Theatre Career
After completing his schooling from Model School, Vivek Vihar in Delhi, he decided to study engineering in Electronic Communication from PUSA Institute. Later, he joined the Delhi Public Library drama group. In DPL He acted in and directed various plays. Then he worked with slum kids and industrial labours for some time and conducted workshops for them. His first street play was with Zakir Hussein College, called Videshi Aya. It became very popular and he staged it around 200 schools. After this, his desire to express led him to journalism. He worked with the Navbharat Times newspaper as Culture columnist for about four years.
Watching plays, reading about them and writing about them is how his training in theatre started. He then shifted to Press Trust of India (PTI-TV). He was associated with TV serial Tana-Bana. He was in charge of the research and programming there. All through his years with street theatre, print and television, Gaur had developed keen interest in direction. Finally, after devoting two years to PTI-TV he felt the urge to switch to theatre completely.
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