Cause of dance without a pause -- that was his life. He was like, possessed. A boy from Bengal with big, bulging eyes and bigger ambition to succeed in the dance field, he first learnt Kathakali from Fact Padmanabhan and then attached himself to Guru Sadanam Balakrishnan in Chennai. He settled in Bangalore a decade plus ago and was a very in-the-face artiste. He also wrote on dance initially for The Hindu ten plus years ago and got attention and importance but soon realised the flip side that his art suffered by giving reviews to others and that he won no friends or shows. So he stopped writing and focussed all out on dancing. He wrote for Ananya’s art magazine Kalasinchana too.
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One has to note the incredible gender fluidity he had between his self and the characters. The heaven would presumably have no barriers for Prabal to dance his heart out. May your soul rest in peace my brother Prabal.
ReplyDeleteToo young... @45... God truly loved him
ReplyDelete🙏🏽🙏🏽🌹 May his soul attain sadgati
May God bless his family with strength to deal with this loss
Omg 😢very sad . May his soul rest in peace 🙏
ReplyDeleteBeautifully written...a tribute from the core of your heart... absolutely silkan English...smooth ,flowy,simple , graceful and yet,a complete obituary....hats off to your skills dear Ashish !
ReplyDeleteI was the director of his documentary..and it was not by pune students
ReplyDeleteOMG...!! Very sad. As a photographer friend I had clicked his at home dance performance during COVID days. I had clicked his performance sitting in Perth. It was a new experience for both of us. I had presented it to him in the form of a photobook. Last I met him in October 2023. I had captured memorable photos of his kathakali performance themed Macbeth with VipinSer at Af chennai. He asked for high res photos which I had shared and he loved it all. But I had no inkling my friend is no more. In fact all photos in my media and Instagram r memories I an the would will remember him through.
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