Arundhati Roy

A performer, choreographer and guru, Arundhati Roy is prominent among odissi dancers of India today. Having groomed herself initially under Guru Murulidhar Majhi under and later under Late Padmabibhushan Guru Kelucharan Mahapatra for the last twenty-five years. She has not only synthesised the pure odissi form of the two maesteroes but added colour & vibrancy to her art through new improvisations.

An M.A. in Odissi from Rabindra Bharati University she has to her credit various accolades both in India and Abroad.
Her performances at Dover Lane Music Conference, Inauguration of Second Channel of Calcutta Doordarshan, Konark Festival and several other festivals exuded with grace visual charm of presentation of odissi in its perfect form.

Her unmatched stage presence won her invitations from the I.C.C.R to perform at Bhutan as an Indian delegate. As an A grade artist of Doordarshan she has performed in National and regional television innumerable times. Her competency in intermingling delight, dedication & dexetersity captivated spectators of the 'Nitya-Nritya' a national festival of dance organised by "Nupura" at Bangalore sponsored by the Ministry of human resources Govt. of India, New Delhi and the Department of Culture, Govt. Of Karnataka. She has perfomed in the Pradakshina festival on the occasion of guruji's 75th Birth Anniversary in New Delhi organised by I.C.C.R, Sangeet Natak Academy and Gandharva Kalakendra.
Arundhati's dance recitals in Sweden, Germany, Belgium, Britain & U.S.A have gained her much international attention. In recent times she has performed along with her troupe in the prestigious Puri Beach festival, at Udayshankar Nritya Utsav, Kabi Paksha Sammelan. She has staged new production every year and the most recent ones being "Pravartan" & "Katha Manabi". She is currently involved in experimentations of new creative choreographic endeavors with modern, contemporary themes with classical dance forms and fusions. Also to hone her expressive self she is involved in the film and television media as well. She is the Secretary of the Odissi Dancers forum of Calcutta and has organised classical dance festivals on the occasion of Guruji's Birth Celebration & Sradhanjali for Guruji and Late Sanjukta Panigrahi.

She was an announcer of CALCUTTA DOORDARSHAN for ten long years. She has lately been experimenting with film and television as an actress in films produced by APPLAUSE ENTERTAINMENT & television series "Bastab" produced by BAG FILMS telecasting by TARA BANGLA channel.