Shobana Pushing Classical Boundaries

My guru KJ Sarasa has a string of award winning artists as her former students. In fact KJ Sarasa is known as the guru to the stars. Shobaba was one of her students. Sarasa often admired Shobana's intelligence and ability to push classical boundaries and take risks. This is what I admire about Sararsa. She is not afraid of intelligent experiments designed to make bharatanatyam more reflective of contemporary culture and fashion. This little video clip demonstrates Shobana's elegant costuming and black which is often considered an inauspicious color looks radiant on Shobana.