PD Ponders

P D Sathish Chandra aka PD, is best known as an actor first and then a communications professional. After his last media stint as the Programme Director for 93.5 Red FM in Karnataka, he is now full time into acting in the sitcom Panduranga Vittala on Zee Kannada. He has been involved in all forms of performing acts, in movies ( Kutty Srank - winner of 7 national awards, Minugu, Prem Ka Game, Aa Dinagalu etc.) and is instantly recognised as the comedian from the TV sitcom Panduranga Vittala and for his other stints in serials like Gali Gali Sim Sim, Yakhingadtiro etc. He also ran a spoof news show for Public TV called Vaaranna for four months.  But his first love, theatre, takes centre stage. He has acted in over 50 plays in Kannada, English, Hindi, Marathi & Bengali. He has directed seven plays so far and is the director of the newest performing space in Bangalore, Kala Soudha. His Trust and theatre group Pradarshana Kala Samsthe or Pra.Ka.Sam is currently into p...

Well I have been fascinated by the medium of movement arts from a long time. Specially films holds me gently and passionately. I got to act in one of my friends nameless movie (will update the name once I hear of it) as one of the characters who is the witness to violence created by an ex goon Kotwal Ramachandra. Because we stare at him and not recognize him and he wants to show off in public, I and my friend get a scar on our faces (thats in the pic) and later we both are sent to hospital for stitches. Irony was that the guy who was going to cut me was i think around a foot shorter than me and he was aided with a half foot stool to reach my height, the ingenious special effects technology of Kannada film or any film industry. This movie is written by Agni Shridhar who too is known for his acquaintances like Kotwal, Jayaraj etc. The movie is woven around the politician and goonda nexus which ruled and was ended forcibly with deaths of Kotwal, Jayaraj and second generation gangs of Oil ...