THERE IS NO REPLACEMENT FOR MRS PADMINI RAMACHANDRAN. SHE IS A BORN ACTOR-CUM-DANCER. SHE WAS ALSO THE FOUNDER PRINCIPAL OF BHARATHANATYAM SCHOOL IN NEW YORK AND TRAINED MORE THAN 120 GIRLS (BORN TO INDIAN ORIGIN PARENTS) IN BHARATHANATYAM AND INDIAN CLASSICAL DANCE. MANY A NUMBER OF SUCH SECOND GENERATION DANCERS WORSHIPPED PADMINI AS THERE 'DEVATHA' AND PAID RICH TRIBUTES WHEN SHE WAS HONOURED WITH THE HIGHEST TITLE BY THE TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT SOME YEARS BACK. IN THE EARLIER DAYS THERE HAD BEEN GOSSIPPINGS AND RUMOURS AMONG THE CINE PEOPLE IN MADRAS THAT SHIVAJI GANESAN PROPOSED HIMSELF AS GROOM FOR HER (SINC BOTH BELONG TO THE SAME PILLAI-YADAVA CASTE)BUT PADMINI REJECTED IT VERY DECENTLY WITH A VERY GREAT SMILE ON HER FACE. LONG LIVE PADMINI AND HER NAME AND FAME.
Posted by: Mr. Devendra Verma Verma At: 27, Sep 2006 12:25:19 PM ISTExcellent article Venkat. Thanks for making us know abt great dancer.
