Makarand Deshpande on working with Shah Rukh Khan, Nana Patekar, Dev Patel and his opinions on Theatre, Cricket, Acting & Anger!

Theatre ka Devta is in the house! 
In this wildly entertaining and unfiltered episode, Cyrus Broacha is joined by actor, writer, director and theatre legend Makarand Deshpande. From working in the TV show Circus with Shah Rukh Khan to doing plays in Sanskrit, to voicing gangster films like Company, to making his Hollywood Debut in Monkey Man and playing Albert Einstein for kids, Mac shares his philosophies on art, acting, madness, and the purpose of education.

They also talk about:
🎭 “The National School of Deshpande”
🎙 How his voice in Company changed his career
👶 Why he wrote a solo play on Einstein — for children
🔥 His unfiltered take on NSD, Naseer, De Niro, and angry artists

Plus, the madness of Paisa Vasool, late-night Sanskrit rehearsals, Vijay Tendulkar and Dubey ji’s brutal direction style.

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