Kalpika Ganesh picks up kuchipudi DECCAN CHRONICLE.
Updated Jun 7, 2021, 5:49 am IST
Actress Kalpika Ganesh offers her gratitude for the work coming her way while she explains why she chose to learn the classical dance
Kalpika Ganesh
While some actors are awaiting the lockdown to reverse so that their shootings resume, others have been picking up new skills and art forms in their bid to stay positive amid the heinous second wave of the pandemic, one of whom is actress Kalpika Ganesh.
Kalpika is all set to commence shooting for her next project in Kodaikanal, in midst of which, we hear, she’s picked up the dance form kuchipudi in an attempt to beat the pandemic blues. Explaining that she has always been passionate about the dance form, she adds that anyone passionate about any creative art form will feel greatly confident.
Plot
Anu
(Kalpika
Ganesh),
Gayathri
(Gayathri
Gupta),
Uma
(Uma
Lingaiah),
Mohini
(Khatera
Hakimi),
and
Sarah
(Nesa
Farhedi),
the
five
women
who
are
wronged
by
the
people
around
them,
come
together
for
a
road
trip.
How
the
trip,
the
new-found
friendships,
and
sisterhood
change
their
lives
forms
the
crux
of
the
story.
Script
&
Direction
Sita
On
The
Road
deserves
to
be
appreciated
for
focusing
on
a
female
friendship
story,
especially
because
it
comes
from
a
highly-commercialized
industry.
But,
the
ambitious
film
that
focuses
on
a
progressive
idea,
fails
to
emerge
as
a
fulfilling
movie
experience.
Right
from
the
opening
sequence,
the
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