Nostalgia with Piyush Mishra: “At 22, I was madly in love with two things—my acting & girlfriend”

The actor and director talks about his bizzare 22nd birthday, also a turning point in his career, his time at NSD, and dating in Gwaliour when he was 22

Do you remember your 22nd birthday?

Piyush Mishra at 18 (inset) and at 59 (above)

Piyush during a theatre workshop at Gargi College, Delhi

Piyush in Man Equals Man directed by Fritz Bennewitz

Piyush (far right) in Lonavala with Ishaan Trivedi, Idrees Malik and the late Irrfan Khan

In Man Equals Man in his third year at NSD

In Mashriqi Hoor, directed by BM Shah, when Piyush was in his first year at Delhi’s National School of Drama

At his best friend, Ajit Ihane’s wedding

At a workshop with Deepak Dobriyal, Manu Rishi Chadda and students of Gargi College

In his second year at NSD in a Hamlet adaptation directed by Fritz Bennewitz