Meera Sreenarayanan performs at The Madras Music Academy Dance Festival, the popular varnam, Chalamela Jesevayya, set to Nattakurinji Raga and Adi Tala, and composed by Moolaiveedu Rangaswamy Nattuvanar, taught to her by Kalakshetra Nirmala Nagaraj. The original dance composition is by Rukmini Devi Arundale, which has been adapted under the guidance of Indira Kadambi.