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Bala, 1976 Production: National Centre for the Performing Arts, Bombay and Government of Tamil Nadu Screenplay, Music, Narration and Direction: Satyajit Ray Photography: Soumendu Roy Editing: Dulal Dutta Sound: S.P. Ramanathah, Sujit Sarkar, David Duration: 33 mins. Colour             The Theme The great artiste dancing on the beach This documentary presents the portrait of a dancer of "Bharata Natyam," Balasaraswati, whom Ray had seen in performance in Calcutta in 1935, when he was fourteen years old and she was seventeen. Ray conceived this film in 1966 but, for various reasons, couldn't properly undertake it until much later. Ray ascertained that Bala, 58 years old in 1976, had never been filmed, in spite of having danced extensively throughout her life. He made the film to document her art for future generations. Bala on stage Contributed by DKB and AKD Back Top

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