Roshan Taneja School of Acting - RTSA

About Roshan Taneja School of Acting - RTSA

Professor Roshan Taneja, veteran Indian Guru of Acting, has been teaching acting for over 49 years today. Prof. Roshan Taneja, founder and former head of the acting department at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune. He is accredited with training many of India's leading Film, Theatre and TV actors for four decades, besides nurturing the talents of a host of other actors Having trained at the prestigious Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre, New York, under legendary American Guru of Acting, late Mr. Sanford Meisner and Mr. Sidney Pollack; Professor Taneja is not only one of the first teachers of Acting in India, but also the pioneer of Method Acting in India Mr. Taneja is a database of knowledge and experience on acting. He has an answer to almost any problem that an actor can have. A very modest and unassuming man, his long list of achievements can be seen on the Student List page

Course and Curriculum:-

The curriculum at RTSA is the result of the professional experience of Prof. Roshan Taneja, founder and former head of the acting department at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune. The Acting course is based on the program developed by the renowned acting guru, late Mr. Stanford Meisner at the Neighbourhood Playhouse School of the Theater, New York.

The four months, full-time course is a step-by-step procedure of self investigation for the actor in training. Through the work, the actor in training investigates in-depth, his/her own instrument in order to expand and widen the range of oneself, and respond to the subtleties of the complex and delicate human emotional relationships and situations that an actor faces each time he prepares a new role. The student’s focus is kept on what he himself can do truthfully under imaginary circumstances. Thus, misconceptions are shed, new techniques gained and the actor emerges after 4 months, more of an honest human being who is now ready to “act” truthfully

Course Modules:-

• Monologue
• Improvization
• Diction
• Spot Speech   
• Action Problem
• Imagination    
• Scene Study
• Camera Marks
• Subjective Study
• Concentration
• Voice
• Camera Practicals
• Singing
• Yoga
• Bollywood Dance
• Action
• Guest Lectures