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April 2018 “Arts, Culture, Theater and More” 099171340 4 www.indiantalentmag.com Webbstar, Inc. - http://www.webbstarz.com eatured DEEPAK R ULLAL F Page 40 RISHI UPADHYAY Page 52 MEDHA DIXIT If one were to paint a portrait of grace and poise with the colors of joy set to tune the staccato beats of clas- sical Carnatic music, the resulting painting would be Medha Dixit Vellal. Page 8 RAVI PAL Page 16 4 www.indiantalentmag.com ADITI CHAKRABORTY M. SINGH Born in October 1969 and brought up in Born in 1979, self-taught artist M. Singh Durgapur Steel City, West Bengal as the brings the abstract world to life through only daughter... Page 12 his colorful brush strokes... Page 44 PYARELAL WADALI ANANYA BIRLA On 9th March 2018, the music lovers of Ananya is an Indian singer and songwriter. India were shocked to learn about the un- Her musical career began in 2016, when timely demise... Page 20 she signed with... Page 48 CHANDER PRAKASH ONEREPUBLIC BAND Generations of artists who have extracted ISDElNITELYKICK STARTINGONANEX- their subject-matter from everyday life TRAORDINARY NOTE FOR MUSIC AlCIONADOS IN have given us new insights... Page 24 the sub-continent... Page 50 PERINI RAJ KUMAR DHARAVATH SWEEKAR KATTI Perini Rajkumar Dharavath hails from Sweekar Katti is blessed with a musical Suryapet. He started dancing at a very family. He began his Sitar training at an young age watching his... Page 28 early age of 10... Page 56 UNMESH BANERJEE RUCHA GHAMANDE One of the most promising tabla players Rucha Ghamande is a professional Indian of the young generation, Unmesh Banerjee Classical Dancer from Pune, India. Born hails from a family... Page 32 on the 6th of September... Page 60 AYUSH SOLANKI Ayush Solanki is young photographer based in Lucknow, India, who captures and freezes great... Page 36 www.indiantalentmag.com 5 “FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK” Dear readers, The month “Arts, Culture, Theater and More” of April is usually seen as the beginning of the new EDITOR Vishal Sharma lNANCIAL YEAR IN )NDIA However, for Indian Talent CREATIVE DIRECTOR Vatsala Mathur Magazine, April comes as a new beginning as we embark Sumit Sharma CREATIVE EDITORS on a journey to breach the Krishan Veer Singh Vidushi Sharma barrier between online and print media. The process of FEATURE EDITOR Nidhi Singhal launching a completely revamped website and a mobile app of the magazine begins in April and we hope to launch CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Saba Nacim the website and app in a couple of months. Sunayan Chaturvedi Regular readers of Indian Talent Magazine can subscribe Sabiya Samad to the magazine by downloading the Magzter App on their Bhavna Vardan Sharma phones and tablets for now. With the new website, the subscription process will be integrated in the website REGIONAL ADVERTISING Brijendra Singh itself. Andrew Lebon Currently, Indian Talent Magazine has a physical presence Ashok Verma in Lucknow, Agra, Udaipur, Delhi and Mumbai and soon PHOTOGRAPHERS Santosh Kumar we will be present in almost all the states of India. Anurag Mathur With the overwhelming response we are receiving from Yusuf Khan the Indian talented individuals from across the globe, we Dinesh Kothari have decided to increase the number of featured talent every month so that we can provide an opportunity to everyone who seeks our help in reaching out to the global community. This edition of Indian Talent Magazine pays homage to THE 0UNJABI 3Ul -USIC -AESTRO 5STAD 0YARELAL 7ADALI who departed this world on 9th March 2018 with a two- page special tribute. The loss of this musical legend will be sorely felt for a long time. This month, we feature Medha Dixit Vellal on the cover. Medha is a talented Bharatanatyam dancer who has been mesmerizing the connosseiurs of Indian classical danceforms since 2002. Indian Talent Magazine wishes her a grand success in her career. Till we meet again, Keep reading Vishal Sharma Editor The magazine is produced and published by Vikirna Mediatek. Copyright 2009 with Vikirna Mediatek. All rights reserved. Processed and printed by Rishabh Agarwal at Tech Udyam Solutions Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi. Reproduction or translation in any language in whole or in part without permission is prohibited. The contents of articles published herein express the views of the featured artists, who are themselves responsible for any liabilities or claims arising from their views or the contents of the article. The editor reserves the right to include or exclude any content provided by the artists as part of their feature. 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All correspondence should be addressed to: Indian Talent Magazine, UGF, S-297, Sahara Shop- APRIL 2018 COVER : MEDHA DIXIT ping Centre, Faizabad Road, Lucknow (UP) INDIA - 226016 Phone: +91-989-794-5999 email: [email protected] www.indiantalentmag.com 7 8 www.indiantalentmag.com Medha Dixit I tute of World culture;Dharmasthala–LakshaDeepotsava; tute ofWorld Nrityakala Parishat;CulturalprogrambyICCR;IndianInsti- na DanceFestival;‘Ankura’FestivalofKarnataka sava’ conductedbyBharatiyaVidyaBhavan;Nrityabhusha- val; RajarajeshwariMusicanddancefestival‘Bhavanot- Festi- festival, Bangalore;ManiAcademyNationalYouth as asoloperformerwithperformancesatRangayaamaArt mighty isinvogue;Medhahasmanagedtomakeamark In anerawherelobbyingandteamingupwiththebig Svasti providesaholisticlearningthroughdance. Bangalore.Withover75students, and anotherinJPNagar, ANDHASNOWEXPANDEDTOTWOBRANCHESnONEIN7HITElELD dance studioandworkspacewhichshestartedin2005 with theestablishmentofSvastiArtFoundation–herown 7HATSTARTEDASAPASSIONSOONBECAMEAFULL mEDGEDCAREER Bharatanatyam fromSastraUniversity. in MayaRaoandanMFA under theguidanceofGuruDr. phy atNatyaInstituteOfKathakAndChoreography[NIKC] but isablycomplementedwithaPGDiplomainChoreogra- dance isnotsimplyfuelledbytheindigenouspassionalone wath (Master)levelinBharatanatyam.Herknowledgeof headed byGuruPoornimaAshokandsooncompletedVid- sham (debut)in2002under‘Nrityanjalischoolofdance’ 11 yearsoftraining,MedhaperformedherRangaprave- place atthebackyardtempleofherchildhoodhome.After performancesthatwouldtake would watchtheYakshagaana forming arts,sherecallsthewide-eyedmomentswhen Medhawasdrawntomusicandper- As afour-year-old, rhythmicone. is abusy, artist andastheheadofadanceschoolherown,life grade Doordarshan‘A’ Medha. AsaBharatanatyamdancer, jayan andShantaDhananjayan)dancecamenaturallyto Dhanan- Ashok, (AseniordiscipleofPadmavibhushanV.P at theageof6underrenownedguruKalashriPoornima www.indiantalentmag.com be Medha Dixit Vellal. IntroducedtoBharatanatyam be MedhaDixitVellal. sical Carnaticmusic,theresultingpaintingwould the colorsofjoysettotunestaccatobeatsclas- f oneweretopaintaportraitofgraceandpoisewith Vellal 9 CLASSICAL DANCERER / CHOREOGRAPHERCHORCCHHOREOGRAOGRAPHPHER Hampi Utsava and the list goes on. Her prowess as a dancer does not end with performances alone but also forays into production. Her productions include ‘ANURAKTHI’, a theatri- cal dance feature which is a young artist’s take on the age-old conceptual traditions of love-lost regained and relished through the powerful nar- rative of these three Devis in their own right- The Anurakthi of Andal, Sitha, and Radha . ‘NATYAAT- MA’ is a dance production with a unique blend of the two art forms, Bharatanatyam and Manipuri / Bharatanatyam and Odissi. ‘JEEVAKARUNYAM’ is a Sanskrit Ballet based on NatyaShastra. ‘REEL V/S REAL’ is a contemporary ballet based on media and their effects on real life. ‘SRISHTI’ is a pro- duction on Elements of nature, ‘INDIAN BEATS’ is a production on different Indian Folk and Clas- sical Dance Forms, ‘SAAHAM-I am her’ is a pro- duction on women and her identities and ‘DASHA- WATARAM’ is an amalgamation of Bharatanatyam, science, and Gamaka. A performer of her caliber is bound to get noticed by performers across genres. This attention is what led to her being cast as an important character in the Sanskrit dance drama Swapnavasavadattam, written by Bhasa and produced by Indira Gandhi National Cultural Academy for Doordarshan. She has also been an active participant in Sanskrit theatre under the leadership of Dr. S.R. Leela. Re- cently, she took to stage again in ‘Naa Tukaram Alla’, a Kannada play with the popular theatre group ‘SANKET’. 4HESMALLSCREENWASHERPLAYlELDTOO ALBEITBRIEF- ly with an appearance as one of the 3 leading char- acters in the popular Kannada soap- ‘Madarangi’ directed by B. Suresh. She was also featured in the advertisement campaign of Purvankara builders telecast on NDTV, CNN-IBN, and other channels. 10 www. indiantalentmag. com Her performances have enthralled audiences not just at organized by Karnataka NrithyaKalaParishat and home but also overseas, with her most remarkable one delivered a lecture on ‘Aspects of Abhinaya in In- being the invitation by UNESCO [CID] to perform at the dian Dance’ at the world dance conference, Spain. Word Dance Congress held at Spain in the year 2009. Medha has also campaigned and participated ac- Apart from the prestigious reception at the WDC, Medha tively in projects related to baby-wearing and ac- has also performed at the Intangible Cultural Heri- tive motherhood. tage Festival, China, 2013 with Prasiddha Foundation. Her YouTube video featuring her and her son set to Her latest overseas performance was the one at the Indian the tune