Punit Tiwari (Actor)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Punit Tiwari

• Punit Tiwari is an Indian actor, storyteller, and writer who gained popularity in 2023 when he appeared in TVF’s web series Sandeep Bhaiya.

• He spent his childhood in Chittaranjan, West Bengal.

  

• In 2011, he started working as a freelance writer. He wrote content for the non-profit organization Room to Read in New Delhi.

• During the same year, he began his journey as a theatre artist when he became involved with the Bahroop Arts Group, an amateur theatre group primarily composed of students from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi.

• In October 2013, he became a part of the science content team at the Pratham Education Foundation in New Delhi.

• Throughout his journey as a theatre artist, he worked with various renowned theatre directors including Devendra Raj Ankur, Rita Ganguly, Raghuveer Yadav, Govind Namdeo, Shahid Anwar, Sanjay Upadhyaya, and K.S. Rajendran.

• In 2014, he appeared on the channel Anjan TV in the political satire show Chatkara News. On the show, he would humorously present various politicians like Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal.

  

• In 2015, he affiliated himself with the Kala Mandali theatre group in New Delhi.

• In 2017, he played a role in the theatrical production of Sanjay Upadhyay’s Neelkanth Nirala, presented by the Madhya Pradesh School of Drama.

  

• In the same year, he toured with the ensemble of Madhya Pradesh School of Drama’s theatrical production ‘Aranya Gatha,’ which was directed by KanhaiyaLal Kaithwas.

  

• In 2017, he became a recipient of Shrilal Shukla Smriti IFFCO Sahitya Samman.

• In 2018, he starred include Bahroop Arts Group’s play Pagal Tantra.

• Apart from that, he also worked as a theatre director. In 2019, he designed and directed the play In Dino Har Roz.

  

• In 2018, he played the role of a Second Navy Officer in Netflix’s crime drama film Soni.

• In 2019, he appeared in Prime Video’s web series Laakhon Mein Ek in which he played the role of a junior ophthalmologist.

  

• He starred in the short films Comedian (2019) as Amit Trivedi and White Shadows (2020) as The Joker.

• In 2021, he appeared in the films Jamun in the role of Amit, 200: Halla Ho in the role of Santosh, and I Am Draupadi.

• He played the role of Veer Singh’s son-in-law in Netflix’s web series Trial by Fire (2023).

• In 2023, he played Monu (CanDo Employee) in the film Chhatriwali.

• In the same year, he came into the limelight with the TVF’s web series Sandeep Bhaiya in which he played the role of Prince Mishra.

  

• Between 2016 and 2020, he was a member of the Kahani Depot Group, a collective of storytellers. He actively participated in the Udaipur Tales International Storytelling Festival.

• In July 2021, he joined the Creative Script Team at Viacom18 Media Private Limited, where he remained employed until January 2022.