CULTURAL NIGHT ACTIVITY (RANI KHANAM):

• Rani Khanam is one of leading exponent of Kathak Lucknow Gharana (style). Rani Khanam trained by Ustd. Fattan Khan, Smt. Reba Vidyarthi and Pt. Birju Maharaj graduated with Top honours in Bhav & Laya at Kathak Kendra, New Delhi. he has earned great name for her dexterity, subtle abhinaya, footwork and rhythmic patterns. The Indian and international art critics consider her an excellent and creative dancer. Rani Khanam the only Indian Muslim Kathak classical dancer who braved to dance on Islamic and Sufiana verses of mystic Sufi poets. Rani Khanam is a founder director of Aamad Dance Center. Her style reflects deep comprehension of the dance tradition which has set new dimensions and source of inspirations to younger generation.

                                            For the past more than two decades, she performed       regularly at reputed international festivals. She performed one of the major performances in the presence of the Majesties the King and the Queen of Malaysia and in many more occasions. Rani Khanam has used her artistic calibre to create awareness through her training and choreography which articulates her convictions that dance can be vehicle to build social bridges. Rani Khanam trained differently abled artists to dance on wheelchair. Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi also congratulated for organising the festival calling it “an ideal occasion to bring out the empowering power of the arts”. Rani Khanam is in the planning group of Dept. of Education in Arts & Aesthetics (DEAA), NCERT.