A R Rahman's Majja to release Made in Jaffna album

A R Rahman 's artiste centric platform Majja is to  release album Made in Jaffna by Shan  Vincent De Paul, Tamil rapper based in Toronto.  He released a single Savage which  was part of the  third studio album Made in Jaffna. The video album has  Paris based Usha Jay's choreography a hybrid Bharatanatyam.,

Inspired by the term that colonizers used in reaction to South Asians eating with their hands, the video's opening shot is a mysterious character pantomiming exactly that. Shot in a picturesque theater space, dancer Usha Jey combines Bharatanatyam - a classical form of Indian dance with modern Hip Hop. Sprinting from one end of the theater to the next, Usha beautifully embodies the juxtaposition that is artful dance meets anger-fueled rage. Directed by Shan and Arsenij Gusev, the captivating visual takes the audience through a sci-fi inspired world where parallel dimensions intersect through dance.

Speaking about the single , Shan says -I wrote this at a really dark point in my life - it was made out of pure expression without considering any audience or listener. It was written for myself, but when I started performing it on tour the crowd would always go insane, so I knew it was one of those anti-hit hits. Sometimes we need the release of darkness, to dance with our rage to find that balance when the light comes." -About Usha's choreography and dance he says - “I knew she had to be the star of the video when I saw her style. It was a perfect way to respond to the derogatory title of  ‘Savage’ that was often used against us. I also wanted to take Bharatanatyam as far away from the realm you would expect it to be in.” Shot in Berlin, the video features two avatars of Usha, performing her trademark ‘hybrid Bharatanatyam’.

Shot in Berlin, the video features two avatars of Usha, performing her trademark ‘hybrid  Bharatanatyam’.

Source: https://www.broadwayworld.com/