Sunil Kothari

Dr.Sunil Kothari is a noted Indian dance scholar and critic. He is also former Uday Shankar Professor at Ravindra Bharti University, Kolkata.http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2001/apr/27uday.htm
He is the recipient of Padma Shri award. He also received Sangeet Natak Academi for overall contribution to the Indian classical dance.
==Early life and background==
He is a chartered accountant.
==Career==
Sunil Kothari started his career with Times of India. He worked with the group for 40 years as a dance critic.
He travels throughout India which helps him in his writing on Indian dance.http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/02/26/stories/2004022600400300.htm He also showed by example from the hugely varied canvas of regional body languages of India in his book chhau.http://www.hindu.com/ms/2005/12/23/stories/2005122300250500.htm
==Bibliography==
He has written 12 books on different forms of classical music.
* Bharata Natyam: Indian Classical Dance Art
* Odissi: Indian Classical Dance Art
* Rasa - The Indian Performing Arts in the Last 25 Years
* Kuchipudi: Indian Classical Dance Art
* Photo Biography of Rukmini Devi
* Kathak: Indian Classical Dance Art 
* New Directions In Indian dance
* Chhau Dances of India
* DAMARU - essays on traditional dance, music, performing arts, folk dances, rituals, xrafts, 
http://www.sunilkothari.com/publications/index.html
==References==
==External links==
* Sunil Kothari website
* Article by Sunil Kothari
Category:Bharatanatyam
Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri
Category:Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
Category:Dance critics
Category:Indian critics
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