Historic moment for Telugu people in Britain

Historic moment for Telugu people in Britain

29/10/2008

The interesting piece 'A tribute to Black & White' by Ragasudha Vinjamuri gave homage to the home-land with "Andhra maata neeku vandanam." She dedicated her rendition to stalwart yesteryear dancers like Kamala Lakshman, Padmini, Vyjayanthimala etc. who stole the hearts of Telugu public through their silver screen performances. Ornate compositions like Kshetrayya padam "Makkuva Teerchara Muvva Gopala," Jayadeva ashtapadi "Chandana Charchita" (dating back to 1950s movies in some instances) once rendered by ace dancers by L Vijaya Lakshmi, Geetanjali (Mani in Tamil films and Hindi Parasmani fame) and choreographed originally by revered masters Vedantam Raghavayya, Dr Vempati China Satyam etc were chosen. The delightful dimension to it was the Jugalbandi of Kathak and Bharata Natyam in a finale rendition "Madhuramaina Guru Deevena," which Ragasudha says was in reverence to teachers like Dr. Uma Rama Rao (India), Deepa Ganesh & Geetha Sridhar (UK). She was accompanied by Mukthi Sri on this.

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