Sunil Kothari

Sunil Kothari

Views: 1519

Category: Literature

Sunil Kothari Profile

  • Name:
  • Sunil Kothari

Sunil Kothari Biography

Sunil Kothari is a famous dance historian, scholar and critic from Gujarat. He has authored several books on Indian art in English language. He has authored 12 books on classical dance forms including Bharatnatyam, Kuchipudi, Odissi, Kathak etc, apart from biography works of legends like Rukmini Devi. He has also authored many essays on Indian art forms. For his outstanding contributions to the world of art, Indian government honoured him with Padma Shri in the year 2001. Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 1995, Kumar Chandrak in 1961 and Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak in 2012 are the other major honours received by him. He has also taught at various institutions including Ravindra Bharti University.

 

He has been active in the field of Indian classical dance from the year 1956. He has been a chartered accountant by profession who started his career with The Times of India. He was the youngest scholar to attend historic All India Dance Seminar in 1958 in Delhi. Since then he has dedicated his lifetime for Indian arts, doing research works as well as publishing them. He took PhD in the year 1977. Now age 80+, he is still active in the field and his columns appear on many leading journals.

 

Known for his research on Bharatanatyam and Kathak, he has authored many books as well. Rasa: The Indian Performing Arts in the Last 25 Years, Bharata Natyam: Indian Classical Dance Art, Odissi: Indian Classical Dance Art, Photo Biography of Rukmini Devi, New Directions In Indian Dance and Chhau Dances of India are among his noted published 16 works. He has served as Head of Dance Dept at Rabindra Bharati University and later at Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Published: N/A

Updated: March 06, 2016

Famous People: By Profession

 
 

Suggest Rajalakshmi (writer) profile update

captcha image (Can't see? refresh)