01/5
Award-winning playwright Mahesh Dattani sets this intergenerational drama in a family of Bharatanatyam dancers whose artistic ambitions and frustrations threaten to bring disharmony in their personal equations. The story depicts the dynamics between two fading dancers Jairaj and Ratna and their daughter Lata, who is on the cusp of a brilliant dancing career. The play's many themes including the conflicting notions about masculinity are interwoven with dance. The actors in fact went through extensive training to look convincing on stage. Filmed by Ritesh Menon, the Zee Theatre teleplays stars Lillete Dubey, Vijay Crishna, Suchitra Pillai and Joy Sengupta. Watch it on 28th April at Tata Play Theatre
02/5
The ABCD series has featured some of India’s best dancers and choreographers for foot-tapping performances. While song-and-dance numbers are common in Bollywood since the film industry’s inception, ABCD reinterpreted the dance musical genre by putting the focus on real-life performers.
Directed by choreographer and Dance India Dance judge Remo D’Souza, the first ABCD movie released in 2013 was an instant hit featuring an ensemble led by Indian dancing veteran Prabhu Deva.
ABCD 2 is also a part of this franchise which was released in 2015.
03/5
Directed by Sooni Taraporevala, Yeh Ballet ( This Ballet) is a Netflix Original and features Achintya Bose and Manish Chauhan as two underprivileged dancers hungering for a creatively fulfilling life. They decide to learn ballet but come across many obstacles till an eccentric teacher Sal Aron (Julian Sands) decides to mentor them. Manish Chauhan incidentally is the son of a taxi driver in Mumbai who was mentored by a former Israeli dancer. He then moved to New York in 2021 after receiving his first contract from Peridance Contemporary Dance Company. Through his fictionalized story, 'Yeh Ballet' makes very valid points about class differences and equal opportunities. The film also stars Jim Sarbh, Danish Husain, Vijay Maurya, Heeba Shah, and Kalyanee Mulay.
04/5
Have you ever stopped to think if the most ordinary, uninteresting, unobtrusive man you might see on the road or around you might have a love story to tell? What follows is a journey filled with laughter, tears, joy, pain, music, dance and a lot of love. A journey that makes us believe that there is an extraordinary love story in every ordinary jodi (couple).
05/5
Touted as Madhuri Dixit's comeback film, this 2007 drama stars the actor as a New York based dance instructor Dia. Dia returns to her hometown Shamli after 11 years to honour her guru's dying wish and to save Ajanta Theater, a community space which has been earmarked for demolition. How she inspires the citizens of the town to rise against powerful lobbies and unifies them with the power of dance, makes for a delightful watch. Directed by Anil Mehta, the film showcases many beautiful dance sequences while also communicating the importance of cultural spaces. The film also starred Konkona Sen Sharma, Akshaye Khanna, Jugal Hansraj and Kunal Kapoor. You can watch it on Amazon Prime Video.
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