Saturday, April 23, 2011
Tears of Love - An unforgettable evening of our life !
On April 19th ,our dear friend music composer Praveen D.Rao promptly called us in the morning to remind us about the
conference which we had to attend with him in the evening.
We had cancelled our classes, even cancelled the rehearsals & was about to get ready to go to the conference with Praveen.
Then that day to our misfortune my mother fell ill seriously & was in semi conscious stage.
It disturbed me greatly.
We called Praveen & told him that we were NOT going anywhere & he could take anybody else he wished.
He kept insisting ,he kept insisting & i told him very firmly that WE WERE NOT GOING !
Then Praveen softly said :
" mmmmmm........you know.....just few of our friends are getting together to wish you for the
Kalashree Award....so would you please come .......just for a little time........." so sooooft was his request that our
hearts just melted. How sweet of him to have taken the trouble ! but then, my mother was not in good condition ....
With great hesitation & guilt i requested my mother if we could go just for a short while & in her broken voice & half conscious state she said "Waaaaaaaow so niceeeeee & agreed (what a fantastic mother ! )
The noble gesture of a student's mother who offered to stay for my mother saved us from the guilt & we set out with Praveen in his car ,casually dressed...
It was pouring very heavily outside.Well...we didnt know we would encounter a much BIIIIIIIIIIIIG POUR!
In fact the BIGGEST POUR of ......love !
Tears of love ,Fulfillment & Gratification !
Its very hard to describe the experience we underwent that evening.
Hope i am not making a fool of myself by wording the precious evening.
But i WANT to write ,because the world should know about these people who brought the POUR!
Praveen took us to this hotel -well decorated with flowers & lamps ( like a wedding) &...
as we stepped inside the hall we notices it was all quiet .....
Then a soothing music started like the chorus ,it was sweeeeeet like honey.
We saw so many smiling faces ,familiar faces ,beautiful faces ,loving faces welcoming us.
We saw almost 30 of our students on either side of a little stage singing alaaap like the choir &
eight of the beautiful prima ballerinas from our Abhinava started dancing.
We were seated right in front (VIPS) & as the song went on we started shivering ,they were singing & dancing
ON US , OUR JOURNEY IN DANCE & WERE DEDICATING THIS EVENT SPECIALLY FOR US !
Wow ! Jaggu (Jagannath of Prabhath) what a fantastic creation ! The song you wrote brought tears to us.
It speaks volumes of your talent & love for us.Thanks.
(Dr.Ganesh said he was envious of Jaggu as HE wanted to write the song :)
What to say about the music composed by none other than our Genius Praveen ? simply soul stirring !
All our dear students dressed elegantly singing ,dancing with supreme love & joy created an overwhelming experience.
Time stood still ......so did our eyes....filled with tears.
As each of our friends, walked towards us with flowers ,wished us for the Kalashree Award ,we felt hundreds of gushing waves coming one after the other , drawing us deep into an ocean/an unknown world filled with light.There were smiles everywhere.
Our joys knew no bounds when we saw all our dear artist friends who are all people of eminence.
There was Faiyaz Khan with his talented sons, Uday Raj ( Tabaliya) Dr.Shathavadhani.R.Ganesh,
Popular dancer duo Kiran & Sandhya with their princess Rasika, Ekavyakthi Streevesha Yakshagana expert Mantap Prabhakar with family, Ace cameraman G.S,Bhaskar , Our very dear friend -accomplished Animator Vinod Gowda ,Renowned Astrologer Jayarama Acharya,Singer Manasi Prasad,Flautist Mahesh,Dancers Praveen Kumar, Veena Murthy, Anupama Hoskere,Ashok Kumar,Nandini Mehta, Subhashini with her gorgeous daughters, Shadakshari & several young dancers were there for us.
Our family members Srinivasa - Lakshmi,Malathi Vijayasimha,Raghavendra -Shakuntala, Jaggu ,Lata & friends like Prakruthi Banawasi, Ambarish with family were present.
I deeply missed my parents who were at home, my sister Anu who was in the USA & my dearest brother who recently left us to the heavens.
My sister in law Anitha along with her Children Keerthi & Avinash were present.
However people from the art field were there to uplift our spirits.
Our first student who did Arangetram with us - Anuradha Vikranth who is now a popular dancer conducted the evening most beautifully.Faiyazji with his divine rendering of Thumris,Bhajans & Devaranamas simply mesmerized all of us.
His Khayal singing on the values of a Guru brought the memory of all our dear Gurus.
And believe me, our beloved GURUs really appeared !
Yes ...Maya Didi & Chitradidi came to participate in this celebration.
When ever we see them , we feel so complete.Our day was done by their elegant presence.
In the presence of our Gurus our shishyas once again presented the song & dance.
What a unique connection of Parampara ! beautiful harmony between past & present.
"It is said that when one is in love it lights up the face "
Well....each of these beautiful students were radiant ,their eyes glittering, their personalities exuding pure love !
It was so infectious that all the people that evening were brimming with Brahmananda ...Bliss!
Our hearts wept when we heard about the trouble taken by our students who had devoted themselves for over 3 weeks.
They had designed the invitation & strictly told the guests NOT to breathe a word to us about this function.
They had invited everyone in person & followed up with phone calls, got a song written , auditioned under Praveen's guidance ,choreographed the same,spent a lot of time on rehearsals,money of course on the event for the hall, food & all the arrangements.Each student created an art work & wrote their vision of dance/us in a book & presented the same to us at the end of the evening.
Everybody who came that evening had all praises for the efforts of the students.
Our dear friend Vinod who was with them throughout the preparations said that it was amazing to see our students
EVER CREATIVE & NEVER GIVE UP approach to work.
He said like how people have RBCs & WBCs in the Blood for a healthy body ,our students have ADCs ( Abhinava Dance Company) in their Blood.
So how does ADC add i asked ?
oh, it adds LOVE & ENERGY was the answer :)
Well....if thats what ADC stands for ,then our words for the students would be:
You took completely a new avatar at this evening !
You became embodiments of GOD's LOVE !
The nobility of your soul & goodness of your beings created so much harmony that,
all those who were present there felt truly expanded from within including Rajendra & myself.
The Awards,The Achievements, The Artists, Art....everything dissolved....that evening.
Everything dissolved & became ONE divine energy called LOVE.
Your love ! dear students !
Congratulations to YOU for being the creators of Life's biggest Award
" Manushree " which we wish to confer on everyone of you.
God Bless you !
A gratified Nirupama & Rajendra.
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