
Drama school
Whistling Woods International
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Overview
Film, media and creative arts institute in Mumbai whose Actors' Studio department runs a BFA and an MA in Acting offered in association with the Tata Institute of Social Sciences.
Verified training fields: Screen acting, Actor training, Theatre acting
See Recognition below for what the school states and how it was checked.
Programs and classes
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Degrees
BFA in Acting
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Acting · Adults
Screen acting, Actor trainingIn personThree years, six semestersEnglishWhistling Woods International campus, Filmcity
Price not published
MA in Acting
MA in Acting · Adults
Screen acting, Theatre actingIn personTwo years, four semestersEnglishWhistling Woods International campus, Filmcity
Price not published
Teaching locations
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Whistling Woods International campus, Filmcity
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Recognition
Recognition is described exactly as sourced. There is no universal acting accreditation, and association membership is not accreditation. Many good studios hold no accreditation at all; that is normal for non-degree training.
Stated by the schoolTata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)Partner-awarded degree
Scope: BFA and MA in Acting are offered in association with TISS, which awards the degrees
The qualification is awarded by a partner institution rather than by the school.
Teachers
Current teachers as named on the provider’s own pages when we checked. A teacher listed here is not assumed to teach every program.
- Arvind Pandey · Head of Department, Actors' Studio
Sources and verification
How this profile was verified
Facts come from the school’s own pages and from official records, each with a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Last checked 16 October 2026. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 16 October 2026)