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POSTED BY RICHARD S. IN UNCATEGORIZED 33 COMMENTS This week, I have About these ads nally been discovering the rst great item dancer of Hindi cinema. I have seen her and been aware of her before, but I didnt fully know who she was. But now its all clicked into place. I guess that discovery started with my discovery of the identity of the dancers in my favorite scene from Ratan (1944). A while back, there was a discussion here of people trying to guess who the dancers were

Everyone loved the male dancer, but no one seemed to realize at the time I posted this that he was the father in the Minoo/Mehmood clan, Mumtaz Ali. That fact showed up in YouTube comments, etc., prey quickly. There was also one comment on YouTube that named the female dancer as Azurie. Admiedly, there have been disputes as to whether or not the dancer in other scenes up on YouTube was really Azurie, but until someone tells me otherwise, Ill take the word of that one comment that she was the dancer in O Janewala Balemwa. One reason I believe this is because I read elsewhere that Azurie was a major inuence on the woman whom I originally mistook as the rst great item dancer; that is, Helens mentor, Cuckoo. This is mostly conjecture, but I think you can actually see that the dancer in O Janewala Balemwa was an inuence on Cuckoo

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Recently, I also saw a picture of Azurie that popped up on the Vintage Era page of Facebook. (And if that isnt enough to intrigue someone, what is?)

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I also learned that Azurie was one of the great old female Jewish stars of Indian cinema that weve been talking a lot about lately. (So, what perfect timing it was to start learning about her! And by the way, there is a very good list of Jewish Bollywood stars in a discussion at the Jews of India Forum.) In terms of national origins, her mother was Indian and her father was German. That information can be found in a decent post over at the Cineplot Encyclopedia. It was there that I learned, also, that she migrated to Pakistan. She did not do this in 1947, but in 1960, somewhat like Rehana (who migrated to Pakistan in 1956). According to Cineplot, her rst lm might have been one called Nadira (like the name of another famous Jewish actress), which was made in 1934. Her last lm in India was Bahana , which was released in 1960, and she starred in other lms in Pakistan, such as Jhoomar, which actually has a release date of 1959. She died in Pakistan in 1998, at the age of 90 or 91. So, Azurie was clearly around for quite a while, too. I hope this means I can dig up some more scenes with her in them, whether in lms or elsewhere, and other info, too. I would like her to continue to be a subject in this blog. Welcome, Azurie!

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1. said:dustedo May 24, 2013 at 5:43 am Thank you for digging up her name, Richard! I loved her in O jaanewaale balamwa , and its good to know who she was. And yes, Ill admit I hadnt known or had forgoen that her partner in that song was Mehmoods father. We live and learn 2. said:thandapani May 24, 2013 at 5:48 am Oh I love Mumtaz Ali sightings, and to have him dance with this beautiful woman! I cant wait to check out the songs. 3. said:Anandaswarup Gadde May 24, 2013 at 5:50 am Vinayak Razdan had a short post about her hp://8ate.blogspot.com.au/2011/05/azuri-rst-of-dancing-sirens.html 4. said:Anandaswarup Gadde May 24, 2013 at 6:08 am Richard, If you search under her actual name, there is much more information like this hp://www.facebook.com/cpfacanada/posts/353899331375526 5. said:Richard S.

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You are welcome, Madhu, and, as Ive said before in reference to other things :) , I am happy that you like that performance as much as I do! Ava, I hope you had a chance to see that dance, too. And meanwhile, Swarup, as I mentioned on FB, I was very impressed by the links that you came up with You managed to come up with something very comprehensive in about two minutes (so it seemed) And as I was saying, I dont know why all these other sites that I checked didnt have any information on Azuries important time in Pakistan since, as your second link tells us, she was a very important classical dancer there. 6. said:pacist May 25, 2013 at 10:26 pm That is a great nd Richard. The song is beautiful and Ive long loved it. Im wondering if Azurie will suddenly poip up in some of the lms Tom is dealing with. I hope so. As for Mumtaz Ali. He dances quite well. Ava posted a song of his once, really a good one. Im not posting it here so as not to derail the thread. Thanks for this discovery. 7. said:Richard S. May 25, 2013 at 10:53 pm Thank you, Pacist. I wonder if Azurie could be one of the ?s in some of the old lms that Tom has already dealt with. :) Regarding Mumtaz Ali, I recall that he had a few good dances in Shenhai (1947), a lm that I also know for the great music of C. Ramchandra and the appearance of an adorable young Rehana. (Also, this was noteworthy for a drag scene that I think Harvey mentioned: Mumtaz Ali and Dulari both dressed as the opposite sex.) One of my favorite Mumtaz Ali songs is actually a later one in which he doesnt dance, in Seema (1955). Maybe I should do a Mumtaz Ali post sometime. 8. said:Songs Of Yore May 27, 2013 at 7:32 am Richard, This is an exciting piece of information. O janewale balamwa has been my eternal favourite, and I was always curious to know about its dancers. While there is no doubt about Auzurie, I have serious doubts about Mumtaz Ali being the male dancer. Let me give you my reasons. My obvious doubt is because he has no resemblance to Mumtaz Ali. He is too thin and looks shorter than Mumtaz Ali. You must have seen a number of famous dance clips of Mumtaz Ali. Let me link three: 1. Main to dilli se dulhan laya re from Jhoola (1941)

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2. Humre Raja ki aaj sagai hai from Jhoola again

3. Pehli hi mulaqaat meinbach ke rahna ji from Shehnai (1947) This is the song in double drag scene mentioned in your comment.

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Raan came exactly in between the two movies. In all the three clips, Mumtaz Ali is clearly identiable from his face with resemblance to Mehmood/Minoo Mumtaz. He is healthy whereas the dancer in O janewale seems emaciated make up would not have changed that much, and of a good height. My second doubt arises because from the mid-30s Mumtaz Ali was quite a well known name as a Bombay Talkies xture, and his name was mentioned in the credits. YouTube has the full lm Raan (hp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3LCmcoSQvE). The credits mention Auzurie (8th in the list of ten) that is how her name has been spelt. Surely Mumtaz Ali was a much bigger name and an important araction to deserve mention, but his name is not mentioned. I have searched many sources, none mention his name as a dancer in this song. I think we need to research more before we conclusively identify him as Mumtaz Ali. 9. said:pacist May 27, 2013 at 10:17 pm >I wonder if Azurie could be one of the ?s in some of the old lms that Tom has already dealt with. :) LOL Richard. Actually I wrote in the future tense because as far as I know its now that Tom has started on Pakistani lms. Yes, hes nished a couple of them, so yes, one could speak of them in the manner of your quote. :-) 10. said:minaiminai June 2, 2013 at 2:48 am I was so excited when I rst saw this post Richard! Just geing to replying now. I have a lile le Ive been maintaining on Azurie lately as I just discovered her recently. Thought to do a post someday on her but with my track record that would be in at least a couple years from now. :) Heres some interesting information I came across about her: Films: This post at a Karachiwali blog claims Some of her famous lms as a dancer include Yaad (1942), Tasveer (1943), Raan (1944), and Shahjahan (1946). This book says she played a dancer in Naya Sansar and the BFI has her in the cast (1941), and this book says she was in the Dilip Kumar-Nargis starrer Mela, but I dont know if she danced. Publications:

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Madame Auzrie: An Album of the Dancing Queen Memoirs of a Dancing Queen article from 1978, seems dicult to nd.

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Articles The online digitized newspaper archives of the national libraries of Singapore and Australia have quite a few articles on her (search both Auzurie and Azurie) that focus on her tours and dance style, and most contain low-quality pictures of her and sometimes her dance partners! Sources vary in how many lms she starred in ranging from 200-500! The Girl the Indian Go Crazy About. Auzurie to Dance Here (close-up headshot) Madame Auzurie and Troope in Good Form Singapore is Graveyard of the Stars (picture) Picture of Auzurie and partner Picture <a href=hp://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/3664769The Art of the Camera (Picture) Visit of 18 Indian Ballet Dancers Dancing Troupe for Singapore (says troupe later going to US for a TV contract) Also, this article about dance in Pakistan at Narthaki, mentions a bit about Azurie: hp://www.narthaki.com/info/articles/art286.html Last, you have to read this excerpt from Mehmood: A Man of Many Moods about how Azurie embarrased Mehmood on the set of Bahana. :D OK, thats all I got. :D 11. said:Richard S. June 6, 2013 at 6:13 am Wow, Minai, what a list! Sorry I have to be so slow at answering at the moment, but I will get back to all of this. By the way, I saw the Dilip Kumar-Nargis starrer Mela (1948), and it might get my vote as the most depressing lm ever made. But it has some festive moments, including a festival dance scene, and, yes, she must be dancing there (starting in this clip at about 3:30):

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And AK, thank you for all that evidence! You might be right, Although I am glad that we are right about Azurie. (BTW, I wouldnt assume that the credits have the most correct spelling, as so many credits Ive seen have goen names wrong.) Unfortunately, I will have to get back to your comment at a slightly later time too. (Maybe I will start to catch up this coming weekend) 12. said:Anandaswarup Gadde June 8, 2013 at 12:02 pm Richard, Following up a link given by Minai, I came across this doctoral thesis hp://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/8km963.pdf There is some information on Azurie on pages 39 and 99-100. It seems that she is a serious dancer. 13. said:Anandaswarup Gadde June 13, 2013 at 9:27 am Richard, The information about moving to Pakistan in 1960 may not be correct. Both the above dissertation and Sheema Kermani in hp://www.narthaki.com/info/articles /art286.html Say that she moved in 1947. perhaps she came back to Bombay o and on to nish her roles in the pictures. Sheema Kermani is a dance teacher-activist who taught Bharatanatyam and odissi and still teaching in Pakistan. 14. said:Songs Of Yore June 14, 2013 at 1:56 am Richard, I was waiting for your detailed comment. But I am aware you are very busy (but thankfully not too busy for some gorgeous dances of Padmini :). The exact chronology of Azurie whether she migrated in 1947 and came back to India to complete her lm in 1960, or whether she migrated post-60 I am sure you are going to crack soon. But meanwhile I have discovered something exciting which I wanted to share with you. I got in touch with Mumtaz Alis grandson, Ajaz Ali (son of Minoo Mumtaz). He conrmed that the male dancer in O janewale balamwa is not Mumtaz Ali. He also identied the male dancer and that is the exciting part as Shyam Kumar! This has to be the singer himself. But I think we should also look for corroboration. (I have indicated in my conversations with Minoo Mumtaz how I came to have some acquaintance with them). There is more to come. Around the time of your post, I read in Ashok Da Ranades Hindi Film Songs: Music Beyond Boundaries that there was a famous drum dance in V Shantarams Chandrasena (1935), in which Azurie was the lead dancer. Lo and behold, a regular at my blog, Mr Venkataraman, sent me this link of the said drum dance. For a 1935 lm, the video quality is superb. Puing two and two together, the dancer on the central drum should be our Azurie! This is fantastic, even though we see her mostly in silhouee. This leads us to another research topic which is her rst dance in lms? hp://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1008vb_chandrasena-1935-marathi-v-shantaram-dance-number_creation#.UbnX6GDN4Xx 15. said:Richard S. June 14, 2013 at 2:47 am Thank you for all the good information, AK! By the way, I did read your very interesting post about your visit with Ajaz Ali and Minoo Mumtaz. A while back, I actually

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fantasized about looking for Minoo Mumtaz, myself, during one of my stays with my sister in Ithaca, NY, not far from Niagara (either side). But for various reasons, I could not begin to follow through. Anyway, it is excellent to have that information about the male dancer in O Janewala Balamwa. I will revise this post accordingly, possibly this weekend. It is great to see that Azurie drum dance, too. By the way, that Dalymotion site belongs to Minai, who commented above; Kasuvandi is another of her noms de blog. Regarding Azuries rst lm appearance, Cineplot speculates that it is a lm called Nadira , which came out in 1934. And yes, I have been very busy and tired lately Actually moved to another town (Philadelphia) to work at a challenging and time-consuming job for at least a few months (if it lasts) in order to beer survive for the time being. And it takes much less time and energy to post a few videos (whether here or on Facebook) than to write full sentences in a blog :) , especially if you are a perfectionist when it comes to writing (and editing all writings), as I am (and as I think you must be to some extent too). So, anyway, I hope this response has been detailed enough for now. :) Swarup, I also need to get back to you more, dont I? I guess we can try to solve the puzzle re. when Azurie moved to Pakistan. I had thought it was not that easy for a lm star, singer, or dancer who moved there during Partition to move back and forth. It took Noor Jehan over 30 years to come back to India, but, then she had her whole identity tied up with Pakistan and vice versa to a degree. Runa Laila managed to go back and forth a lile, but a bit later (and anyway, she was from East Pakistan/Bangladesh). But I am also going to have to look into that thesis a lot of catching up to do! 16. said:Anandaswarup Gadde June 14, 2013 at 4:00 am Richard, Do not worry about geing back to me. I took some interest because you were interested. I am happy reading that dissertation about Indu Mitha. I always wondered about all that routine stu in Bharatanatyam and why people did not adopt it modern concerns. I am happy that Indu Mitha has done that and that Uday Shankars legacy lives on. About going back and forth between India and Pakistan, I read somewhere that it was easy until 1965 and several lm personalities did that. I think that some playback singers and music directors were also part of those travels. Good luck with your job. Swarup 17. said:gaddeswarup June 14, 2013 at 5:32 am Songs of Yore, Is it the same Shyam Kumar who acted in the lm Dard 1947? 18. said:gaddeswarup June 14, 2013 at 10:07 am Richard, about interactions between indian and Pakistani lm industries, here is one story 9a bit gaudy, but Cineplot essentially gives the same story. This has additional information about Vinod) hp://creative.sulekha.com/ek-thi-ladki-there-existed-a-girl-love-story-of-meena-roop-shorey-true-one_461465_blog Sheila Ramani acted in a Pakistani lm in the fties. Geeta Du and Talat sang in Pakistani lms. I mthink one MD from India worked in Pakistani lms for a fewyears.

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There must be many more cases. I think, it all chamged after the 65 war.and is geing beer again. I think it will dicult to nd more about Azuri without access to some journals and books from Pakistan. 19. said:Songs Of Yores June 14, 2013 at 1:45 pm

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Gaddeswarupji, This Shyam Kumar is dierent from the actor-singer Shyam of Dillagi, who also acted in lms like Bazaar (1949). While Shyam sang his own songs in some lms, Shyam Kumar was primarily a playback singer. 20. said:MinaiMinai June 30, 2013 at 10:35 pm What exciting progress we are are making on Ms. Azurie! SongofYore, thats a fantastic tidbit you dug up about the Chandrasena (1935) dancer being Azurie! I had discussed that dance in my post on dances in early Indian cinema, but I had no idea the dancer was Azurie. Its really a fantastic dance especially for the time, and the silhouee concept and costume is clearly inspired by the Prabhat Films logo. Richard I checked WorldCat.org for the Madame Auzrie: an Album of a Dancing Queen book and it says the University of Pennsylvania library has a copy (specically at the Van Pelt Library, 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia PA 19104-6206)seeing above that you said you are now located in Philadelphia, how close are you to this library? :D :D :D :D I could also try to request the book through Interlibrary Loan through the College I work atIve been geing fairly rare books that way for a while, though I try to space out my requests. :) There is a bunch of pictures at Lifes photo archive that look very much like Auzurie, especially compared to the poses and costumes she had in those Australian/Singapore articles linked to above. Check it out: hp://images.google.com/hosted/life/6a3f1604fe5c57c9.html (I swear I have seen this picture somewhere else online with names credited to it) hp://images.google.com/hosted/life/7e3f7ad06ce8ea15.html hp://images.google.com/hosted/life/262db8727bdbcd3f.html hp://images.google.com/hosted/life/adcf9e7c86f4c740.html hp://images.google.com/hosted/life/b38aacad5da791b4.html (rather unfortunate undergarment color! ;D) hp://images.google.com/hosted/life/93b15a68685db.html hp://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/4345a73d36fd1779_landing Also, of interest to the topic of Jewish stars in Bollywood, look at this fabulous picture of Kamalesh/Kamlesh Kumari (mentioned at the Jews of India forum) and Shambhu Maharaj in Sunil Kotharis book on Kathak. Ive been meaning to nd more information on her forever but havent had the chance. Thought this was a great opportunity to post that pic! Ive saved the best for last though. Heres an excerpt of an interview with Kamala in the article Paga Ghungroo Re in Sruti magazine: Q. Did you learn Kathak completely? A. Oh yes. And I remember whatever I have learnt. I used to brush up my learning with Gopi-krishnas help. Q. You have performed Kathak with him in a lm. Am I right? A. Yes. I have danced also with Auzurie and Sadhana Bose. So our Baby/Kumari Kamala danced with Auzurie and Sadhana Bose! I assume she meant in lmswow! 21. said:MinaiMinai

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Just found this: A picture of Azuri at the Facebook page of the documentary Shalom Bollywood about Indian Jewish contributions to Indian cinema. Looks to have some rare photos, especially of Jewish actresses! 22. said:Richard S. June 30, 2013 at 11:29 pm Minai, thanks for all those links! I will have to spend some more time later to look at all of them. Re. the Penn library, it is an easy walk from my current residence, under a mile. Unfortunately, though, as I understand it, you cant take anything out of that library without an ID from Penn or a related school, or some kind of courtesy card. Its been a long, long time since i went to the U. of Penn., so I am not going to have an ID, and Im not sure how to get the courtesy card. Regarding that picture of Azurie, yes, I saw it before and probably shared it. I have shared most of the pics from that page already. :) If you are doing things on Facebook anyway, why dont you start a regular account rather than just doing your blog page? Maybe you just havent goen around to it I didnt have a Facebook account until close to 11 months ago, and I still wouldnt have it if it werent started by someone else for me (who is no longer around there unfortunately and I had a longer explanation about that, but I decided to delete it :) ) Anyway, I resisted the phenomenon for a long time, but Ive got to admit that Facebook has been a big advantage for exchanging pics, videos, and other information with at least half a dozen of my Bolly blogging friends as well people from entirely dierent circles (which sometimes strangely overlap with this one). Alas, it also probably led to my spending less time on this blog, but the consequences werent as great as I thought they might be. 23. said:Songs Of Yore July 2, 2013 at 5:09 am Gaddeswarupji, On Shyam and Shyam Kumar I had some discussion with Mr Arunkumar Deshmukh. Meanwhile I also happened to watch three movies which had Shyam Kumar Dard , Dillagi and Dulari. In all these Shyam Kumar was in a negative role. To make it interesting, Dillagi also had Shyam in the lead role. Shyam was one of the major actors of his time, but his career was short-lived as he had a fatal fall from horse riding while shooting for Shabistan (1951). Shyam Kumar on the other hand had a longer career, but mostly as a villain. He was also a playback singer. I am also advised by Arunji that the actor Shyam never sang, and all the songs ascribed to Shyam are actually by Shyam Kumar. You may treat my previous comment corrected to this extent. 24. said:MinaiMinai July 3, 2013 at 2:46 am Richard, Youre only a mile away from that library, what a coincidence! :) According to that librarys website, its only open to the public before 6 on weekdays. And thats just to visit and readif you want to check stu out, youre right, you need a visitor card and its hundreds of dollars! Wow, the universities here and not nearly this stringent at all. So I suppose if you ever have time before 6 on a weekday, you could go there and jot down or type up interesting portions from the book. Tell your boss important research about Azurie awaits!! lol ;D Glad to see you already knew about that great Facebook page. I do have a personal Facebook account, but I keep it strictly private actually until I created my blog-page I rarely used FB and hated it! But Ive come around. :) I was frustrated to nd that I could not friend people with my page (and theres lots of things dierent about pages, although they do allow you to view detailed visitor statistics which is interesting). Live and learn. :)

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I found another blurb about Azurie in this book by spelling her name Azoori, and it mentions the Cuckoo connection you noted above: It is not clear on whom the title of the rst vamp of Hindi cinema should be conferred. It has often been said that Azoori and Kuldeep Kaur were dancing before Cuckoo came along in 1945, and that Cuckoo modelled herself on Azoori; but in terms of public memory, it is the student who outdid the master. Cuckoo is still a distant memory for lm bus; Kuldeep and Azoori are connoisseurs curiosities. Helen eclipsed them all and established such a pinnacle of achievement that all the dancers and anti-heroines who came afterwards would look like bad copies. Ive never heard of Kuldeep before. Heres an article about her with a picture. Another research topic! :) 25. said:Richard S. July 3, 2013 at 3:03 am Minai, unfortunately, now that you have told me this much, I am prey certain I am not going to be able to look at that book in the library for as long as I have this job. But the job is scheduled for only four months (until the beginning of October), and who knows if I or it will last even that long? And maybe Ill be somewhere around here later on (Im not sure). The present residence actually goes only through August, so everything is uncertain. Thats my life in recent years (and I know Im far from alone in that regard) Anyway, thank you for informing me about yet another book. :) I guess that passage is prey accurate. I actually like Cuckoo more than Helen, but to some fans of classic Bollywood, saying such a thing probably amounts to blasphemy! But I do like Helen, too. And Azurie, and Kuldeep Kaur. I remember Kuldeep Kaur best as the queen of the dacoits in Baiju Bawra . Meena Kumari was gorgeous in that lm (and was on the road to becoming even more gorgeous a few years later), but Kuldeep was actually more interesting. But I think that was because of the characters they played Anyway, Sadaat Hasan Manto also wrote some interesting stu about Kuldeep in Stars from Another Sky. I will have to look for quotes later (and am not sure I even took the book to Philly left so may things in dierent places but Ill look for it). 26. said:gaddeswarup July 3, 2013 at 8:50 am Richard, I wonder whether you came across anather actor-dancer from early days Enakshi Rama Rao. Apparently, she wrote a book on dance and had a Ph.D. hp://www.hindu.com/2000/03/07/stories/1307017c.htm hps://wiki.indiancine.ma/wiki/Mohan%20Dayaram%20Bhavnani 27. said:Richard S. July 4, 2013 at 3:49 pm Swarup, no, I cant say that I have heard of her. Is this another book to add to the list? I havent really been able to nd any real books on the subject(s) so far, the kind that I could carry on a bus or train or read before going to sleep. (I read about this stu before going to sleep sometimes, but its with the laptop on a lile table next to my bed and a trackball in my hand. Seems the only way nowadays Especially right now, when I dont have a printer within reach.) 28. said:Anandaswarup Gadde July 4, 2013 at 10:01 pm I do not know. In some places, it is touted as the rst comprehensive book about Indian dances. I looked at a bit since the name seemed a Telugu name. 29. said:MinaiMinai July 5, 2013 at 1:55 am

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Richard, No biggie if you cant make it to the library. :) If you want, remind me later and Ill see if I can get it through interlibrary loan. Gaddeswarup, I have seen that book The Dance in India, and while I dont recall specics I remember nding it to be very much a product of the time period and similar to other titles around that era. I had no idea that it is considered to be the rst comprehensive book about Indian dance! There are many other books about Indian dance before the 1960s,.but maybe Enakshis was really the rst to cover all forms of dance in India including folk. Interesting, I will have to revisit it again! Richard, I found the book Indian Dance: The Ultimate Metaphor very helpful in covering all the classical Indian dance forms in an understandable way. Quality really varies in this subject I have found, especially the further back in time you go when some forms werent even considered classical yet and factual inconsistencies were more common (and there was much less critical analysis compared to the last 20 years or so). How interesting that Enakshi Bhavni was an actress too and the lead in Shiraz (1928)! That used to be up on YT but looks like its gone now, darn it! 30. said:gaddeswarup July 5, 2013 at 3:17 am Minai, Eanakshi had a Ph. D. too, we are waiting for yours. 31. said:gaddeswarup July 5, 2013 at 3:47 am Minai, The Hindu link I mentioned above said THE EARLIEST author to write comprehensively on the dierent forms of Indian dance was Enakshi (Rama Rao) Bhavnani who, in 1965, published her book The Dance in India. This unique treatise deals with the origin and history, foundations and the art and science of dances in India classical, folk and tribal. The numerous photographs reproduced in this book are of real archival value. The next eminent writer to deal with the subject is Kapila Vatsysyan whose publication Indian Classical Dance is an equally illuminating work. That is from where I got the impression. Enakshi seems to have wrien scripts too for some documentaries made by her husband Bhavnani.Seems to be a multi-talented lady but we know very lile about her. I found only one reference to her in Telugu newspapers. It seems Enakshi means some thing like deer-eyed. 32. said:MinaiMinai October 14, 2013 at 3:39 am Just ran across a bunch of early Prabhat Films songs uploaded on YouTube recently, and found the credits for Chandrasena! hp://youtu.be/T1RPGR3xlLA?t=52s At :54 secondsproof of Azuries participation in the dance. You can see her name at the boom, Azuri, credited for the dance. The whole playlist of song clips from the lm is here (including a beer quality version of the Azuri dance). I have a post in the works about some more early lm dances I found and am so excited more Prabhat Films clips are available online! Toodles, ~Minai 33. said:Richard S. October 15, 2013 at 2:05 am Good visual research, Minai :) thank you for conrming this!

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