- PROJECT
Project
Visage Series
Production Company
Teepoi
- CREDITS
Content & Director
Karishma Rao
Cinematographer & Visual Director
Vishwesh Bhagirathi Shiva Prasad
Producer
Teepoi
Executive Producer
Vandana Druva Kumar
Editorial
Karishma Rao
Photgrapher & Illusrator
Vandana Druva Kumar
Music
Karishma Rao
Edit, Grade & Sound Design
Vishwesh Bhagirathi Shiva Prasad
Veiled Rhyme - Shruthi K Purushotham Visage a short documentary series
A true calling in the form of a Mohiniyattam dancer Shruthi's passion that grew into a way of life. The film is a glimpse into a performer's inner voice which leads up to the performance itself. The visuals are an abstract interpretation of the narrative in the voice of the dancer herself.
- CATEGORY
Documentary
Teepoi Stories
Visage Series
- PROJECT
Project
Visage Series
Production Company
Teepoi
- CREDITS
Content & Director
Karishma Rao
Cinematographer & Visual Director
Vishwesh Bhagirathi Shiva Prasad
Producer
Teepoi
Executive Producer
Vandana Druva Kumar
Editorial
Karishma Rao
Photgrapher & Illusrator
Vandana Druva Kumar
Music
Karishma Rao
Edit, Grade & Sound Design
Vishwesh Bhagirathi Shiva Prasad
Veiled Rhyme - Shruthi K Purushotham Visage a short documentary series
A true calling in the form of a Mohiniyattam dancer Shruthi's passion that grew into a way of life. The film is a glimpse into a performer's inner voice which leads up to the performance itself. The visuals are an abstract interpretation of the narrative in the voice of the dancer herself.
- CATEGORY
Documentary
Teepoi Stories
Visage Series
Veiled Rhyme - Shruthi K Purushotham
Visage a short documentary series
A true calling in the form of a Mohiniyattam dancer Shruthi's passion that grew into a way of life. The film is a glimpse into a performer's inner voice which leads up to the performance itself. The visuals are an abstract interpretation of the narrative in the voice of the dancer herself.
- CATEGORY
Documentary
Teepoi Stories
Visage Series
- PROJECT
Project
Visage Series
Production Company
Teepoi
- CREDITS
Content & Director
Karishma Rao
Cinematographer & Visual Director
Vishwesh Shiva Prasad
Producer
Teepoi
Executive Producer
Vandana Druva Kumar
Editorial
Karishma Rao
Photgrapher & Illusrator
Vandana Druva Kumar
Music
Karishma Rao
Edit, Grade & Sound Design
Vishwesh Bhagirathi Shiva Prasad
Veiled Rhyme
Shruthi K Purushotham
"When you know the purpose of life
and none see the horizon of Zion
that is as clear as crystal to you
it does not matter if one accompanies
you on your journey or not.
When you are ready to travel into a life
that no one understands,
then, you have chosen a lonely road.
Only when you reach your destiny will
you hear cheerful cries from the other side,
Then, it just does not mater."
Shruthi K Purushotham
We found in Shruthi not just an urge to bridge gaps through speech, dance and poetry, but a genuine interest to listen. It is no wonder that she heard the nagging voice in her head years ago and understood its meaning. Where she stands today is a response to that voice – as simple as it can get, but just as difficult to fathom. The difference between a speaker and a listener is just that – time. Shruthi took her time to recognize the innate disturbance within herself as she floated her way through teenage, beyond her own control. Making herself heard was the next challenge.
That rhythm, that tune that she could hear – why couldn’t anyone else hear it?Just as a lotus blossoms even in the murkiest of waters, Shruthi overcomes every drawback within herself to follow a dream. Layer by layer, she peels her way out of the shell that circumstances have cast around her through the years, and takes to the compassionate sanctuary of Art. Dance becomes not only a form of restoration but a Language she uses to speak with, where even silences have meaning, and most graceful at that.
Unlike many who are “born with it” today and make it big at an early age, Shruthi is self-made with continuing years of toil and experience. At a slow yet steady pace, she has broken free of the shackles that traditions carry, while making sure to only to take from them the richness of Music and Dance. If tradition does not progress, it will stagnate. What is modern today will become tradition tomorrow.
Shruthi experiments by contemporizing the language of Mohiniyattam, a strictly structured Dance form, through her own lens that she calls Neo-Mohiniyattam – a bridge between the traditional technique and contemporary audience. She believes that Dance must reach out to all, and wants to be able to take a poem off a student’s text book and perform it as a piece for the class. This would be a way forward to expose the Art form to the World, starting with children.
Indian Classical Dances require active viewer participation. For Shruthi it is important that as she takes the first few steps to reach out, society must also take a few toward her in an attempt to understand this language. That onlookers turn into an informed and involved audience as part of the performance. The concept of passive receivers who are used to spoon-fed entertainment irks her. Without combined effort from both ends, cultural evolution suffers.
No Artist can grow and sustain without an equally nourishing society that takes pride and interest in cultivating their passion no matter how absurd at first. Bringing Indian Traditional Dance closer to the new age audiences by crossing bridges is the intent of Taamara’s Shruthi. This is more an ongoing episode than it is an ultimate goal. Our cinematic interpretation of her intent is a small way to add onto the larger dialogue.
"If tradition does not progress,
it will stagnate."
it will stagnate."
We have known Shruthi as ever excited and always ready to try something new. That she is a storyteller herself made it easier for us to support her written content with visual interplay. That she is a performer made her comfortable in recreating the act, this time for the camera. Shruthi has become an inspiration for us in our daily lives, not just for the performer in her, not just for the poet in her, but for the inextinguishable fervor that keeps her going.
Karishma Rao
Author
Veiled Rhyme
Shruthi K Purushotham
"When you know the purpose of life
and none see the horizon of Zion
that is as clear as crystal to you
it does not matter if one accompanies
you on your journey or not.
When you are ready to travel into a life
that no one understands,
then, you have chosen a lonely road.
Only when you reach your destiny will
you hear cheerful cries from the other side,
Then, it just does not mater."
Shruthi K Purushotham
We found in Shruthi not just an urge to bridge gaps through speech, dance and poetry, but a genuine interest to listen. It is no wonder that she heard the nagging voice in her head years ago and understood its meaning. Where she stands today is a response to that voice – as simple as it can get, but just as difficult to fathom. The difference between a speaker and a listener is just that – time. Shruthi took her time to recognize the innate disturbance within herself as she floated her way through teenage, beyond her own control. Making herself heard was the next challenge.
That rhythm, that tune that she could hear – why couldn’t anyone else hear it?Just as a lotus blossoms even in the murkiest of waters, Shruthi overcomes every drawback within herself to follow a dream. Layer by layer, she peels her way out of the shell that circumstances have cast around her through the years, and takes to the compassionate sanctuary of Art. Dance becomes not only a form of restoration but a Language she uses to speak with, where even silences have meaning, and most graceful at that.
Unlike many who are “born with it” today and make it big at an early age, Shruthi is self-made with continuing years of toil and experience. At a slow yet steady pace, she has broken free of the shackles that traditions carry, while making sure to only to take from them the richness of Music and Dance. If tradition does not progress, it will stagnate. What is modern today will become tradition tomorrow.
Shruthi experiments by contemporizing the language of Mohiniyattam, a strictly structured Dance form, through her own lens that she calls Neo-Mohiniyattam – a bridge between the traditional technique and contemporary audience. She believes that Dance must reach out to all, and wants to be able to take a poem off a student’s text book and perform it as a piece for the class. This would be a way forward to expose the Art form to the World, starting with children
Indian Classical Dances require active viewer participation. For Shruthi it is important that as she takes the first few steps to reach out, society must also take a few toward her in an attempt to understand this language. That onlookers turn into an informed and involved audience as part of the performance. The concept of passive receivers who are used to spoon-fed entertainment irks her. Without combined effort from both ends, cultural evolution suffers.
No Artist can grow and sustain without an equally nourishing society that takes pride and interest in cultivating their passion no matter how absurd at first. Bringing Indian Traditional Dance closer to the new age audiences by crossing bridges is the intent of Taamara’s Shruthi. This is more an ongoing episode than it is an ultimate goal. Our cinematic interpretation of her intent is a small way to add onto the larger dialogue.
"If tradition does not progress,
it will stagnate."
We have known Shruthi as ever excited and always ready to try something new. That she is a storyteller herself made it easier for us to support her written content with visual interplay. That she is a performer made her comfortable in recreating the act, this time for the camera. Shruthi has become an inspiration for us in our daily lives, not just for the performer in her, not just for the poet in her, but for the inextinguishable fervor that keeps her going.
Karishma Rao
Author
Shruthi K Purshotham
Veiled Rhyme
Shruthi K Purushotham
"When you know the purpose of life
and none see the horizon of Zion
that is as clear as crystal to you
it does not matter if one accompanies
you on your journey or not.
When you are ready to travel into a life
that no one understands,
then, you have chosen a lonely road.
Only when you reach your destiny will
you hear cheerful cries from the other side,
Then, it just does not mater."
Shruthi K Purushotham
We found in Shruthi not just an urge to bridge gaps through speech, dance and poetry, but a genuine interest to listen. It is no wonder that she heard the nagging voice in her head years ago and understood its meaning. Where she stands today is a response to that voice – as simple as it can get, but just as difficult to fathom. The difference between a speaker and a listener is just that – time. Shruthi took her time to recognize the innate disturbance within herself as she floated her way through teenage, beyond her own control. Making herself heard was the next challenge.
That rhythm, that tune that she could hear – why couldn’t anyone else hear it?Just as a lotus blossoms even in the murkiest of waters, Shruthi overcomes every drawback within herself to follow a dream. Layer by layer, she peels her way out of the shell that circumstances have cast around her through the years, and takes to the compassionate sanctuary of Art. Dance becomes not only a form of restoration but a Language she uses to speak with, where even silences have meaning, and most graceful at that.
Unlike many who are “born with it” today and make it big at an early age, Shruthi is self-made with continuing years of toil and experience. At a slow yet steady pace, she has broken free of the shackles that traditions carry, while making sure to only to take from them the richness of Music and Dance. If tradition does not progress, it will stagnate. What is modern today will become tradition tomorrow.
Shruthi experiments by contemporizing the language of Mohiniyattam, a strictly structured Dance form, through her own lens that she calls Neo-Mohiniyattam – a bridge between the traditional technique and contemporary audience. She believes that Dance must reach out to all, and wants to be able to take a poem off a student’s text book and perform it as a piece for the class. This would be a way forward to expose the Art form to the World, starting with children.
" If tradition does not progress,
it will stagnate."
We have known Shruthi as ever excited and always ready to try something new. That she is a storyteller herself made it easier for us to support her written content with visual interplay. That she is a performer made her comfortable in recreating the act, this time for the camera. Shruthi has become an inspiration for us in our daily lives, not just for the performer in her, not just for the poet in her, but for the inextinguishable fervor that keeps her going.
Karishma Rao
Author
Shruthi K Purshotham