Akarsh Khurana

Creator Context

Summary

Akarsh Khurana is an Indian writer, director, producer and theatre practitioner whose career spans Akvarious Productions, Hindi cinema and streaming series. His work is generally urban, ensemble-based and slice-of-life, with recurring attention to contemporary social pressures, youth, mental health and changing relationships. His theatre credits include The Interview, Baghdad Wedding, All About Women, The Verdict, What Planet Are You On?—which addresses attention-deficit disorder in children—and There’s Something in the Water, a politically engaged play. Akvarious has also developed accessible contemporary theatre and adaptations dealing with conflict, displacement and social change. Khurana has not built a prominent partisan or activist public persona, and much of his screen work remains mainstream entertainment, but his sustained theatre practice and recent association with queer and representation-focused programming indicate a moderate representation-conscious pattern.