Shena Gamat Husband, Children, Biography
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Marital Status: Married
Hometown: New Delhi
Husband: Tali
Bio/Wiki | |
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Profession(s) | Actor, Theatre artist, Voice artist, Show director, Entrepreneur |
Physical Stats & More | |
Height (approx.) | 5' 8" (173 cm) |
Eye Colour | Black |
Hair Colour | Black |
Career | |
Debut (As an Actor) | Film: Walking on a Moonbeam (2006) (short film) |
Personal Life | |
Nationality | Indian |
Hometown | New Delhi |
School | Woodstock school, Mussoorie, Uttarakhand |
College/University | • Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi University, New Delhi • DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana • Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh |
Educational Qualification(s) | • Graduate degree in English • Post graduate diploma in Theatre for education and social Transformation |
Tattoo | Black Left Shoulder- complex art |
Social Media | • Instagram • YouTube |
Relationships & More | |
Marital Status | Married |
Family | |
Husband/Spouse | • Amit Saigal (deceased; rock musician) (div.2006) • Tali |
Children | Daughter- Aditi Saigal (aka Dot) |
Some Lesser Known Facts About Shena Gamat
- Shena Gamat actively participated in theatre in childhood.
- Her first major amateur role was as Anne Frank, at the age of 13 years, in a stage show in Bangalore.
- She and her ex-husband, Amit Saigal, co-founded the music magazine Rock Street Journal (RSJ) in 1993.
- She continued with RSJ until 2004 and organized events such as The Great Indian Rock (a platform for original rock music).
- She co-founded a theatre company named Barefoot Theatre in 2007.
- Some of her theatre productions were, ‘The Pink Balloon’ (2007) and ‘Snakes’ (2018).
- She played the role of a hotel owner in the film Dev.D (2009) and a businessperson named Chanda Narang in Band Baaja Baaraat (2010).
- She was the Program Director of the Society for Labour and Development from 2009 to 2012 during which she was in charge of Tarang, a youth and cultural programme for migrant workers.
- In 2012, she introduced theatre games to public spaces through the programme called The Dog Would Know.
- She was also the Show Director at Kingdom of Dreams in Gurgaon from 2013 to 2015 and was responsible for the overall execution of the theatrical musical show, Zangoora.
- She is an accomplished voice-over artist. She has lent her voice to various documentaries, advertisements, Interactive Voice Responses (IVRs), corporate films, e-learning, and audiobooks.
- She has worked with prominent theatre directors like Lushin Dubey, Anamika Haksar, and Roysten Abel.
- She is a qualified movement therapist and experiential learning facilitator.
- In February 2024, she founded a startup business – a platform for joyful living and curated retail experiences – called It’s All Good.