Bhamakalapam manju bhargavi biography

Manju Bhargavi's kalapam began with the ritualistic Amba paraku invocation by the vocalists and followed the traditional format of the Vipra (a.
Manju Bhargavi, the blockbuster movie 'Sankarabharanam' fame, defied age in presenting an array of classical dance forms in her unique style.
Trained under the renowned Guru Vempati Chinna Satyam, she at a very young age imbibed and perfected the most difficult and intricate features of KUCHIPUDI.

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There are many dancing couples in the World of Dance today. The Dhananjayans in Chennai, the Reddys in Delhi, the Bhatts in Hyderabad to name a few. The Hyderabad city was fortunate to meet another dancing couple – Seetha Nagajothy and Veriandith Thevar Perumalswamy Nagajothy (popularly called P Nagajothy) at Shilparamam Madhapur and Uppal last weekend, when their students gave a beautiful and breath-taking Kuchipudi performance. The couple was fortunate to learn Kuchipudi dance under doyen Late Padma Bhushan Dr. Vempati Chinna Satyam garu at his Kuchipudi Art Academy in Chennai in the 1970s. Soon love blossomed and they decided to unite and start a dancing journey together. In an exclusive chat with Natyahasini, the Nagajothys recall their dreams, aspirations and journey of togetherness.

Born and brought up in Kakinada, East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh, Seetha was a kid when she was enrolled into dance by her mother Kavali Seshasayi. “When I was five-years-old, I accompanied my mother to Samajam to see a program. There, we met Srinivasan garu, a Bharatanatyam guru, who

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Academy of Music’s annual dance festival
- Veejay Sai, Bangalore
e-mail: veejaysai.vs@gmail.com
Photos courtesy: Prithvi Krishna

September 8, 2011

Bangalore’s cultural scene is incomplete without the Academy of Music’s annual dance festival. Thanks to the efforts of Dr. Suma Sudhindra and her efficient team, Bangalore gets to witness some of the country’s finest dancers perform for its ever growing population of art lovers. This year’s festival titled ‘Nritya Vaibhava’ was conducted from the first to the third of September at the Chowdiah Memorial Hall.

Seductive Satyabhama enthralls
None of us will ever know how the great SiddhendraYogi, the primeval author of the famous ‘Bhama Kalapam’ ever imagined the role of his protagonist, the amorous and arrogant Satyabhama, to be portrayed. But if there is any female dancer who can do absolute justice to that role and bring life into the character, it is none other than the actress and dancing diva Manju Bhargavi. On the first evening of the festival she performed

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Mūlam - Reviving the roots of Guru-Shishya Parampara
- Ashwini Naik
e-mail: ashwini.naik.gad@gmail.com

August 13, 2021

Mūlam, The Roots, is an annual festival on the calendar of Shambhavi School of Dance, curated by Vyjayanthi Kashi and supported by Prateeksha Kashi. This festival is held every year during Guru Poornima to celebrate the beautiful Guru Shishya Parampara which is unique to India. The 7th edition of Mūlam was special, as this year, the pandemic forced the festival to go online for 3 days (instead of 2 days) and aided in bringing together Gurus and Shishyas from across the globe. Each artiste expressed their thoughts on the questions posed to them by Vyjayanthi Kashi and presented glimpses of their beautiful dance performances.

All 3 days of Mūlam was unique in its own right; day 1 witnessed performances by legendary Gurus along with their shishyas, day 2 was dedicated to talks and performances by celebrated Gurus and day 3 focused on the views and performances of Shishyas who have made their Gurus proud.

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