Eminent Odishi dancer Guru lingaraj Behera and theatre artist Satchi Das will be conferred with the Nalco Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Award 2018 during the five-day OMC Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Purashkar Utsav to be organised by the Srjan at the Rabindra Mandap here from September 5 to 9.
The festival will celebrate classical dances and music like Karnataki music, violin playing, Kuchipudi and Kathak dances, musical band fusion and the Odishi dance ‘Maati’ during the five days.
This year, the festival would feature eight artistes and two dance recitals by Srjan’s own repertoire group, informed Srjan director Ratikant Mohapatra at a Press meet here.
Behera and Das would receive cash award of Rs 1 lakh each as part of the Nalco Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Award.
Besides, the Nalco Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Yuva Pratibha Samman would be presented to Bhubaneswar’s Sonali Mohapatra and Kolkata’s Subikash Mukherjee for Odissi dance, Swati Sinha for Kathak and Rohan Suresh Dahale for Odissi music (Mardala). They would get cash award of Rs 25,000 each.
The festival will witness performances by popular classical artistes from within and outside the State. The highlight would be special presentations ‘Kirvani Madhurima’ and ‘Maati’ by dancers of the host organisation. The choreography for both the dance items has been done by Mohapatra.
Eminent cine artiste and classical dancer Hema Malini would grace the concluding ceremony on September 9.