CLASSICAL DANCING: VIDEOS:
The versatility of an artiste like Rekha whose 'tawaif' in Muqaddar Ka Sikandar or Suhaag could give us moments directed for the sole purpose of giving pleasure to the general audience. But her role in Umrao Jaan brought to life the heart rending powerful, sensual sentiments of the theme and won her the National Award. The film showed that dance is a divine form of beauty, society has relegated its votaries and practitioners to the lowest place in its hierarchy. This aspect of the dancer's life was worse in the case of Kathak which emerged from the temple like other classical dance forms but flourished under the patronage of the Mughal court.
NEXT WE WILL FEEATURE SOME OF THE CLASSICS FROM UMRAO JAAN:
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