When Krishna’s wife, Satybhama was told about unconditional love and that love can only be found in devotion of God and not in world, she realizes her inner self. This episode was beautifully presented through the dance drama ‘Sri Krishna Parijamat’.
The Kuchipudi dance drama was performed at Madhya Pradesh State Tribal Museum here on Sunday. The Sunday evening truned to be a delightful one for the theatre and music buffs of the city. Under the Uttaradhikar series Anupama Mohan from Cochin performed Kuchipudi group dance at the museum.
Besides, lovely Sharma from Gwalior)and his fellow artists performed Sitar recital. At the beginning of the program, lovely Sharma started playing Sitar with ‘Raga Yemen’ in the evening rhythms. He played alap, jod, jala in teen taal Madhya laya.
After this presentation, he played Dadra on the sitar and in the end, he presented the melody in Raga Bhairavi and wrapped up the presentation. Sanjay Rathore accompanied him on tabla, Praveen Kumar, Divya Kumar and Devatidya collaborated with lovely Sharma on Sitar.
In the second presentation, Anupama Mohan and colleagues performed the famous dance style Kuchipudi dance drama of India under the Guru Shishya Parampara.
In this dance drama the dancers showcased, to reduce the pride of lord Shrikrishna's wife Satyabhama, when the sage Narad takes the flower of Parijat to Shrikrishna and explains to Satyabhama that love and devotion can be found only in the heart of God and not by ego.
This whole emotional context was described by the dancers on stage. In the presentation of Kuchipudi dance drama ‘Shri Krishna Parijamat’ based on Pauranik Katha, dancers beautifully presented the entire episode with wonderful facial expressions, perfect footwork and body balance.
Anupama Mohan played Satyabhama in this dance drama, Meenu Sunderlal played the role of Krishna; Krayka Chandran played Shyama and Narada in the role of Rukmini.
Interestingly, jwellery worn by dancers was traditional, which have been worn by dancers since the beginning of the seventeenth century. This jwellery is made with a special type of wood. The entire show was heartwarming and much enjoyed by the audience.