The unseen sequence / a Cinematix production ; choreography/dance, Malavika Sarukkai ; produced by Sumantra Ghosal ; script/direction, Sumantra Ghosal.

Mumbai : Cinematix, [2013]

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Bharatanatyam-- one of India's most profound classical arts-- is being reinterpreted, renewed and invigorated through the work of an artist rooted in tradition but with a uniquely contemporary sensibility - Malavika Sarukkai. The film is not simply about Malavika Sarukkai; it deliberates the valuable connections and departures that the artist makes from a hallowed and, often, unforgiving tradition. Today, even as she impresses her footprint on the world stage as a celebrated Bharatanatyam dancer, Malavika finds herself making increasingly personal and difficult choices about how she wishes to lead that life. The questions she asks are essential and they have no easy answers in the re-iterations of craft. It is this co-existence of consummate expression with a deeper, spiritual questioning that makes her dance so exciting.

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April 28, 2020

Videography, Sumantra Ghosal, Vijay Khambati, Nishant Gala, Deepak Thomas ; editing, Sumantra Ghosal, Archana Iyer ; sound design, Jiten Solanki.

Malavika Sarukkai, dancer ; narrator, Shumantra Ghosal ; interviewees, Saroja Kamakshi, K. Kalyanasundaram, Kalanidhi Narayanan, Lakshmi Viswanathan, C.V. Chandrashekhar, Madhavi Mudgal, Sai Shravanam, Mythili Prakash.