think I’m much confident when I’m in
women’s attire I think probably that the
women empowerment so the beginning is
see that’s how I look when I was at
school fifth or fourth I was very sharp
guy in my school and then I was studying
before my age that means I finished my
time class much before than 15 years so
I was a very shy child I was a very
introvert never used to speak to me at
all I mean I used to say hi hello if
there is somebody’s ask you me and how I
am I looking in how I am
how am I feeling or not nothing it’s a
pretty boring childhood that I had in
that boring childhood I found something
very interesting
I was watching Dede thanks to Dede then
we had couple of dancers dancing at some
time with a random time we can’t we we
can’t predict the time because we never
know what is going to happen so when we
switch on sometimes it used to come so I
got stuck with that music and the
grandeur the beauty the color the the
colorfulness on the screen somehow
dragged me know I never attracted with
anything before like that
you know I was very very attractive and
so keen what is that so so later came to
know it was a couch if there is a
classical dance not a quitter booty so I
few few videos I saw and then you know
my my dad and my mother saw me watching
so keen is it okay it’s not so good
practice so sometimes so we give a small
warning my dad so it’s not a good idea
just don’t see but when
my mother and father went outside I was
at home and I was milady watching the TV
and of course I went over the board and
then like you know copying what well
they were doing I was doing peer space
that was very jumping to something
really hit my head that was my father
say very hard so then this is how what
happened he took the remote and then he
broke into pieces and he told me next
time if I see watching you that I will
break your head also the TV sir series
Langer I should not speak I should not
do anything related to dance okay later
everything comes the religion whatever
it is but for me at that stage that was
the notion that was understood
Cinda like no answer so I didn’t really
talk much I didn’t really behave the way
that I was like no interested in Don’s
and things like that
so I kept quite so after few years I met
one of my friend and he told me there
was a dance teacher in on goal is it we
have a dance teacher here well I want to
know that was so I took that was the
same day when they’re so so as usual
I’ve been there and then I was I saw
teacher who’s a tank lady and then I
asked I want to learn dance she said I
don’t teach any film sounds I was
studying intermediate first year at the
time so if anybody is thinking if it is
too late I think there’s never a point
late I just met a lady in the audience
and who spoke about it so I started
learning with the Guru Mohini
ah so Martina go Mohini and she wasn’t
on work then and I started learning so
small pieces like you know we have steps
advanced steps we have jetties we have
songs I was in a very basic level I used
to feel so happy one little step I did
it
so I used to pick up that step quickly
go home
whereas you practice whereas you you do
go to washroom opens up just dance this
is my first dance post I could have done
much better see the long shirt and then
loose band okay so of course I bribed so
much and I threat to I mean I requested
a lot of I requested a lot to the
photographer because don’t show the
photograph to anybody just give it to me
that that’s it so okay this is my first
ever photo I wanted to show you guys and
this is how I look so innocent with the
innocent looks only I really did a lot
of damage to my family there I go
I changed my cities as you know starting
a new journey as an artist with wings no
time boundaries no hajar a cabaret a
bikini aisle marketing gay all that is
not there then I have found few teams
and I found few gurus I learned few new
choreography is I met great people I met
good organizers and I performed back in
photo I forgot my studies only so this I
was I was very free and I used to go to
places to perform I I really had a good
time when I came here that Hyderabad
gave me a lot and that’s why I love my
city and don’t don’t go anywhere
what should I do now challenging the
artist in me I was bored of myself I
perform the perform in perform what else
I want to do so you want to challenge
this is my first women attire photo so I
wanted to there was there is a history
of Kuchipudi starting and practising and
propagating by men only this only recent
5060 years back women entering to go and
and throw all boys out so this is a
makeup test a photo and I had a video
body language thing and everything I
wanted to do this and I started doing
that before that what crossed my mind is
what would people think that was a
cultural shock just dancing itself now
this so how would I convince my parents
because there were at least you know
listened enough to leave me alone now if
i impersonate what would they think what
would my family go through what would my
immediate friends think what would
Society will point me so all that so how
many thought if the answer question is
classical dancer the stereotype answers
would be tell me that must be women that
must be gay that must be a phenom a a
family 9 what not I mean many things to
add yes I’m a dance
I’m a Lincoln I dance ok what do we do
ok that means that there are not a job
today so many things that do I live No
even today danced but it was very tough
thing to take a letter decision you know
our to impersonate a big naturally it
was it was again you need to bother
about so many things and then you know
you are worried with the society and all
that you know it I don’t want to say it
running in a man’s world called
progressive man in woman’s world but I
want to prove that wrong I think I will
one day what happens when I am a woman
so when I’m in a woman’s world this
small little small story that I want to
share I was an impersonator then I was
performing few rules if I am
impersonating where is Charlotte least
of it that was really not decent photo
mostly always cover a bit but never
really talked so closely I knew that
body language and even for the
photographs keep distance behave like a
woman don’t really act like em we don’t
give an indication towards anything
wrong with women with female
impersonation and all that you know I
started thinking how women feel if it is
disrespect in the costume or maybe in
the dance style if I am vocally dancing
and things I have thought about all that
and I made it so strict rules okay if I
am impersonating I am doing this I am
doing that I am doing this so with all
the rules with all the rules with my
it’s from my childhood till this point I
was very comfortable with my skin do
whatever I was I was I was studying I
was doing job I was doing dance I was
doing I was doing impersonation and I
took many challenges but I was as a
person very very comfortable with what I
was doing
are you comfortable in what you guys are
doing thank you
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