MK Raina is an actor, director, filmmaker, and academic. He is a major contributor to Indian New Wave cinema and is instrumental in reviving ‘Bhand Pather’, the traditional folk theatre of Kashmir. He received several honours, including the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, the BV Karanth Lifetime Achievement Award, and has been a visiting faculty at several institutions, including the National School of Drama, and is currently an Artist-in-Residence at IIT Gandhinagar. He has also been a Fellow at Stanford University and a Scholar-in-Residence at Jamia Millia Islamia. Before I Forget: A Memoir (2024) chronicles his life, career, and activism against the backdrop of major social and political changes in India.