Suresh Bhardwaj (born 6 June 1955) is an Indian theatre, film and television director as well as a lighting and scenic designer.
[1] He has also served as faculty member of the National School of Drama[2][3] In 2005 he received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for lighting design from the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama.
[citation needed] The same year, he shifted his emphasis to film, television and cinema and worked in various capacities as a writer, director, Actor and scenographer as well as for various satellite channels and public television broadcaster Doordarshan as a freelance director, designer and writer.
He served as dean of National School of Drama from 2000 to 2002, and was also appointed Professor of Extension Programmes in February 2002.
[clarification needed] Bhardwaj has also worked with directors such as Fritz Bennewitz, Bansi Kaul, Ratan Thiyam, Anuradha Kapur, Kirti Jain, Prof.Mohan Maharishi, Alakhnandan and Neelam Mansingh Chowdhrey