From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Kavi Raz is an Indianborn British actor writer director and producer Born in Punjab Raz left India at a young age for the United Kingdom where he grew up He acquired national prominence as an exceptional hockey player in the Midlands He attended university in the San Francisco Bay area Raz was a founder and artistic director of The Wandering Players Theater Company The Company staged several World and US premieres of plays from India Western audiences were exposed to the works of Rabindranath Tagore for the first time in addition to plays like Sakharam Binder and Shakuntala This was the first professional South Asian theatre company in the USA In the midseventies Raz arrived in Hollywood a career as an actor was unheard of at a time when roles for South Asian actors in Hollywood television shows and films were limited Raz had been quoted People especially friends and relatives scoffed at the idea of my becoming an actor They thought it was a passing fancy and would soon be over But no I had a dream and take what it may I journeyed on to make my dream a reality He became the first ever South Asian actor to be signed on as a regular in a major TV series St Elsewhere He was a cast member for the first two seasons of the medical drama and after being let go continued to appear on a recurring basis Raz has appeared in over 200 plays TV shows and films including guest appearances on The ATeam MASH and Star Trek The Next Generation In 1978 Raz founded the production company KR Films Hollywood Its debut Lehren a television weekly variety series for the Asian audience was shown throughout the United States and Canada In 1988 KR Studios was built in Granada Hills Housing several buildings including the main studio it has stateofart equipment for film and television productions as well as a multitrack recording facility for post production and recording needs The studio is now home to many award winning producers writers and directors engaged in the production of commercials TV programmes music videos and films Raz began his career as a filmmaker with The Gold Bracelet a movie about a Sikh man faced with the realities of post911 Description above from the Wikipedia article Kavi Raz licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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