Yogendra Tikku

Yogendra Tiku (born 25 July) is an Indian film, television and stage actor, born and brought up at Prayagraj. He has been successful in entertainment industries including theater plays, TV serials and Bollywood movies, like No One Killed Jessica (2011), Queen (2014),[1] Neerja, Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran etc.

Yogendra Tiku
Tiku at the success bash of his film Neerja in 2016
Born
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India
OccupationActor

Career

Tiku has been involved with theatre since childhood. His acting career began with the theatre group "Prayag Rang Manch" of Prayagraj, and he then had roles in productions such as Bahut Bada Sawaal, Panchi Aise Aate Hain, Khamosh Adalat Jari Hai, and Andher Nagri Chaupat Raja. He then moved to Nairobi for eight years, acting in many Hindi, Punjabi and Gujarati plays.

While in Nairobi he joined a professional English theatre group called Phoenix Players and with them acted in productions such as The Taming of the Shrew, Moon On The Rainbow Shawl and The Noble Spaniard. After coming back from Nairobi, He did plays like Omar Khayyam, with DAT, and later plays like ILA, Rang Bhoomi etc.

Music

He attended Gandharva Maha Vidyalaya of Ahmedabad and learned Indian classical music, under the guidance of a famous guru and singer Smt. Saroj Gundani. It added advantages to grow his career in singing. He had sung many jingles in Indian as well as in Swahili language. He also composed many jingles for various products.

Radio acting

Tiku is an "A" grade Drama Voice of All India Radio (AIR). He has acted in various plays broadcast by AIR, and continues to do so.

Modeling

He also did modeling for companies like Max New York Life Insurance,[2] Maruti Suzuki, Tata Indicom Walky, Bharat Matrimony, Britannia Milk Products, Fortune Rice Bran Oil, Coca-Cola, Amazon etc. These TV commercials can be seen on YouTube.

Writer and director

Plays directed by Tiku include:

  • Pappa Ko Ho Gaya Pyar
  • Paisa Paisa Paisa
  • Shakuntala... written and directed
  • Mahavir... written and directed
  • Beeswin Sadi Mein Kahin... Written for AIR
  • Gandhi... Written for AIR

Filmography

Actor
Television

● Rangbaz (Web series ) Zee5

● Home Sweet Office (Web series on YouTube)

  • Love Ka Hai Intezaar
  • Bas Itna Sa Khwab Hai
  • Shadow On The Sun
  • One Day In Bhopal

References

[3]

  1. "No One Killed Jessica". Variety. 11 January 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  2. has done add for retirement
  3. "Artiste".
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