Pâyal kî Jhankâr: Odissi dance of self-adorning beauties

[saraswathi]

thank you!!

[febeliz]

does anyone nkow where to find the khatak style?

[sweetschoolgirl]

thanx for the trans n the words

it really does help

:D

can you do it for the other competition?

thanx

:D

[tisalew]

where can i watch this movie online

[pandit2406]

Click on the link to Rajshri Productions that I've just added to the About This Video description box above (top right). The free download is in low resolution, but you can get it in higher resolution for US$ 4.99.

Enjoy!

Sunthar

[pandit2406]

Check out my musings on this dance in context of my review of the movie Swades.

Click on my user-name above, & when you get to my YouTube profile, click on link to my svAbhinava website: you'll see link to review in "What's New" section, top of left sidebar. Scroll down to index, click on "Languid women (âlasya-kanyâ) exhibiting their natural self: is the Hindu God the ultimate Voyeur?"

Enjoy!

Sunthar

[pandit2406]

Description of the "languid maiden" (âlasya-kanyâ) adorning herself with natural grace, as if she's descended from the heavens.

Of course, the dancers are very 'self-consciously' competing to depict the 'unselfconscious' beauty of the celestial nymph (apsaras). I've posted Hindi lyrics below and complete English translation of the lyrics that attempts to bring out the emotional subtleties (rasa).

I've also subtitled the various gestures in both Hindi and English in the video-clip.

Sunthar

[pandit2406]

[See] how gracefully she strolls, this beauty adorning herself...

just like lightning descending from the heavens!

Applying bindi of concentrated moonlight to her forehead,

decorating the parting of her hair with stardust,

smearing her eye-lashes with the darkness of the night,

displaying mehndi designs of her heart's desires,

[see] her pirouette as she sways by with lilting gait.

How coyly she dazzles, this beauty adorning herself...

just like lightning descending from the heavens!

Sunthar

[pandit2406]

Kar zrngâr aise calat sundarî... jaise gagan se girat bijurî! Când kî mâthî bindiyâ lagâî, târon se apne bâl (= mâng) sajâî, shyâm rât kâ kâjal Dâlâ, man umang kî mehndi racâî, laja-cama-caka pag dharat sundarî. Kar zrngâr aise calat sundarî... jaise gagan se girat bijurî! From the movie: Pâyal kî Jhankâr [Chiming of the anklets] Sunthar