of Barry John
Barry John has mentored many Bollywood celebs like Varun Dhawan, Shah Rukh Khan, Manoj Bajpayee, Kangana Ranaut, Deepak Dobriyal, Freida Pinto, Richa Chadha, Arjun Kapoor. Shah Rukh Khan and Barry John have been praising each other from time to time. Manoj Bajpayee also considers Barry John as his guru and mentor.
Barry John runs an acting school
Barry John recently opened his new acting school in Mumbai. His acting schools are running in many big cities including Delhi.
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Tags: Manoj Bajpayee, Shah Rukh Khan
First published: August 20, 2023, at 11:07 am