During an exclusive chat with Connected to India, Javed Saab, who will be in Singapore with his show Main Koi Aisa Geet Gaoon, as part of Kalaa Utsavam 2025, the octogenarian shared how this show was conceived and what makes him relevant even after all these years!
Category: Kalaa Utsavam
Kintsugi set to shine at Kalaa Utsavam 2025 as Lata Pada, Suma Suresh bring new creation to Singapore
Lata is the Founder and Artistic Director Emerita of Sampradaya Dance Creations and one of Canada’s most respected figures in South Asian dance. Suma, now the Artistic Director of the company, has worked under Lata’s mentorship for many years and holds an MFA in Dance Choreography. Together they create work rooted in Bharatanatyam and Kathak while still speaking to today’s audience.
Rhymes, beats, and brotherhood: Rabbit Mac brings Tamil Hip-Hop spirit to Kalaa Utsavam 2025
Known for his energetic stage presence and fusion of rap, R&B and Indian musical influences, Rabbit Mac has been a key figure in the rise of Tamil independent music across Southeast Asia.
Kalaa Utsavam 2025: Soumik Datta’s Mone Rekho, the music that remembers
Soumik brings this deeply personal work to Kalaa Utsavam 2025 at the Esplanade, Singapore, offering audiences an immersive journey through sound, story and remembrance. Connected to India’s Sudipto Maity caught up with Soumik ahead of his concert in the city-state on November 28.
From Javed Akhtar’s anecdotes to Zakir Khan’s standup: A complete guide to performers and acts at Kalaa Utsavam 2025
Each year in November, the Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay lights up Singapore’s artistic and cultural fabric with Kalaa Utsavam, the Indian Festival of Arts. What began in 2002 as a small cultural celebration has now become one of the most anticipated annual arts festivals in the city-state. It is a space where Indian […]
Singapore has an “openness” that is special for performing arts, says Bharatanatyam dancer Mythili Prakash
Dancer Mythili Prakash comes to Singapore in November to participate in Kalaa Utsavam 2024 — as one of the artistes in GIGENIS – the generation of the Earth, directed by Akram Khan; and to conduct a masterclass in choreography in Bharatanatyam.
“Train to Pakistan tells us that societies are fragile and stability can’t be taken for granted”
Ahead of the play’s premiere at Kalaa Utsavam on November 20, Daisy Irani (executive producer and director) and Subin Subaiah (playwright, dramatist, and researcher) talk about why this India-Pakistan Partition story resonates with Singapore and with the wider 21st century world.
Living Ancestor is heavily influenced by my relationship with Mahavidya goddess Matangi, says Singapore poet-performer ArunDitha
A unique show in Kalaa Utsavam 2024 in Singapore is Living Ancestor நம்முள் வாழும் முன்ேனார் by ArunDitha, SISTRUM & Beatroot Ensemble featuring Mohamed Noor and Munir Alsagoff.
Kalaa Utsavam set to enthral Singapore in November, with Akram Khan’s GIGENIS as highlight show
Alongside Akram Khan, GIGENIS brings together different Indian dance forms and some of their finest performers from three continents. The show makes its exclusive Asian stop in Singapore during Kalaa Utsavam, following its world premiere in France in August 2024. It will also tour London and New York.
If you have moved countries, you will relate with Fistful of Rupees: Shiv Tandan
I met the “two idiots”, like the ones from Aamir Khan’s super hit film, “3 Idiots”, in Mumbai’s Sahara Hotel.
