COMPARATIVE STUDY ON DARU MUSIC IN BHARATANATYAM AND KUCHUPUDI DANCE-DRAMA

Sneha V; Sheela Sridhar H.K

doi:10.29121/shodhkosh.v5.i1.2024.1572

Authors

Sneha V PhD Research Scholar, Department of Dance, University College of Fine Arts Manasagangotri, University of Mysore Mysore, Karnataka, India
Dr. Sheela Sridhar H.K Department of Dance, University College of Fine Arts Manasagangotri, University of Mysore, Mysore, Karnataka, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29121/shodhkosh.v5.i1.2024.1572

Keywords:

Bharathanatyam, Kuchupudi, Dance-Drama, Dhruva Geetha, Daru

Abstract [English]

Art is a valuable medium for making people aware of religion, ethics, religious value, social life, and for a devotee to praise the Lord. There are sixty-four such arts. The most ancient of these arts is the art of Music. Our ancestors used to praise the Lord through ʼR̥kʼ (Ruk). The remembrance of the Lord became more effective when the swaras were composed for these ʼR̥kʼ (Ruk) and sung in the Samaveda. Thus, music became the medium for the remembrance of God. Remembrance of Lord started through dance and dramas based on this musical art. Dance and drama trace their origins to the Bharata’s Natyashastra. Dhruva is said to be Ranga Gita in Bharata’s Natya Shastra. The Dhruva Gīta is a type of Prabhanda in one of the ʼChaturdandiʼ of music. It is from this Dhruva Gīta that the musical composition called Daru was created. Bhakti rasa is often found in these well-known compositions in music. Daru in Bharathantyam is composed and performed in the form of Varnam. Most of the lyrics of Daru varnam is based on describing the God/Goddess. Whereas in Kuchupudi Dance-drama, music or Daru is composed based on the characters and the situation. Different types of Daru have been incorporated in Kuchupudi dance-drama. Here is a comparative study between the composition of Daru in Bharathantyam and kuchupudi.

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