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Bharathanatyam is a 2024 Indian Malayalam-language comedy drama film written and directed by Krishnadas Murali in his directorial debut and produced by Thomas Thiruvalla and Saiju Kurup.
A description of precursors of Bharatanatyam from the Natya Shastra dated around (500 BCE) [6] [7] and in the ancient Tamil epic Silappatikaram dated around (171 CE), [8] [9] while temple sculptures of the 6th to 9th century CE suggest dance was a refined performance art by the mid-1st millennium CE.
In Bharatanatyam, the classical dance of India performed by Lord Nataraja, approximately 48 root mudras (hand or finger gestures) are used to clearly communicate specific ideas, events, actions, or creatures in which 28 require only one hand, and are classified as `Asamyuta Hasta', along with 23 other primary mudras which require both hands and are classified as 'Samyuta Hasta'; these 51 are ...
Critic Monika Monalisa of the "Indian Express" praised Savitha's performance with the words "The world celebrates International Dance Day on April 29, but for city-based Bharatanatyam dancer Savitha Sastry, every day is a celebration of this art form. Sastry is riding the wave of success of her film Colors: White" [11]
The Pandanallur style is a style of Bharatanatyam Indian dance. It is mainly attributed to Dance Guru Meenakshi sundaram Pillai (1869–1964), a dance guru who lived in the village of Pandanallur , in the Thanjavur district in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu .
Bharatanatyam dancer Musical artist Tanjore Balasaraswati , [ 1 ] also known as Balasaraswati (13 May 1918 – 9 February 1984), was an Indian dancer, and her rendering of Bharatanatyam , a classical dance style originated in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu , made this style of dancing well known in different parts of India and many parts ...
Meenakshisundaram Pillai (1869–1964) is a classical dance guru considered as the prominent founder of Pandanallur style of Bharatanatyam, Indian dance. He lived in the village of Pandanallur, in the Thanjavur district in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu. [1]
C.V. Chandrasekhar was a multi-faceted personality being a dancer, choreographer, researcher, musician, academician, composer and highly acclaimed teacher of Bharatanatyam. He was performing for the last six decades of his life in India and all over the globe and was invited by many dancers the world over to teach and to choreograph.