The community’s leading personality, Surat-based stage veteran and motivational speaker, Maharukh Chichgar has teamed up with her daughter, Mahazarin Variava, to perform a rare duo Bharatnatyam debut, also known as an ‘Arangetram’, after years of dedicated training and practice. ‘Arangetram’ is a Tamil word, which literally means ‘ascent to the stage’, marking a dancer’s graduation to a professional performer on stage.

The dynamic duo comprising the 50-year-old mum and 29-year-old daughter are all set to take Surat’s Rang Bhavan stage by storm on 13^th January, 2025. This will be a dream come true for Maharukh, who has for over two decades now, keenly awaited the day when she would perform alongside her daughter Mahazarin. Maharukh’s persistence, over the years, led to the successful completion of seven levels of Bharatnatyam, preceding the Arangetram, which she is dedicating to her guru, Neela Raval, whose diligence and dedication to the dance form has inspired and trained innumerable women.

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