As in the past years, the annual 20th Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra, 2014 Award festival will be held at the Rabindra Mandap here from September 5 to 9. On the concluding day, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is slated to present the awards to four eminent artists in the fields of dance, theatre, music and cinema.
At a Press conference here on Friday, Srjan director Guru Ratikant Mohapatra said the awards would be conferred on Guru Sudhakar Sahoo (dance), Niranjan Satpathy (theatre), Pandit Umesh Chandra Kar (music) and Prashant Nanda (cinema). Each recipient would receive a cash prize of Rs50,000.
The award is meant for the artists who have distinguished themselves in their fields and been conferred uninterruptedly for last 19 years on 41 luminaries in the artist community, Mohapatra said.
On September 5, Ramil Ibrahim of Malaysia would perform Odishi and Sasank Subramanium of Chennai would give a performance in Carnatic flute. On September 6, Vaibhav Airekar of Mumbai and internationally-reputed drummer Anandan Sivamani would present their performances. On September 7, Mumbai-based Daksha Mashruwala would perform Saggy Baggy (group presentation of Odishi). On September 8, Prashant Shah (USA) would perform Kathak and Neeladri Kumar would perform with the sitar.
On September 9, Synthesis (abstract fusion) and Kubjaa, a mythological theme, would be performed, he said.