With Kathak, Bharatanatyam, Carnatic & Hindustani music, watch a unique dance theater film retelling one of the largest epics in the world, The Mahabharata.
A work meant to capture the deep cultural ties of storytelling in India through dance, music, and abhinaya (facial expressions), the Mahabharata, oft set to the side due to various rifts from colonialism to internal disputes, is reimagined in through this primarily female cast and crew.
A work meant to capture the deep cultural ties of storytelling in India through dance, music, and abhinaya (facial expressions), the Mahabharata, oft set to the side due to various rifts from colonialism to internal disputes, is reimagined in through this primarily female cast and crew.
"A tour de force of storytellingI can’t wait for part 2 and 3!"
- Andrew Byrnes, CEO, Adventures in Syncopation "An absolute great experience..I had the honor of seeing the live performance in 2018 and was thrilled to hear about it becoming a movie. I look forward to seeing each installment."
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"Moving and artistically stunning...Absolutely lovely! The dancing was incredible, and it was moving and artistically stunning. Love the mostly women dancers!”
- Helen, Sahana Coalition of Progressive Hindus ..detailed yet engrossing storytelling of the epic"This film is beautifully shot and a gorgeous, wonderful celebration of Bharatanatyam and other classical Indian art forms of song and dance, and a very entertaining in the way that it marries these art forms to the ancient Hindu epic The Mahabharata. I learned so much from the detailed yet engrossing storytelling of the epic, and as a Navatman Bharatanatyam student appreciated and was inspired by the expert dance skills all your performers portrayed." - - Piyali Syam, Actress
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"The blending of story and dance was effortlessI was mesmerized. You all transported me to a new world of ancient gods but with values and stories that still hold up today. Special kudos to the cinematography, locations, costumes, dance and music!" - Vick Krishna
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.. made us all remember what it means to be part of this culture"Truly so proud of what this organization has accomplished. An adaptation with nuance and new perspectives, in and of itself is a wonder but to see it in film was a whole other level. Many of us have seen some adaptation of the Mahabharata but this brought the story into the 21st century in a way that made us all remember what it means to be part of this culture." - Sanjana Shankar
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Cast & Crew
With an artistic team having decades of experience, advisors from various academic standpoints, and a range of artists from all over the country, the Navatman team is putting together a 3-part series that you won’t want to miss.
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Artists Archana Raja Krupaa Lakshmi Lavanya Jagirdhar Meg Murthy Mitali Sonar Moon Ghera Pallab Kar Pooja Ganesh Prachi Ghera Priyanka Raghuraman Ruchi Tandon Sahasra Sambamoorthi Samantha Manoharan Samyukta Ranganathan Shiva R Iyer Uditha Thiagarajan Child actors: Janani, Lekha, Maya, Saara, Shireen, Suhani, Surta Director/Artistic Direction Sridhar Shanmugam & Sahasra Sambamoorthi Musical Composition/Ideation Samyukta Ranganathan Scriptwriters Sahasra Sambamoorthi Lavanya Jagirdhar Director of Photography Chun Fung Kevin Chiu Sound Engineer and Mixing Diego Las Heras |
Academic Consultants Nell S. Hawley Sohini Pillai Choreography Sahasra Sambamoorthi Choreography consultants: Prashant Shah In-house Production team Sridhar Shanmugam Sahasra Sambamoorthi Uditha Thiagarajan Makeup consultant Cassandra Clarke Musicians Samyukta Ranganathan Akshay Anantapadmanabhan Shiva Iyer Aarti Shankar Prithvi Ramesh Shraman Sen Vinay Desai Vivek Pandya Sruthi Sagar Sahasra Sambamoorthi Volunteers Kripa Ganesh Shivangi Sahukar |
Special thanks to:
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
Ramaa & Harish Raghavan - Gold Supporter
Ramaa & Harish Raghavan - Gold Supporter