Uma Katju

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Uma is an actor and artist from Delhi working across theatre and film. Her acting credits include Karan Kandhari’s Sister Midnight (2024), Rehaan Engineer’s Don Juan Comes Back from the War (2023), and Mira Nair’s A Suitable Boy (2020). In Singapore, she has performed in Limbo (2023) by Chowk, as well as at the Esplanade DansFest and Aliwal Arts Night Crawl.

As a creator of original, devised works, Uma’s portfolio includes the solo piece Skeleton Under My Skin (2025) and Chickens (2022), which received the Goethe-Institut’s Refunction Theatre Grant. She also produced and performed in Dust (2019), an intercultural Indo-Mexican play directed by Beto Ruiz. Her multi-disciplinary practice currently extends into explorations in film.

Uma also works as a movement composer and designer. Recent projects include The Crucible (2025) with Amitesh Grover at the National School of Drama (NSD), Delhi, and Akshay Raheja’s A Map of Adil Hasan’s Memories (2024). Her background includes training in Odissi dance and professional singing; notably, she designed and performed the sound and music for Raka Maitra’s acclaimed Pallavi Series (2016–2020) in Singapore.

Uma has taught at several leading institutions, including the Tagore National School of Drama (Bhopal), Bharatendu Natya Akademi (Lucknow), Hyderabad University, and Ashoka University. She holds an MPhil in Political Science from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. In 2025, she participated in the Sher-Gil Sundaram Arts Foundation’s “Theatre as Atmosphere Machine” workshop at SKAP.

 

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Recent works: 
1. Creator, Skeleton Under My Skin (2025) 
2. Actor, Don Juan Comes Back from the War (2023) Mumbai
3. Actor, Daughters Opera (2020) Delhi
4. Actor, A Suitable Boy (film, released in 2020)
5. Musician and Vocalist, The Pallavi Series (2016–2020) Chowk Productions, Singapore
6. Performer, Limbo: Few Last Words (2023) Chowk Productions, Singapore

 

Last updated: 31 March 2026

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