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Pt. Chitresh Das performs his legendary traditional Kathak solo - Pt. 2

Traditionally in a Kathak solo, the dancer performs a gat bhao (storytelling) in which he/she depicts all of the characters of the story, switching between them with a quick turn called a palta. A true master is able to portray all of these (male and female). In this excerpt from the Mahabharata, Pandit Das' depiction of the dice game is legendary and portrayal of Draupadi when she has been dragged into the court, couldn't be more powerful. He ends the amazing solo with his signature song, Sri Krishna Caitanya. A little known fact--Pandit Das composes all his own music! Pandit Das was accompanied by some of India's greatest musicians: Pandit Bhawani Shankar, Pakawaj Pandit Abhijit Banerjee, Tabla Jayanta Banerjee, Sitar Rohan Misra, Sarangi Special guest: Indian classical vocalist Shweta Jhaveri