David Bolland's best
known film on Kathakali is “Masque of Malabar,” which he filmed at various
places between 1964 and 1971. A shorter version won 24 major awards at
amateur international film festivals in the UK, US, Canada, Australia and
countries in Europe, including the Cannes Film Festival.
(“Record of art” by K K Gopalakrishnan, The Hindu, Aug 8, 2004) |
Kelucharan Mohapatra was dance director in Oriya film Ma and Arundati. |
Odissi dancer Anisha Dhawan has performed Batu and Mukhya - two traditional dance items – in the temple tradition for a dance film on the tradition of dance in the Jagannath temple, Orissa, directed by her guru Ranjana Gauhar. |