Ananda Priya Foundation organised a Bharatanatyam show titled Srikrishna Leelamrutham at Telugu University auditorium, featuring disciples of Geetha Ganeshan. This included a eleven member team of dancers V.K.Rishika, Amruth Mungikar, D.S.Aditi, Amulya Manja and Sreevani and Bhuvaneswari, Sreeveni, Shravya, Sambhavi and Rasagna.
The show opened with Pushpanjali followed by prayers to Lord Ganesha with the Purandaradasa kirtana Gajavadana Beduve in Hamsadhwani preceded by a sloka . The major number was Tamil varnam Gokula Bala Gopika Lola around which the entire show was woven. This was penned by Raji Narayayan and was set in Kalyani. It narrates multiple acts of Sri Krishna as mentioned in each of the charanas . Geetha Ganeshan conceived the presentation in such a way that after the charana rendition the line was repeated by her vocalist Geetha in the format of nereval to retain the tempo and mood of the narrative element with the support of musicians; while the dancers presented the theme woven around acts of Krishna. The dancers successfully replicated the themes in abhinaya . The most attractive sequences were the way Krishna rescuing Draupadi, taming the multi-hooded snake Kaliya, and how Arjuna goes to the war field on a chariot driven by Krishna and finally Krishna revealing his ‘Viswa Roopam’.
All the dancers young and old gave good performances depicting the jatis in unison. Later a few children performed to a song by lyricist Suresh Bhatt to whichthe original sound track was given by Hridayanath Mangeshkar. The show concluded with a Tillana in Brindavana Saranga composed by Madurai N. Krishnan.
Rajagopalachari (mridangam) and Srikanth (tabla) aided by special effects added to the thrill of the drama.
