Sitara Devi: India is a country of culture and civilizations. The traditions and diversity here have always attracted people. Our country, which gives the message of unity in diversity, contains many things within itself. Here every state and city has its dialect, food, and clothing. Apart from all this, dance and singing arts have also been prevalent here for a long time. Indian dance and singing are still popular all over the world. Not only this, his popularity is so great that people follow him not only in the country but also abroad.
Along with these arts prevalent in India, many great people who practiced these arts are also recorded in the pages of history. Sitara Devi is one of these personalities, whose birthday is today. Today, on the occasion of the birthday of Sitara Devi, popularly known as Queen of Kathak, let us know about some special things related to her life-
was born on this day
Sitara Devi was born on November 8, 1920 in Kolkata. Sitara Devi, who gained worldwide fame with her classical dance, worked in many Hindi films in her career spanning six decades. Not only this, he popularized classical Indian dance in Bollywood. According to some reports, Sitara Devi played an important role in bringing the Kathak dance style to Bollywood.
influenced Rabindranath Tagore
Apart from her important contribution to films, she has displayed his skills on many stages around the world including Carnegie Hall in New York and Royal Albert Hall in London. Not only this, she had impressed even Nobel Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore with her skills at the age of just 16. Impressed by her talent, Tagore honored her with the title of 'Empress of Dance'.
This is how my personal life was
Talking about her personal life, she married K Asif, director of Bollywood's popular and successful film Mughal-e-Azam, after which she married Pratap Barot for the second time. The Kathak Queen was honored with many awards throughout her career. Not only this, Sitara Devi also worked in many Hindi films, in which she played dance roles. However, he stopped working in films in the sixties as he believed that it was affecting his dancing.
Said goodbye to the world on this day
Sitara Devi is credited with reviving interest in Indian classical dance and Kathak. You will be surprised to know that Sitara Devi was adept in other styles of Indian folk dance as well as Russian ballet. Sitara Devi, who made an important contribution to the field of art, said goodbye to the world at the age of 94. He breathed his last on November 25, 2014. However, his legacy lives on today through numerous records, many of which can also be viewed online.
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