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Lasya Kavya
The world of Alarmelvalli







A film by
sankalp meshram
Winner of the 2012 National Award for Best Film on Art & Culture

'Lasya Kavya' - a film on iconic
Bharatanatyam dancer and
choreographer Alarmel Valli,
by award-winning director
Sankalp Meshram, explores
the intellectual, emotional and
spiritual contexts within which she performs.
A diverse range of performance, rehearsal,
choreography and teaching sequences are
interwoven with interviews and archival footage
of the dancer with her dance and music gurus,
offering glimpses into core ideas and complex
facets of her art.

Acclaimed internationally for her distinctive
dance style, "which is classical and yet
contemporary, precise and poetic", Alarmel Valli
has performed in major festivals and theatres
in India and abroad. Amongst her numerous
awards, are the Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan
conferred by the President of India and the
Chevalier of Arts and Letters award from the
Government of France.

Lasya Kavya: A Flash Frame Production
Script, direction and editing: Sankalp Meshram
Dance concept and choreography: Alarmel Valli
Voice-over text and translation of lyrics: Alarmel Valli, Bhaskar Ghose
Director of cinematography: Vivek Shah
Location sound: Vipin Bhati
Audio mixing: Gissy Michael, Ajay Kumar
Executive producer: Sankalp Meshram
DVD compression and authoring: Prasad EFX
Background music: CDs of Charsur Digital Workstation
Photographs: S. Anwar





Disc
Format
Language
Duration


Disc 1
DVD
English, Tamil
78 mins