In the Tamil film ‘Inbavalli’ (1949), a number of dancers performed folk and other styles of dances. Noted choreographer and nattuvanar Vaideeswaran Muthuswami Pillai trained the dancers. P.K. Saraswati as the devadasi dancer performed quite a few dances. Hailing from Kerala, she was a part of the Uday Shankar troupe.
(Randor Guy, The Hindu, Dec 1, 2013)

The Hindi film ‘Barfi’ has several scenes that features Purulia Chhau in it.


The Bhagavatamela Natakam of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, Prahlada Natakam of Orissa and Bayalatta theatre of Karnataka use Narasimha masks.

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