Indian Classics

 ===================================================================== Kalasamarpana Foundation ===================================================================== Saturday, November 27, 2021. 7:00. PM. 1.#NARASIMHACHARIS : Maranganti Venkata Narasimhachari & Vasanthalakshmi ===================================================================== ====================================================================== Narasimhachari and Vasanthalakshmi are well-known and highly respected performers, teachers and choreographers of the Bharathanatyam and Kuchipudi styles of Indian classical dance. Together this ‘Made for each other couple’ (as the press often refers to them) felt greater strength and impetus for progress. They have trained in Kuchipudi from Sri. Pasumarthi Venugopala Krishna Sharma, Sri. Mahankali Satyanarayana and Sri C.R. Acharya. The Narasimhacharis then learnt Odissi from Sri. Ramani Ranjan Jena, Kathak from Sri Vishnu Vaichalkar, Mohini Attam from Smt Vasantha ...

================================================ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, November 9, 2021. 10:00. AM. Ileana Citaristi - Odissi and Chhau dancer, performer and dance instructor. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Profile : Ileana Citaristi in an Odissi pose -------------------------------------------- Background information : Birth name Ileana Citaristi Born Bergamo, Italy Origin Italian Genres Odissi Occupation(s) Odissi and Chhau dancer, performer and dance instructor ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2. Introduction : Ileana Citaristi is an Italian-born Odissi and Chhau dancer, and dance instructor based in Bhubaneswar, India. She was awarded the 43rd National Film Awards for Best Choreography for Yugant in 1995 and became, in 2006, the first dancer of foreign origin to be conferr...

=================================================== Wednesday, July 7, 2021. 9:46. PM. Dilip Kumar - Actor   film producer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Profile : Born Mohammed Yusuf Khan, 11 December 1922, Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, British India Died 7 July 2021 (aged 98), Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Occupation - Actor   film producer Years active 1944–1999 Spouse(s) - Asma Sahiba - 1. ?(m. 1981; div. 1983)? 2. Saira Banu ?(m. 1966)? Relatives - Nasir Khan (brother), Begum Para (sister-in-law), Ayub Khan (nephew) Awards - Filmfare Award for Best Actor (8 times), Dadasaheb Phalke Award (1994) Honours - Padma Bhushan (1991), Nishan-e-Imtiaz (1998), Padma Vibhushan (2015) Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha - In office- 3 April 2000 – 2 April 2006 Constituency Maharashtra ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...