Time and again this
dance form was projected in many Indian movies as well as international
films. In the year1993 Bollywood actress Meenakshi Sheshadri dressed in a
resplendent orange sanyasin dhoti, renowned danced a tandava item,
composed chiefly in Odissi, in the film Damini – Lightning.
Bollywood actress Rekha was seen imparting Odissi dance lessons to a group of young learners, while Indira Varma was shown learning Odissi steps to the accompaniment of the mardala in Mira Nair's magnum opus film Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love in the year 1996
Actress Rani Mukherjee performed a dance at the International Indian Film Academy Awards, 2003, function dressed in Odissi costume. Though this act was later criticised by celebrated Odissi gurus and performers expressed for insulting the integrity of the dance and the costume.
In the Bollywood firm Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2003) Bollywood actress Vidya Balan was seen in an entire sequence of dance in Odissi costume, later Malayalam actor Vineeth was also seen in the remake of this film in Malayalam.
Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, who took Odissi lessons for an
India-China joint film venture, The Desire loosely based on the life of
Odissi dancer Protima Gauri Bedi.
National Award-winning Bengali filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh used Odissi dance in his film Chitrangada: The Crowning Wish(2012). Sangeet Natak Akademi Awardee Guru Sharmila Biswas taught Rituparno Ghosh Odissi for his film.
Internationally , in a short 23 second Odissi dance scene was featured in pop-star Michael Jackson's music video of Black or White in the year1991.
Pop-star
Madonna was also seen dancing along with Odissi dancers live on stage
during the 1998 MTV Award ceremony. US-based Odissi performers, Patnaik
Sisters, were chosen to choreograph and perform alongside the legendary
pop artist.
Bollywood actress Rekha was seen imparting Odissi dance lessons to a group of young learners, while Indira Varma was shown learning Odissi steps to the accompaniment of the mardala in Mira Nair's magnum opus film Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love in the year 1996
Actress Rani Mukherjee performed a dance at the International Indian Film Academy Awards, 2003, function dressed in Odissi costume. Though this act was later criticised by celebrated Odissi gurus and performers expressed for insulting the integrity of the dance and the costume.
In the Bollywood firm Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2003) Bollywood actress Vidya Balan was seen in an entire sequence of dance in Odissi costume, later Malayalam actor Vineeth was also seen in the remake of this film in Malayalam.
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National Award-winning Bengali filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh used Odissi dance in his film Chitrangada: The Crowning Wish(2012). Sangeet Natak Akademi Awardee Guru Sharmila Biswas taught Rituparno Ghosh Odissi for his film.
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Internationally , in a short 23 second Odissi dance scene was featured in pop-star Michael Jackson's music video of Black or White in the year1991.
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