Dakshina Ranga
Work Centers
Dakshinaa Ranga for Performing Arts
The work center Dakshina Ranga is to promote activities related to performing and other arts and to provide upcoming artists opportunities to develop their talents and to stage performances, also to undertake promotion of all art forms by co-operating with experts in the fields and coordinating with other art forums.
Dakshina Ranga's activities in the past are given below:-
Encouraging young talents:-The Prathibha Yathra
School/University level Youth Festivals in Kerala are considered to be the birth place of many talented stars in the field of art. K S Chithra, Venugopal, Vineeth, etc., are only a few examples.
Akshaya Pusthakanidhi, a like-minded organization in Kerala lead by Shri. Paipra Radhakrishnan, former Secretary of Kerala Sahithya Academy & Smt.Nalini Bakel, renowned novelist planned a cultural pilgrimage across the country with the ‘Kala Prathibhas & Kala Thilakams’ of these festivals. The aim of the pilgrimage is to make the young talents understand the depth of the cultural heritage of our country.
Dakshinaa was the host for this team of Prathibhas & Thilakams when they visited Chennai on 6th & 7th May 2006 as part of their cultural pilgrimage On 6th May 2006, the artists performed Light Music, Classical Music, Folk Songs, Mappilappattu, Mimicry, Mohiniyattam, Bharatha Natyam, Kuchupudi, Poem recital etc., at ICF auditorium. On 7th May 2006, the promising talents visited senior artists like, D K Pattammal, T V Gopalakrishnan, Chitra Visweswaran, P Suseela, Gopika Varma etc., and offered ‘Gurudakshina’.
Divya B Nair, Anuja Akathoot, Mahesh Mohan, Aparna Ramesh & Anju B Nair were the artist in the team.
Bringing the Legend on stage:-Bharatheesandhya
Bharatheesandhya performance of the legendary film Actress Jayabharathy on 26th November 2006 at Chinmaya Heritage Center, Chennai
The multimedia performance :-"The Savior"
Presented a multimedia, multilevel, multistar, mega light and sound show on the life of Jesus Christ “The Savior” conceived and directed by Sooriya Krishna Murthy on 28th to 30th July 2007 at Asan Memorial School, Chennai.The programme was organized jointly by Dakshinaa & The Malayalee Club.
An evening with Shambhu DasShambhu Das is a classically trained Sitarist of the highest order. After receiving many years of personal instruction from the now legendary Pandit Ravi Shankar, Shambhu Das went on to begin his own career, receiving many accolades from the international press and his own time teaching and collaborating closely with many accomplished performers of Indian classical music.
Indian classical music is indivisible from the mythology and spiritual practice of India. Those who seek to become great maestros, therefore, must also embrace the philosophy of the subcontinent. Perhaps this is why, though many aspire, few accomplish the status of Pandit or Ustad, the highest honour a student of this music can attain. Coupled with this study of philosophy is the rigorous discipline imposed upon the disciple by his master, a discipline which many find too difficult to endure Shambu Das has been through it all and has come out with flying colors. He is in the Guinness Book of World Records for performing Sitar continuously for 24 hrs.
Shambhu Das has worked with George Harrison of Beatles who took lessons from shambhu and both put together a section of Indian music for Beatles album, . Shambhu's association with musicians of the western disciplines including Piano, Drum, Jazz, Flute, etc. opened him a new horizon in the world of music. By combining rhythms and melodies of Indian ragas and western music he created a unique type of Indo-jazz. Later Shambhu formed a group to fuse this type of music.?With the performance Shambhu put together the audience will experience calmness of sight and sound through the visual adventure and fusion melodies and find the peace within themselves. The group, through its music, shows the connection between Indian and Western worlds and the balance of the fusion between them. Indo-Jazz with its beauty and uniqueness will give the audience a different perspective on music and the possibilities within sounds and rhythms. Mr. Shambhu Das's performance will fill the audience with these emotions and encourage the unity of music cross culturally.
Dakshinaa brought the legendary Sitar Maestro and Guinness Book record holder Shambhu Das live in Chennai on 28th February 2008 at Malayalee Club Chennai. Shri N. Murali, Managing Director, The Hindu & President, Music Academy, Chennai Brahmasri. V. Dakshinamoorthy, Veteran Music Director Along with other dignitaries present.
