Once a temple dance, the domain of the Devadasis, Bharatanatyam is now performed professionally, in the process erasing the very aspects that contributed to its birth and development. Screened at Hague and Thiruvananthapuram.

Directed by Viveka Chauhan | 2012
Producer and Commissioning Editor: Rajiv Mehrotra

Viveka Chauhan is an independent filmmaker based in Delhi. Trained in Filmmaking at the Sri Aurobindo Centre for Arts and Communication, New Delhi, her documentary, Rup Rupantar, on the folk art form of Bahurupias, won at the India International Youth Film Festival.

Rajiv Mehrotra is the founding Managing Trustee and Commissioning Editor of PSBT - his films have won more than 300 awards worldwide, including 32 in 31 years from the President of India. His nine books are available in 50 languages and editions. He serves as the Trustee/ Secretary of the Foundation for Universal Responsibility of HH the Dalai Lama (For more, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajiv_M....

PSBT was a not-for-profit that nurtured and supported the production of independent documentary films by a diversity of filmmakers from across India. Over two decades, it produced close to 700 documentary films, each film averaging two film festival selections and every second film an award. (Read more here: www.psbt.org, https://www.civilsocietyonline.com/ci..., https://psbt.org/wp-content/uploads/2..., https://www.thehindu.com/features/cin..., https://psbt.org/wp-content/uploads/2...)

PSBT was led by some of India's iconic film personalities - Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Mrinal Sen, Shyam Benegal, Sharmila Tagore, with Fali Nariman and Kiran Karnik. From its inception in 2000, Tulika Srivastava was a key member of the Team, joined in 2005, by Ridhima Mehra.

Credits
Cinematographer: Chanchal Thapa
Editor and Sound Designer: Rajan Kumar Singh

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