HYDERABAD: Bharatanatyam dancer Kiranmayee Mudupu launched her own dance school recently and named it ‘Hema Arangam’, in the presence of her guru Hemamalini Arni. She ‘Hema Arangam’ dedicated the performance she presented at Ravindra Bharati, last week to her guru Hemamalini. “This is my first ever choreography I dedicated to my guru” she says with humility, exemplifying ideal relationship between guru and sishya. This day also being ‘World Human Rights Day’, Kiranamayee announced she would donate the amount she collected for this event to the cause of Chennai flood victims.
All the numbers Kiranmayee presented on this occasion were fresh and her own choreography. Considering the impact of her presentation of these numbers made, one feels she got into right track, signalling bright future. The numbers carried certain element of freshness demanding youthful zeal, which she met with ease. She gave good time to present the thematic element in detailed abhinaya, changing into characters when needed.
Kiranmayee had the support of live orchestra with lively singer Swetha Prasad leading the musical support and Karra Srinivas providing racy nattuvangam. Nageswara Rao on mridangam, Kolanaka Sai on violin and Chandrakanth on ghatam were others in the ensemble. The main show opened after Swetha rendered a prayer to Vinayaka. Kiranmayee’s first number was Papanasam Sivan’s Varali number Ka Va Va, Kanda. This number was focused on Kartikeya, son of Siva and oft repeated pallavi line set a tone of a hapless person seeking the God’s presence to protect this devotee from darkness of ignorance and pangs of material world. This number running for considerable time spoke of Kiranmayee’s choreographic skills and abhinaya focused on hapless victim. The footwork and abhinaya were well-balanced. There were also jatis presented with perfect measure, never losing sight of thematic element. The next was a major number Tamil varnam Mohamana En Midil, Inda Velayil in Bhairavi, Roopaka talam of Ponnaiah Pillai. The lyrics are full of praise for Lord Siva, known as Lord Thyagesa of Tiruvarur. But what matters most in this varnam was multiple jatis that punctuate charanas, with no repetition. This was quite an exercising number Kiranmayee presented in apt measure. Later Kiranmayee came out with Annamacharya kirtana Bhavayami Gopalabalam in Yamankalyan. It was abhinaya dominated presentation. There was another padam Kodi Kusene Ayyayo in Saurashtram of Kshetrayya. The final piece was Raghuvamsa Sudha a fast-paced number of Patnam. It was a brilliant choreography for a finale. It has some strains of Western music. This piece extols Lord Rama. This dance was a befitting tribute of Kiranmayee to her guru Hemamalini.
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