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The Undoing Dance: You Will Be Seduced Completely
Author
Srividya Natarajan
Specifications
  • ISBN 13 : 9789386228895
  • year : 2018
  • language : English
  • binding : Hardbound
Description
Kalyani comes from a lineage of famous devadasis, though there is no place for her talent in the Madras of newly independent India. The devadasis, once celebrated as artists, are shunned as 'prostitutes' in a modern country. In exchange for a comfortable life as the wife of a wealthy arts promoter, Kalyani has to keep her origins hidden and abandon her mother, Rajayi. When a Bharatanatyam dancer from the city sets out to record Rajayi's dance repertoire on film, the carefully wrapped-up past threatens to unravel.