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Notable Alumni
Ever since the seventies, Asavari, under the dedicated guidance and teaching from legendary, Padmashri Guru Shovana Narayan, several great dancers have emerged from its portals.
Most of them have made their own indelible mark and created their own space in the professional field of dance and Kathak – as a performer, choreographer and teacher. The important aspect of Guru Shovana’s training is that each dancer is taught to become soloists. At the same time, each dancer is well grounded in various aspects of choreography, handling of themes, ideas, music, text that are its important limbs. They are equipped not only as artistes per se but as a wholesome individual with an open and reasoning mind.
Since there are several in the field, only few names are given below:
Notable Alumnis making a mark in various other fields:
Shruti Gupta Chandra (Delhi): Shruti started training under Guru Shovana in 1972 and quickly made her mark as an acclaimed young soloist in the field of Kathak. Simultaneously, she received training in visual arts and won the National award for her work in 2005 by the Lalit Kala Akademi. Shruti has been awarded the Cultural Scholarship for Painting by the Government of India, from 1984 to 1987. She has also been awarded the Junior Fellowship by the Department of Culture, Government of India in 1991 for three years. Since then Shruti has never looked back. With All India award of the All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society for her work in 1986 and 1995, a Solo Exhibition of her Pencil and Pastel works in 1994 at the Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi, and One-Person Shows, Solo Exhibitions and group shows, Shruti is a visual artist of national and international repute.The silver lining is that dance and Kathak never left her as she continues to devote time to its holistic pursuit.
Shriya Sharan (Mumbai): It was her mother’s interest combined with Shriya’s natural talent and interest for Kathak that saw her mother take up residence in Delhi so that Shriya could receive rigorous training from Guru Shovana Narayan. The next decade saw Shriya emerge as a well trained Kathak dancer whose performances received great acclaim. Later she moved to Mumbai to join the world of films where she made her mark as an extremely fine actress.
Beenu Rajpoot (Delhi): Beenu Rajpoot trained in Kathak at the Asavari Centre under Guru Tirath Ajmani and Guru Shovana Narayan for a short period. The understanding of dance and performing arts led her to developing into an intelligent Delhi based Indian documentary filmmaker. For over one and half decades, she has been continuously promoting Indian Art, Culture, Literature and health through films and other different mediums & platforms and has made over 34 documentaries till date. Some of her documentary films have won awards. Not only has she worked with several Bollywood superstars such as Dharminder Deol, Akshay Kumar, Ranjit Singh, Late Tom Alter, Gautam Ghambhir, Bhasha Sambli & others, she is also 'Fit India Champion’ in Fit India Movement launched by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. She is a member of IDPA (Indian Documentary Producers Association), IFTDA (Indian Film and Television Directors' Association) and SWA (Screenwriters Association) Mumbai besides being the Editor of "Wings of Vision Magazine'' and Gen Secretary of Agrimaa Society of Arts Delhi (a Regt Society which works for Indian art & culture).
Chhavi Mongia (Mumbai): With a strong Kathak training under her belt that she received under Guru Shovana, Chhavi today is a successful artist in the media industry where she works on project bases with the Art Department in movies and also as a Set Decorator.
Sana (USA): Trained under Guru Shovana Narayan, Sana is a renowned choreographer of Indian dances, based in USA (New York). Along with her mother, the well-known Salma Sultan Sana also is an entrepreneur who is actively associated in the promotion of Saree Sanskriti with Indian designs and Indian weavers.
