GIFTED TO BE ALIVE IN THE SAME TIMES AS DR.PADMA SUBRAMANIAM :
It was such a bliss to be part of Paddu Akka's Art experience this evening.
It is not mere dance performance it is much beyond.
She has transcended all techniques /styles & what she exudes is sheer brlliance of Knowledge, of Sathva ,Drenched in details in abhinaya that we cannot even comprehend. It is a life time experience & in a way life changing experience for us to watch a GENIUS, A LEGEND like her.
She was not dancing for audience but for ETERNITY ITSELF.
Before you consider me crazy i wish to say that YOU R RIGHT.
Any artist ,any art lover would feel this way as ....till today she seems to be the only one who can make everybody from old,wise knowledgable connoisseurs to art practitioners to students & common people ...all unanimously CRY.
What is so special about her if you wonder, it is her tremendous command over Shastra, Puranas, Philosophy,Music,Dance,Acting, Observation of Life & its perfect application into the theme & above all her immense capacity to communicate the same using angika vachika aharya & sathvika abhinayas.Shudhdha Saathvika stands above the three.
This kind of Rasa Siddhi (attainment) is probably the cause constant Tapas ( Penance) of not just one but several births.
To watch an artist attain this itself is our good fortune.
Bhagavadgeetha was the theme she presented.All the aspects of the program was TOP.
The aesthetic chariot wheels kept as a simple prop,her attire like that of warrior ,she looked gorgeous ,beautiful krishna & handsome Arjuna. Her entry, her gaits , her bhava through out Bhagavadgeetha was super fine transporting one & all to timelessness. As Arjuna in the Vishada Yoga the way she showed withdrawal from attack & requests to Krishna was so sweet that one instantly falls in love with the character.
The way Paddu Akka moves herself from one situation to other, her eyes remain fixed in front 99 % of the time & they are so powerful that immediately the audiences are hooked .
She moves from one emotion to another so smoothly that its like the most delicious taste melting inside ,it is like being part of a poetry creation , like the dance of best strokes of a painting ,the finest part of a great movie. This is the truth that i experienced !
Her depiction of the abstract aspects of the Geetha like the Three Gunas , The Nature of beings as per these gunas & the placements souls get when they leave the body during these states was shown with such clarity that it seemed so real yet so artistic.Specially with the jathis she used to show Tamo Guna she danced the full Jathi in Laziness...
That was truly creative !
The Hall Mark was the Vishwarupa Darshana. She requested Krishna to show the Vishwarupa in such myriad ways that we wonder if Arjuna in reality looked so adorable.The various shades of Bhavas of Fear, Surprise, Joy,Astonishment, Wonder & the ways she showed the expansion of the hands, legs, Stomach,Heads, Eyes & the Fearful form of Vishwarupa with shivers passing through Arjuna actually was experienced by the audience.
It felt like WE
were Arjuna experiencing the Vishwarupa & could feel the chills.
The Entire production set to music by Paddu Akka with excellent singing by gayathri & Veena by kannan was the soul of the program.Specially places where Arjuna's request for Krishna to come back to Original form & how he asks for pardon from krishna for addressing him as a sakha ( friend) is unforgettable.
The face she made of the all knowing Krishna who still likes to be the pal & hugs Arjuna & still Arjuna chooses to fall at his feet. All these emotions felt like as if we were there standing next to the characters.
Throughout the program there were abhinaya details that threw us all at once into the ocean of Rasa & we have still not found the shore.
All i can say is that watching Paddu Akka do Bhagavadgeetha is like experiencing GOD & ...
we dont feel like coming out of this Godliness ...
IT IS TRULY A BLISS TO BE LIVING IN HER TIMES.
Thank you Paddu Akka
Thank you GOD !
