Nattuvangam 15 Adhi Thalam Book - 2

Nattuvangam 15 Adhi Thalam Book - 2

Mrs. Kamala Rani is famous. People respect her in Bharathanatyam.

She is the first lady nattuvanar in the field.

She was lucky to learn from Mrs. Rukmini Devi. It was at a very early age.

Mrs. Devi brought Bharathanatyam back to its glory. She founded Kalakshetra, a fine arts college.

She danced and performed for years. She also directed classical dance dramas.

Kamala Rani was born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Her parents were Kunchithapaatha Sharma and Saraswathi Ammal.

She was born on Nov. 19, 1927. Kamala Rani went to school in Rangoon, Burma.

She then moved to Chennai for music and nattuvangam.

Her music education started at Annamalai University. Tiger Varadachariar was the principal.

She won a music certificate from the Chennai Government. Then, she joined Kalakshetra.

She grew with Kalakshetra and became part of it.

She learned from Rukmini Devi. She also met Dr. G.S. Arundale and Mr. K. Sankara Menon.

She met many theosophists too.

Kalakshetra gave her chances to learn from great people. These included Tiger Vardachariar and Veena Krishnamachariar.

She also learned from Budalur Krishnamurthi Sastrigal and Mysore Vasudevachariar. Pathamadai Sundaram and Calcutta Krishnamurthy also taught her.

She is a singer. She also learned to play cymbals and do sollukattu in Bharathanatyam.

She sang and did nattuvangams for "Kutrala Kuravanji". This was Rukmini Devi's first dance drama.

Now, she sings and does nattuvangam for all of Kalakshetra's dance dramas. She does it in four languages.

These include Sri Andal in Tamil and Rukmini Kalyanam in Telugu. Also Shyama in Bengali and Ramayana in Sanskrit.

She has traveled to many places. She went to India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, and Malaysia.

She also visited Australia and Figi Islands. She traveled to many European countries too.

She was a member of Rukmini Devi's group. She toured the USA, Russia, China & South Africa too.

She has many years of experience in Bharathanatyam. Her voice is deep and resonant.

Audiences and the press at home and abroad like her very much.

She is a versatile person. She broadcasts on AIR.

Her stories and articles have been published. She is known as a good Tamil writer.

Kalakshetra gave her a title for Nattuvangam in 1964. This was for her great talents.

"Bharatha Kalanjali" is honoring her with "Sangeetagna". This is the dance group of the Dananjayans.

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