Prasiddha Foundation celebrates forty glorious years of its existence with a festival of unique and thought provoking dance dramas “Ramayana Chaitravali” from 10 to12 March at the Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. Prassidha Foundation in collaboration with the India Haibtat Centre and Forum For Art Beyond Boundaries with the support of the Ministry of Culture, Government of India oranizes this mega festival that would entertain, educate and enlighten the audience.
Directed and choreographed by Padmashri Pratibha Prahlad, eminent Bharata natyam danseuse, mentor and the founder director of Prasiddha Foundation, the first day would feature the International premiere of the iconic presentation of the festival “Saamarthya” that tells the story of the Ramayana through the kinetic energy of the women of Ramayana featuring Alekhya Punjala, Sanchita Bhattacharya, Ayswaria Warriar,Haripriya Nambudiri,Rahul Ray, Kuleshwar Thakur, Nitin Kumar, Ram Gautam,Semai Sogolsem, Ramhari Mohanty, Kavya kashinath, Rachana Karnaik, Aashna and the Prasiddha Repertory. The distinguished guests for the inauguration would include Dattatreya H Sarkaryavah of RSS, A Surya Prakash of Padhan Mantri Sangralaya, Harshdeep Singh Puri,Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Abhijit Gokhale of Sanskar Bharati and Satchidanand Joshi of Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts.
The second day would feature Ekam Sat, concept and choreography by Pratibha Prahlad with Mithun Shyam, Rekha Raju, Nidhaga karunad, Kavya Kashinath, Rachana Karnaik, Kartik Shetty, Harshvardhan, Raksha, Aishwarya Radhkrishnanan and Prasiddha Repertory. Ramayana Chaitravali would feature the Untold story of the 11th Head “Ravana” by Surya Rao, Saumitri- the epitome of unwavering loyalty by Praveen Kumar and Vayu Putra- Bhakti redefined by Nidhaga karunad and the final day would present yet another unique production of Prasiddha Foundation known as Bharat After Mahatma. Ramayana Chaitravali would also include the story of unwavering faith of Shabiri by Satyanarayana Raju and Vali – the story of courage and invincibility by Mithun Shyam.
Prasiddha at 40 is not just a reflection of the past but a promise to the future of nurturing art, fostering creativity and keeping our timeless traditions alive. Padmashri Pratibha Prahlad says “ The last forty years have been been an extraordinary journey of love and passion for the preservation, promotion and propagation of Bharat’s rich cultural heritage and traditional art forms. I have always believed that maintaining our culture,values and artistic traditions are beyond price. Its very important that the new generation embraces our traditions with pride for our identity is our culture. In the divisive times we live, art is the only unifying factor.”
