I wrote in the last blog about dancers in the popular genre (read movies) but find myself guilty of not mentioning two names. One is en
chanting Prabhu Deva. He is a class act. The movies are just an excuse, he is waiting to explode into some “number”. I saw him first while I was in college in the hugely popular Tamil movie “Gentleman”, the chiku bak rele song was a rage among youth. When Prabhu Deva dance time and space give way to his body, it is an ephemeral act only meant for connoisseurs. He got the tag Michael Jackson of India
chanting Prabhu Deva. He is a class act. The movies are just an excuse, he is waiting to explode into some “number”. I saw him first while I was in college in the hugely popular Tamil movie “Gentleman”, the chiku bak rele song was a rage among youth. When Prabhu Deva dance time and space give way to his body, it is an ephemeral act only meant for connoisseurs. He got the tag Michael Jackson of Next is another class act: Hrithik Roshan. Apart from being a great dancer he is also a tremendous actor, one of the most popular. That is terrific.
(the above snap taken from the Net. It is not a Nazi symbol but something considered auspicious by Hindus)
Post Script: There are some dance troupe I admire one is that of legendary Chandralekha, they used to show it on Sundays in DD, and also Mallika sarabhai.
There is one short story written by Anita Desai I read long time back (not able to recall the name) that deals with life of tanpura artist. “Small remedies” by Sashi Deshpande, about an elderly classical singer was an excellent book.
