Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
This bharatanatyam piece is set to a fusion of Lalgudi Jayaraman’s Desh thillana and Amir Khusrau’s Sufi poem Main to Piya se naina, which was later composed into a song by Ram Sampath. Here, the dancers contrast romantic (sringara) love, which is described in the poem, with the devotional (bhakti) love described in the thillana. The two adult dancers take turns depicting the main character (nayika) of the poem, and use facial expressions (abhinaya), to convey to the audience how the nayika is feeling after seeing her beloved. The two teenage dancers portray their devotional love for Muruga.
Music created for IndianRaga by Maalavika Sundar and Vinod Krishnan.
Watch the music video at youtu.be/FfafUwI1mrc
Concept by: Anugraha Raman
Choreographed & Performed by: Anugraha Raman, Subhashree Thyagarajan, Hasya Karthik and Ann Vadakkan
The artists can be reached at:
Anugraha Raman
instagram.com/amraman15
Subhashree Thyagarajan
instagram.com/artiste_subhashreethyagarajan
Hasya Karthik
instagram.com/hasya_karthik
Ann Vadakkan
instagram.com/ann.vadakkan
To learn classical music with a popular twist, sign up at indianraga.com/ragalabs
To feature in an IndianRaga production, apply to be an IndianRaga Fellow at indianraga.com/fellowship
IndianRaga brings together the best musicians and dancers across 60 international cities to collaborate on high quality music videos viewed by millions of people globally. The genres we work with are rooted in Indian classical performing arts and include Carnatic music (South Indian classical music), Hindustani music (North Indian classical music), semi-classical music, contemporary and fusion music, Indian classical dances including Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi, Odissi, Mohiniattam, Kathak, and also ballet, tap, contemporary dance. Our productions also include a wide range of instruments including mridangam, tabla, sitar, violin, flute/bansuri, veena, ghatam, and new-age categories like music arrangement and production with EDM, Trap, Pop amongst others. Our most popular innovations include classical cover songs, a cappella, mashups and remixes of the latest viral pop hits in both western and Indian music. Anyone can apply to join our collaborations, and you can visit indianraga.com for more details and application process.
This bharatanatyam piece is set to a fusion of Lalgudi Jayaraman’s Desh thillana and Amir Khusrau’s Sufi poem Main to Piya se naina, which was later composed into a song by Ram Sampath. Here, the dancers contrast romantic (sringara) love, which is described in the poem, with the devotional (bhakti) love described in the thillana. The two adult dancers take turns depicting the main character (nayika) of the poem, and use facial expressions (abhinaya), to convey to the audience how the nayika is feeling after seeing her beloved. The two teenage dancers portray their devotional love for Muruga.
Music created for IndianRaga by Maalavika Sundar and Vinod Krishnan.
Watch the music video at youtu.be/FfafUwI1mrc
Concept by: Anugraha Raman
Choreographed & Performed by: Anugraha Raman, Subhashree Thyagarajan, Hasya Karthik and Ann Vadakkan
The artists can be reached at:
Anugraha Raman
instagram.com/amraman15
Subhashree Thyagarajan
instagram.com/artiste_subhashreethyagarajan
Hasya Karthik
instagram.com/hasya_karthik
Ann Vadakkan
instagram.com/ann.vadakkan
To learn classical music with a popular twist, sign up at indianraga.com/ragalabs
To feature in an IndianRaga production, apply to be an IndianRaga Fellow at indianraga.com/fellowship
IndianRaga brings together the best musicians and dancers across 60 international cities to collaborate on high quality music videos viewed by millions of people globally. The genres we work with are rooted in Indian classical performing arts and include Carnatic music (South Indian classical music), Hindustani music (North Indian classical music), semi-classical music, contemporary and fusion music, Indian classical dances including Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi, Odissi, Mohiniattam, Kathak, and also ballet, tap, contemporary dance. Our productions also include a wide range of instruments including mridangam, tabla, sitar, violin, flute/bansuri, veena, ghatam, and new-age categories like music arrangement and production with EDM, Trap, Pop amongst others. Our most popular innovations include classical cover songs, a cappella, mashups and remixes of the latest viral pop hits in both western and Indian music. Anyone can apply to join our collaborations, and you can visit indianraga.com for more details and application process.
