Sri Dushyanth Sridhar

CONCEPT & NARRATION

Sri Dushyanth Sridhar is is a public speaker, writer and film director. One of the most highly regarded public speakers in Sanātana Dharma who renders discourses in English and Tamil, he has rendered over 3,500 discourses in 125 cities across 23 countries. He delivers discourses on Rāmāyana, Mahābhārata, Bhāgavata, Vishnu Purāna, Bhagavad Gitā, Vishnu Sahasranāma and Divya Prabanda in the upanyāsam, pravachanam or kālakshepam style. Dushyanth has collaborated with eminent musicians to deliver discourses in the harikathā style and with renowned dancers in the kathā-nritya style.

Dushyanth is known in households through his discourses in regional Indian TV channels and is a sought-after panelist in national TV channels. He has amassed 50 million views on YouTube from his 2,000 videos. Dushyanth has also authored a coffee-table book in English titled “Vedānta Desika: The Peerless Poet-Preceptor,” a critically acclaimed and best-selling book in its genre.

In addition to Agre Pasyami, he has conceptualized, scripted and directed large dance productions such as  Rāmāyana Sudhā, Srinivāsam Prapadye, Aranganin Pādaiyil, Rāmānuja Darshanam, Bhāvayāmi Raghurāmam and Vedānta Desika Charitram with leading choreographers.

Dushyanth has directed and produced the award-winning Sanskrit movie “Sākuntalam” and penned the story, screenplay and dialogues for the movie “Vedānta Desika,” in addition to playing the role of the protagonist.

Smt Anitha Guha

CHOREOGRAPHY

Smt Anitha Guha, one of the most popular non-performing Bharatanatyam teachers of Chennai, is a disciple of Guru Govindarajan Pillai and Dr. Ananda Shankar Jayant. Appreciated by critics as the foremost ballet producer of her generation, she has carved a niche for herself with several much-lauded mythological Nrithya Natakams and thematic dance productions.

In 2011, she had the prestigious opportunity of working with great musicians choreographing and presenting the “Kishkindha Kandam” from Adikavya Ramayanam along with many senior gurus. Anitha has a number of productions to her credit: Parishvanga Pattabhishekam, Hare Rama Hare Krishna, Pada Kavita Pitamaha, Thiruppavai, Mahadevam Mahasenam Bhaje, Sadha Venkatesam, and Swagatham Krishna Saranagatham Krishna to name a few.

Dr. Rajkumar Bharathi

MUSIC

Born in Chennai, Dr. Rajkumar Bharathi received his initial training in music from his mother, Smt Lalitha Bharathi. Advancing in his learning, he further trained under Sri Valliyur Gurumurthi, Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna, and Professor T.V. Gopalakrishnan.

Rajkumar has carved out a niche for himself as a composer and singer. As a music composer for dance, he has composed many Pushpanjalis, Varnams, Padams and Thillanas, and has worked with many leading dance masters in India and abroad such as Alarmel Valli, Dr Saraswathi, Jayanthi Subramaniam, Hema Rajagopalan, Malathi Iyengar, Nina Rajarani, and Menaka Thakkar.

Rajkumar has been honored as a recipient of the Asthana Vidwan title by Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham; the Gowri Manohari by Guru Surajananda Trust; the Acharya Choodamani by Sri Krishna Gana Sabha; and the Natyarangam Award by Narada Gana Sabha. Rajkumar also received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for his contribution to dance music

Sri Sai Shravanam

SOUNDSCAPE DESIGN

Sri Sai Shravanam is an Indian music producer, recording and scoring engineer, and musician. He is a self-trained tabla player and one of the few classically trained sound engineers in the country. He is the owner and founder of Resound India in the city of Chennai.

As a child music prodigy and ardent devotee of Sathya Sai Baba, Sai showed signs of great talent from the early age of 6. While watching a TV commercial for tea featuring tabla wizard Ustad Zakir Hussain creating magical notes, Sai imprinted those notes in his mind. The impact of it was so profound that his parents got him his first tabla set. Four years later, he was spotted by maestro Zakir Hussain. Early percussion lessons from Zakir and his brother Fazal Qureshi showcased his talent and got him the opportunity to work in various cross-cultural and experimental music endeavors with composers and artists.

Since 2004, Sai has been an active musician, sound engineer and producer for various film projects, classical music albums, documentary films, and dance theatre productions. He has arranged the Indian score elements and recorded the Indian music for the “The Man who Knew Infinity,” a Hollywood biopic on legendary Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. His versatility earned him commendable recognition as a sound recordist/additional engineer for the Academy Award winning film “Life of Pi.”