Shena Gamat

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.