Mallika Sarabhai’s recent performance at The Bengal Club’s Makaibari Classical Evening was a testament to the artist’s peak expressive powers. Sarabhai demonstrated not only technical mastery but also a deep, scholarly engagement with movement as language across multiple classical styles and choreographic idioms. The programme opened with a duet performance, Kali Kauthuvam in Bharatanatyam, an invocation that established both mood and intent. Sarabhai’s conception of the fierce yet protective goddess, Kali, and of Shiva communicated power with sculptural precision. Importantly, she maintained Kuchipudi’s theatrical exuberance without diluting its structural discipline.

Source: The Telegraph January 24, 2026 04:37 UTC