Shanta Dhananjayan
conducting bhajans
learnt fromDr.Padmasini
teacher of Kalakshetra:
Please go through this
important information
especially Kalakshetra
alumni and Yogaville
Virginia Naatya
adhyayana gurukulam camp
students. You may
forward this to all people
interested in music and
bhajan singing.
One of our BK alumni
Dr.Anuradha Murali has
taken the trouble to
record and release
in i-tunes.
Bharatakalanjali dedicates
this to Dr.Padmasini
teacher, one of the
pillars of Kalakshetra who
taught us these immortal
bhajans. You will all
enjoy it and will have
nostalgic memory of
of Dr.Padmasini
teacher.
We will appreciate you all
purchasing these bhajans
being released one by one
every month.
- With best wishes
from the
Dhananjayans (anna &
akka) Read
more For
purchase of the Bhajans
Tamizhnadu Government
announced that V.P.
Dhananjayan and Shanta
Dhananjayan will receive
the BALASARASWATHI
MEMORIAL AWARD AND HONOUR
for Bharatanatyam, along
with Vyjayanthimala Bali
and Prof. C.V.
Chandrasekhar. The award
carries a cash prize of
rupees one lakh and
citation.
Two of BK alumni &
prominent disciples,
Radhika Shurajith and
Suryanarayanamurthy will
receive the KALAI MAAMANI
AWARD.
Recently Shanta
Dhananjayan acted in a
Tamil film directed by
Rajiv Menon titled "SARVAM
TAALA MAYAM" . Few
shots from this movie
now screening globally.
Naatyaachaaryas VP
Dhananjayan & Shanta
Dhananjayan received
the �Bharata Muni Samman"
(2018) from
Nalanda University (
NDRC, Mumbai). Dr.Kanak
Rele - the founder and
director, NDRC gave
away the award and
honour to them along
with two other stalwarts -
in the field of hindustani
music (Dr. Prabah Atre)
and Maharashatra stage
actor and film actor.
(Vikram Gokhale) in a
colourful
ceremony on 13th
January 2019.
Shanta Dhananjayan
received the "Nritya
Kalaanidhi" honour &
award from the most
prestigious institution
Madras Music Academy on
January 3, 2019, the
Naatya festival inaugural
day at TTK auditorium,
Music academy.
(To refresh the memory,
Dhananjayan received the
equivalent award "Sangeeta
Kalaa Achaarya" from the
Academy on 4th January
2005)
