Natyam

Purvadhanasree (vilasini natyam) performing at Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, T. Nagar, in Chennai.. | Photo Credit: RAVINDRAN R Backed by a solid body of research and under the guidance of scholar Arudra, Swapna Sundari revived in the 1990s an…

Sandhya Raju, who won the national award for best choreography for ‘Natyam’, discusses how she wanted to make the dance compositions appeal to moviegoers  Sandhya Raju, who won the national award for best choreography for ‘Natyam’,…

‘Colour Photo’ bags award for best Telugu feature film; Thaman S wins for music and Sandhya Raju for choreography ‘Colour Photo’ bags award for best Telugu feature film; Thaman S wins for music and Sandhya Raju for choreography Telugu…

Express News Service Classical dance’s bond with Telugu cinema dates back to the 1970s. From Siri Siri Muvva (1976) and Sagara Sangamam (1983) to Mayuri (1985) and Swarna Kamalam (1988), mainstream films that…

‘Natyam’ has its heart at the right place but falters with a partially engaging narrative A film that revolves around classical dance, produced by and starring a Kuchipudi dancer, attempts to draw a parallel between a contemporary story…

Kuchipudi dancer Sandhya Raju discusses her feature film debut as actor-producer with ‘Natyam’ For Telugu film buffs, the gold standard for mainstream films that incorporate classical dance or music would be director K Viswanath’s…

Actor and architect Kamal Kamaraju on what it took to portray a Kuchipudi dancer in the Telugu film ‘Natyam’ When the first stills of Telugu film Natyam emerged, the surprise factor was the presence of actor-architect-painter Kamal…