Dance Like a Man explained

Dance Like a Man
Director:Pamela Rooks
Producer:NFDC
Rooks A. V.
Starring:Shobana
Arif Zakaria
Anoushka Shankar
Cinematography:Sunny Joseph
Editing:Bina
Music:GaneshKumaresh
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Country:India
Language:English

Dance Like a Man is a 2004 Indian English-language dance drama film directed by Pamela Rooks based on the play of the same name by Mahesh Dattani.[1] The film stars Shobana, Arif Zakaria and Anoushka Shankar in her acting debut.[2] The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English.[3]

Cast

Production

Shobana and Anoushka Shankar were cast in the film due to their expertise in Bharatanatyam.[4] After liking Arif Zakaria's performance as a eunuch in Darmiyaan (1997),[5] he was cast in this film and underwent training in Bharatanatyam. The film was shot in Bangalore akin to the play.[6] [7] Shobana didn't watch the play because she didn't want to be influenced by it.[8]

Reception

Critical response

Film critic Subhash K. Jha wrote that "Unlike Mahesh Dattani, who has deliberately denuded his film Morning Raga of the theatrical element, Pamela Rooks seems to revel in the staginess of the original material".[9] A critic from Rediff.com and wrote that "Dance Like A Man can be lauded for trying, though it could have done much better to rise above the bookishness that often hampers the script".[10] Reviewing the film at its Chennai screening in October 2004,[5] a critic from The Hindu wrote that "On the whole the story and the time zones lend themselves to visual poetry at times eventhoughthe dialogue is painfully studied. The director uses the past and present in alternating sequences to tell the story and the visual imagery contrasts and merges with the narration. Adding mood to the striking frames are the classically tuned background score by Ganesh-Kumaresh, which heightens the sense of time and ambience in an artiste' s environment. But this is the kind of film that will attract only a niche audience".[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 'Don't poke your audience, stroke them!'. 8 October 2023. Rediff.com. 26 October 2004. Subhash K.. Jha. Subhash K. Jha. 29 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210429070130/https://www.rediff.com/movies/2004/oct/26mahesh.htm. live.
  2. Web site: 'I am not aching to pursue acting' . 8 October 2023 . . 15 February 2003 . 8 October 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231008044431/https://m.rediff.com/movies/2003/feb/15anu.htm . live .
  3. Web site: Dance like a winner. 8 October 2023. Hindustan Times. 5 October 2004. Saibal. Chatterjee. 8 October 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231008044415/https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/dance-like-a-winner/story-AFCLcbXugMxieKxYrIp3EO.html. live.
  4. Web site: Shobana ready with Pamela Rooks' 'Dance Like a Man'. India Today. 29 December 2003. Kanika. Gahlaut. 8 October 2023. 8 October 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231008044530/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/eyecatchers/story/20031229-shobana-ready-with-pamela-rooks-dance-like-a-man-791188-2003-12-28. live.
  5. News: From stage to screen. https://web.archive.org/web/20050207053102/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/10/02/stories/2004100200500300.htm. dead. 7 February 2005. The Hindu. 2 October 2004. 8 October 2023.
  6. News: All set to shoot Dance Like a Man. 13 December 2002. The Times of India. 8 October 2023. 30 September 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230930042629/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bangalore-times/all-set-to-shoot-dance-like-a-man/articleshow/31102210.cms. live.
  7. Web site: 'Dance Like A Man is an intimate story' . 8 October 2023 . . 19 February 2003 . 8 October 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231008044417/https://m.rediff.com/movies/2003/feb/19pamela.htm . live .
  8. Web site: Shobhana. Outlook. 5 February 2022. Saumya. Roy. 8 October 2023. 8 October 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231008044422/https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/shobhana/225396. live.
  9. Web site: Dance Like A Man Review. Nowrunning. Subhash K.. Jha. Subhash K. Jha. 30 September 2004. 8 October 2023. 26 September 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230926161303/https://www.nowrunning.com/movie/1737/english/dance-like-a-man/326/review.htm. live.
  10. Web site: When a man dances. 8 October 2023. Rediff.com. 1 October 2004. Bijoy. Venugopal. 14 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141214145014/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2004/oct/01dance.htm. live.
  11. News: Dance Like A Man. 1 October 2004. The Hindu. https://web.archive.org/web/20071127022038/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2004100102160300.htm&date=2004%2F10%2F01%2F&prd=fr&. 27 November 2007. usurped. Chitra. Mahesh. 8 October 2023.

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