BANGALORE: Kalakshithi, School of fine Arts presented the Bharatanatyam rangapravesham of Suchitra Diwakar recently at Ravindra Kalakshetra.Suchitra, a disciple of Professor M R Krishna Murthy started her journey of passion from the tender age of eight and the rest is history.The evening had a complete margam or repertoire which is rare to witness in these days of modernisation.A recital began with the traditional alaripu in trishra jathi , followed by the kalyani jatiswara.Shabdam, which is being slowly forgotten by the today’s dance community, was presented by Suchitra very elegantly.This item depicted the mischief of Lord Krishna with the Gopis at the bank of the river Jamuna.The varnam chosen for the day was an ancient masterpiece dating back to eighteenth century in one of the most rare ragas — husaini and composed by the legendary Mylapore Gowri Ammal.Suchitra depicted this elaborate varnam with ease.This item was extremely well depicted through her abhinaya and was a feast to watch.The crux of any dance recital is the varnam, which highlights all aspects of dance like nritta , abhinaya, angasudha and many other aspects of dance.The piece was unusual but the flow complimented the melodious vocals of Sri Hariprasad.The second half after the Guruvandana was a grand feast for dance lovers and started with a kshetragna padam once again dating back to few centuries.Padam dominates the abhinaya and she made full justice in rendering this item very pleasingly and once again to the most enchanting tunes of Sri Hariprasad in raga mukhari.Javali, in kamach was also very well portrayed by her.The Kannada Devarama very pleasingly sang in raga malika.And the dance composed by Professor A Janardhnan, depicted the sakhi asking the nayaki, goddess Lakshmi whom she would choose as her Lord while she enumerates his divine qualities at various places of worship.The sanchari highlighted this item and the complete rendition was performed brilliantly by suchitra.The concert ended with the brisk tillana in raga natabhairavi.On the nattuvangam was Sumana Nagesh, accompanied by the brilliant vocalist Sri Hariprasad and mridangam by Anil kumar, both from Kalakshetra, Chennai.Dr Nataraj Murthy on violin and Sri Ganesh on flute ably supported the artiste.The final year engineering student, Suchitra, could not have asked and expected anything better than this.Every movement of hers depicted her dedication and commitment to this art form.The total credit to this overall scintillating performance goes to the maestro of kalakshithi, Professor M R Krishna Murthy.
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