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Rituparna Sengupta Reminisces Hyderabad, Prepares for Music Festival
Rituparna Sengupta, a famous actress and dancer, is going back to Hyderabad for a big music and dance festival.
She has lots of happy memories from Hyderabad, like when she first acted there and danced with a real lion and tiger!
She's going to perform at the festival, which is all about classical music and dance.
She's been practicing dance styles like Manipuri and Odissi, and she's very excited to share her performance.
The festival is also a way to remember a famous musician who lived in Hyderabad.
People from all over the world can watch the festival online, and there will be both old and young musicians performing.
Rituparna says dance is very important to her, and she even teaches her daughter to dance.
Her husband will also play music at the festival.
Rituparna Sengupta is returning to Hyderabad for the Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan National Festival of Music and Dance, Season 8.
She has fond memories of Hyderabad, including her first film shoot with a real lion and tiger.
The festival is curated by Abhijeet Bhattacharjee and Pandit Prodyut Mukherjee, who has received several awards.
Rituparna will perform a piece that blends classical, semi-classical, contemporary, and Tagore styles, composed by Pandit Prodyut Mukherjee.
The festival aims to celebrate classical music and dance and pay tribute to Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, with performances streamed globally.
- Who
- Rituparna Sengupta, Pandit Prodyut Mukherjee, Abhijeet Bhattacharjee
- What
- Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan National Festival of Music and Dance, Season 8
- Where
- Ravindra Bharathi, Hyderabad
- When
- December 13 and 14
- Why
- To celebrate classical music and dance, and pay tribute to Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan
Key facts
- Event
- Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan National Festival of Music and Dance, Season 8
- Date
- December 13 and 14
- Venue
- Ravindra Bharathi, Hyderabad
- Curators
- Abhijeet Bhattacharjee and Pandit Prodyut Mukherjee
- Rituparna's Dance Styles
- Manipuri and Odissi
- Music Composer
- Pandit Prodyut Mukherjee
- Festival's Global Reach
- Streamed performances to reach a global audience
Quotes
Rituparna Sengupta
National Award-winning actress with over 200 films across various industries.
“Dance flows inside you like a stream. It makes you fluid and beautifully weaponed. Cinema and dance blend when expressions come out automatically without any effort. Dance emancipates you and enlightens you from the core.”
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“It deepened me as a person and as a human being. Whenever I get an opportunity to perform classical in its purest form or in a blended form, I feel honoured that this chance still knocks at me.”
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Pandit Prodyut Mukherjee
Tabla maestro and Grammy Jury member.
“I’m drawn to curate the Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan festival in Hyderabad because it is a tribute to the legendary musician who spent his last days here and is revered as the Tansen of the twentieth century.”
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“I’m thrilled to collaborate with talented artists from across the country, including promising youngsters who are the future of classical music.”
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