Tag Archives: Personalities

Personalities: Savithri

September 1, 2016UncategorizedCinema, High Culture, Personalities, Shakti, Telugu, TollywoodN.R.I.pathi

From Mahanari Savitri over at ICP, we go to Mahanati Savithri here at ACP. After a long hiatus from phillims, we return to the Cinema star who started it all.

A legendary woman in her own right who needs …

Viswanatha Satyanarayana about Pandit Chelam

July 20, 2016UncategorizedHistory, Literature, Personalities, Society, Traditionsadmin

Those of you who also read Indic Civilizational Portal would have noticed an article yesterday called “An appeal to Young Indologists”. It was a reprint of a blog Post with a direct account from Pandit Kota Venkatachalam. He was …

Personalities: Sobha Naidu

May 16, 2016UncategorizedAndhra, Dance, High Culture, India, Personalities, Shakti, TeluguN.R.I.pathi

Completing our tour of Dance over the past few weeks is a modern artiste who has been described as “Elegance personified”. A Natyacharyaa in her own right, she is a doyenne of dance and a treasure of the Andhras.…

Personalities: Jaya Senapati

April 22, 2016UncategorizedAndhra, Dance, High Culture, History, Personalities, SanskritN.R.I.pathi

From the realm of Sangeeta (music), we move on to the world of Nrtya (Dance). The next installment of our Series on Andhra Personalities is on the great Jaya Senapati, master of warfare and…dance.

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Jayana, Jayasena, Jayappa Nayudu, he …

Personalities: Syama Sastri

April 13, 2016UncategorizedAndhra, Carnatic, High Culture, Music, PersonalitiesN.R.I.pathi

Continuing our Series on great Andhra Personalities, is one who is often not recognised as an Andhraite, and yet, remains one of the highly honoured Trinity of Carnatic Music. Sri Syama Sastri is one such figure, who, like Veerapandya …

Personalities: Uppalapu Srinivas

April 1, 2016UncategorizedAndhra, Carnatic, Elite, High Culture, Music, PersonalitiesN.R.I.pathi

Sometimes the life and music of a great talent is as brief and brilliant as the melodies they play. One such meteor in the music world, passed all too quickly and very recently.

Better known as Mandolin Srinivas, the feature …

Personalities: S.Janaki

February 19, 2016UncategorizedAndhra, Kerala, Music, Personalities, Telugu, TollywoodN.R.I.pathi

In an industry marked by unscrupulous careerists and no-holds barred competitors, S. Janaki gaaru is that rare voice of integrity.

Playback singer extraordinaire, she, along with P.Suseela garu, formed the twin pillars of female voice accompaniment from the 70s to …

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