From Manasi Nair…. Dil Se.

One of the biggest things in life is that one should be able to dance to the rhythm that life offers. And the achievement of it all is that when you see the footprints on the stage of life and reminisces each step with what life has given you and how we have respected life by giving it back to the society. This is the moment of pride, of triumph, of glory and the halo of success.

Little did Manasi know when she was in Standard 2^nd and when she took her first tiny dance steps under the guidance of Shri Anantanarayanan her guru about how dancing will lead her from one big stage to another, in one country to another and especially that of two cold war countries both hypnotized by the same dancing steps as she would perform for them. The GURU SHISHYA PARAMPARA of the yester years still brings the divinity of the Guru in her.

She recalls how she along with her very talented batch mates like Priya Menon, Laxmi was given various platforms to showcase their talent under the guidance of Shri Anantanarayanan. She perormed at various Ayyappa Poojas, Malayali Samajam functions and she particularly remembers her performance during the 25th anniversary celebrations of The Borivli Malayali Samajam.

When her School Principal Shri J M SHAH (JB KHOT SCHOOL) retired, he insisted that she should perform a show on his send off day, an honour that she cannot and will not forget in her lifetime.
       

She did her Arrengatam with Guru Anantanarayan arranging her training under Guru Shri Ramaswami Bhagawdara (GURU OF SUDHA CHANDRAN ALSO). Shri AKG Nair the then President of the Samajam and her School Principal Shri J M Shah were the Chief Guests on the occasion. The pictures below showcase them all.

After her School she joined the Nalanda Nrityakala Mahavidyalaya University of Mumbai and completed her MASTER OF FINE ARTS in BHARAT NATYAM with distinction. This institution is headed by Padmasree Smt Kanak Rele.

Today she is proud of her association with the Borivli Malayali Samajam and the glory of it is that in its 50th year – she will be part of the celebration.

She states emphatically that “I am a part of the samajam. I would also like to put forth that the attitude of BMS has been very cordial and warm towards students from all sections of society because I am not a born Malayali I could make it out; and now I consider myself very lucky to be married to a Malayali and I follow all Malayali rituals at home and also cook all traditional Malayali cuisines, and the pudding is that I have a Malayali husband who is now the President of the Borivli Malayali Samajam”

    

Manasi have performed at various levels in INDIA AND ABROAD, her recent performances had been at the National School of Drama (New Delhi),SATARA FESTIVAL, ISKCON TEMPLE (AUDIENCE AROUND 3000 PEOPLE), A SHOW IN CAMBODIA FOR INDIAN CONSULATE AND INDIANS SETTLED THERE,  KALA GHODA FESTIVAL MUMBAI, PRITHVI THEATRE, A SHOW FOR AMERICAN CONSULATES,  A SHOW FOR INDIAN AND RUSSIAN NAVAL COMMANDERS, AND VARIOUS SHOWS FOR AYYAPA TEMPLES AND LIVE SHOWS.  

She has also been awarded with NRITYA SHIVALI. Popular dailies like TIMES OF INDIA, HINDUSTAN TIMES, DNA ETC HAVE WRITTEN ABOUT HER FROM TIME TO TIME.

AT PRESENT THERE ARE AROUND 300 STUDENTS WHO ARE LEARNING THIS ART FROM HER ACADEMY NAMED - TAPASYA AN ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS (REGD).


If you want the academy to perform, they can be contacted at manasi_snair@yahoo.co.in