Ananda Bhairavi | |
Director: | Jandhyala |
Story: | Kondamudi Sri Ramachandra Murthy |
Screenplay: | Jandhyala |
Starring: | Girish Karnad Kanchana Malavika Sarkar Rajesh |
Producer: | Aswani Karthika Chithra, B. A. V. Sandilya |
Studio: | Kalyani Art Films |
Runtime: | 143 minutes |
Editing: | Gautam Raju |
Cinematography: | S. Gopal Reddy |
Language: | Telugu Kannada |
Music: | Ramesh Naidu |
Ananda Bhairavi is a 1983 Indian bilingual dance film, simultaneously shot in Telugu and Kannada languages,[1] written, and directed by Jandhyala.[2] It starred Girish Karnad, Kathak dancer Malavika Sarkar, Rajesh and "Natyacharya" Bhagavathula Venkata Rama Sarma as a male classical dancer in this film.[3] The film was premiered at International Film Festival of India.[3] [4] The film received positive reviews and has garnered the four state Nandi Awards.
This is a movie which gives you knowledge about the origin of Kuchipudi dance. It is about people who considered a girl performing "Kuchipudi" dance an embarrassment and about a man who is fighting tooth and nail to pass on the heritage of "Kuchipudi". He finally manages to find a girl who he trains in "Kuchipudi". As girls learning Kuchipudi were not accepted in that era, he gets outcast from his caste, place and also the religious places.[1]
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