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Aishwarya Balasubramanian | Photo Credit: Iyappan Arumugam Aishwarya Balasubramanian is a well-rounded dancer whose performance shows her growing maturity as an artiste. Starting with an interesting Pushpanjali in ragamalika in Adi, composed by violinist Easwar Ramakrishnan, and visualised with offbeat usi sollus that were intoned perfectly by nattuvanar Jayashree Ramanathan, she displayed her good sense…
A poster for ‘Ziddi Girls’ Ziddi Girls, a young adult drama series about four Gen-Z college-goers, will stream on Prime Video from February 27, the makers have announced. Directed by Shonali Bose and written and co-directed by Vasant Nath and Neha Veena Sharma, the series follows four friends commencing life at a reputed Delhi college…
Meera Sreenarayanan performing at The Music Academy | Photo Credit: K. Pichumani The understanding between a singer and a dancer, where both respond and resonate to each other’s manodharma, results in a performance high on aesthetics. Meera Sreenarayanan’s recital at The Music Academy’s dance festival was one such. From the first piece, the viruttam addressed…
Manasa Sriram. | Photo Credit: S.R. Raghunathan Manasa Sriram, a disciple of Mahalakshmi Ashwin, began her recital at the Pongal Dance Festival 2025 with the invocatory hymn from the Thirumanthiram, ‘Ainthu karathanai’, in praise of Ganesha. She then moved to a Ganesha Alarippu set to Tisra Nadai Adi tala, showcasing the essence of Bharatanatyam’s rhythmic…
The Goa Police, known for its talent scouting program, has teamed up with supporters to nurture young football talent in the region. A recent training session focused on U13 and U15 players, introducing advanced drills inspired by European football academies. Participants were also provided with essential football gear, including shoes, shin pads, and other equipment,…
Kalyani Menon Harikrishnan | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement During the incipient stages of its revival in Kerala Kalamandalam in the 1930s, Mohiniyattam anchored mainly on padams of Swati Tirunal, the maharaja who was instrumental in the resurgence of the dance form. While most of the padams had vipralambha sringaram as their leitmotif, Mohiniyattam began to…
Shabana and Shafeekudeen at the two-day Aikyam festival. | Photo Credit: RAGU R Shafeekudeen and Shabana, sishyas of Natyacharyas V.P. and and Shanta Dhananjayan, performed on day two of the Aikyam festival, held recently. The dancers, coordinated in muted shades of green and mustard, were as pleasing as the Kalakshetra bani that they showcased. In…
