Navarasa - The Mahabharata Experience by Apoorva Krishna brings together nine emotions and one epic
The Hindu
Navarasa - The Mahabharata Experience by violinist Apoorva Krishna is a rare thematic production that explores the spectrum of human emotion
“If Indian classical music is designed to evoke emotion, what would happen if I built an entire concert around the nine fundamental emotions, the Navarasas, and let them unfold through a single, timeless narrative?” That was the question violinist Apoorva Krishna asked herself and the result was Navarasa - The Mahabharata Experience.
“The Mahabharata Experience was born from that simple but powerful question I kept returning to,” she says, adding that her latest thematic production is based on the emotions that The Mahabharata evokes. To be presented on March 14, Navarasa - The Mahabharata Experience has her exploring the nine fundamental emotions from this ancient Indian epic.
“The Mahabharata felt inevitable. Within its vast canvas lies love, laughter, fear, disgust, courage, compassion, fury, wonder, and peace. Rather than retelling the story, I was interested in distilling its emotional core, allowing each rasa or emotion to become a doorway through which audiences experienced the epic from within.”
The production is presented as an immersive journey of melodic dialogues with six artistes in the ensemble — Momin Khan on the sarangi, sitarist Malvica Chopra, Rakshita Ramesh on the veena, mridangist Vinod Shyam and Roopak Kallurkar on the tabla, with Apoorva on the violin and directing.
“The production allows music to evolve organically with Hindustani and Carnatic flourishes as we explore the emotional chroma of each raga-rasa through carefully chosen ragas. The idea was to build a cohesive sonic landscape while preserving the individuality of each artiste,” says Apoorva.
Violinist Apoorva Krishna | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
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