Biografi
After receiving the Best Actor Award and the Encouragement Award at the ITA State Drama Festival, where many theatre companies compete with their best productions, Rikky Sharma travelled to train at Australia's prestigious NIDA, and also trained at WAAPA.
At WAAPA, he attended The Acting Foundation Course & Masterclass with Chris Edmund, making audiences cry, as they'd watch his emotional performance from "The Glass Menagerie", a theatre piece in which Rikky cried a lot of tears, whenever performed.
At NIDA, Rikky attended The Actors Studio full-time, The Young Filmmakers Studio, and 4 months of Screen Acting Extended. He was told that "That's exactly what we wanted" when NIDA teachers saw his audition. One teacher at NIDA told him to forget everything he learned there & to just act with his own, natural ability. Other screen actors & filmmakers at NIDA and in WA, also said similar things.
Rikky has directed 4 productions which he also stars in, and his characters cry real tears in each of them. Appearing in Local and International Films, TV, Commercials, Pilot, and Theatre productions, Rikky is a very versatile Actor, a talented Impersonator, has done Stand-up Comedy at minor events, has a Voice for Radio, and is a genius at accents.
For many years, Vedic astrologers predicted that in 2016, Rikky Sharma will get work in the Arts / Communications field. The main astrologer, regularly mentioning Acting as the main career. Rikky appeared in many theatre productions from an early age, and since his teens, started appearing in film & TV, and also started to consult astrology. Without knowing Rikky, astrological predictions were made, and came true. In the space of one month towards the end of 2016, Rikky got selected for acting in several different TV Commercials. He later got offered more TVCs, series, and film productions, and turned down many opportunities- most due to location of filming, some due to multiple productions filming at the same time, and some due to his values. Rikky is an old-fashioned, cultured, and spiritual person. Apart from acting, Rikky Sharma has also written, directed and produced for the stage and screen.
