Kalaa Utsavam includes award-winning short films by Singaporean filmmakers in this year’s programme

Turning 20 this year, Singapore’s premier Indian arts festival Kalaa Utsavam has included film screenings in its ensemble for the first time, with short films made by Singaporean and international filmmakers on the agenda.

Bhumi Pranam: musical tribute to Mother Earth at Kalaa Utsavam 2021

In a Connected to India, Spotlight, hear what the two musicians and other artists had to say about what audiences in Singapore have in store in Bhumi Pranam at Kalaa Utsavam 2021.

Tried to make a show beautiful and bizarre like the times we are in now: Raka Maitra

Singapore dance theatre company Chowk Productions brings to Kalaa Utsavam 2021 ‘These Brief Encounters’, a contemporary dance performance based on the novel ‘The Plague’ by Albert Camus, exploring how the 1947 novel is relevant in a post-pandemic world.

About Category: Kalaa Utsavam 2021

Kalaa Utsavam is an Indian festival of performing arts held in Singapore every year. Hosted at the iconic Esplanade – Theatres on the bay, it celebrates traditional and contemporary Indian arts during Deepavali or Diwali performed by artists from Singapore and all over the world.

The 2021 edition will be the 20th edition of the fetival