Kathak

'Dance as the narration of a magical story; that recites on lips, illuminates imaginations and embraces the most sacred depths of souls.'Shah Asad Rizvi

[kajra-re]

Sonam Kapoor, Raanjhanaa, 2013.

[mastruk]

LAHORE, PAKISTAN. 1981. Tahira Sayed playing the sitar in the Shalimar Gardens.

Photograph by Roland and Sabrina Michaud. 

[turkishmughalempress]

A Mughal dancer

[kathakintheuniverse]

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A post shared by New York Kathak Festival (@kathakfestival) on Jun 9, 2020 at 9:06am PDT

[dildaar]

Main banke savera jaag uthi, main jaag uthi. Main banke savera jaag uthi, main jaag uthi jee jaag uthi. Main banke morni naach uthi, main naach uthi, channo naach uthi. Tere naina, mere naina, mere nainon mein rang de. Ha rang de, ha rang de, ha apni preet vich rang de. Tere naina, mere naina, mere nainon mein rang de. Ha rang de, ha rang de, ha apni preet vich rang de.

[crazybollywood]

[bollywoodaesthetic]

Kaahe Chhed Mohe (Devdas)

[classicalindiandance]

Damayanti Joshi

Kathak

[arjuna-vallabha]

Kathak dancer

[radindia]

[hetaliaindie]

//Men who do kathak really well are my aesthetic I’m… My brain is melting, I apologize to my rp-partners in advance for not replying tonight but I honestly can’t see straight hahah… Enjoy this gem of a video for now, it’s a traditional north Indian dance form called Kathak.

It came from traveling bards and storytellers, the name itself means “story”, it was particularly popular in the times of the Mughal emperor Akbar, but was ridiculed and lost popularity during British colonialism (screw you too Arthur). Now it’s popular enough again as one of the main classical dance forms in India (there’re like 8). Hahaha byeeeee//////

[dailybollywoodqueens]

Madhuri Dixit teaches Mohe Rang Do Laal dance moves 

[bollydastaan]

[assyrianjalebi]

[rani-padmavati]

madhuri dixit in ghar more pardesiya

[dildaar]

Kalank (2019)

[bollywoodaesthetic]

Kaahe Chhed Mohe (Devdas)