PRESS REVIEWS
 (Press Says so...)

  1. "Sobha dances with perfect ease and without any trace of fear. This is because of her hard work and enthusiasm"
    Rukmini Arundel
  2. "A sensational discovery of the Terpsichorean world"
    30th April 1971, Femina-Sunil Kothari
  3. "Sobha has the advantage of a very beauteous, mobile expressive face, eloquent eyes, a slender, almost creeper like physique, with agility of the panther and the grace of the deer-all classical attributes which very few dancers can boost of".
    8th November 1971-Sri Mohendranath Ovakil, Director of cultural Affairs, Bombay.
  4. "Kum. Sobha called Doe-eyed star on the stage"
    13th August 1971
    Sikkim-Bulletin-Gangtok
  5. "She has had the kind of grooming and performing experience that would be the envy of every younger generation artiste. Little wonder then that Sobha exceeded a presence that rose above perfection in technique and Idiom and a poised maturity worthy of the mantle of the great".
    22nd February, 1975 Times of India
  6. "Her creative genius has infused the Kuchipudi style with a rare vivacity and charm. She has given it a new meaning a new life and a new dimension".
    5th May, 1977-Moming Echo
  7. "Call her a nymph, a deer, a swan or a peacock and she answers all these descriptions. She is Sobha Naidu"
    19th October, 1978-The Statesman, New Delhi.
  8. "Of the participates, well of course Sobha Naidu stole the thunder. As Padmavathi she was enchanting.....She was boneless wonder".
    - October, 1978-Statesman.
  9. "Sobha Naidu, Ideally constructed for dance like a temple sculpture, danced with easy grace and immaculate style".
    31st March, 1979-Deccan Chronicle
  10. "Her speaking eyes mirroring myrlad shades of emotion, her form and technique exceeding incisive sparks of seduction. Kuchipudi's - Oyyari Sobha Naidu".
    29th January, 1981 - Mid-Day
  11. "A dedicated & Imaginative performer, Sobha strives for perfection in her dancing. She is flercely uncompromising & her aim is to put Kuchipudi as a dance form on the dance map".
    April, 1981-The Strait Times
  12. "A flercely uncompromising twist she is highly imaginative with a sense of deep involvement, but without loosing coutad with contemporary taste and sensibility".
    18th March, 1982 to 24th March, 1982  Khojuraho Festival of Dances.
  13. "Slim, with quicksilver movements a tail and vibrant frame and a waist that is an envy of most of the dancers"
    Economic Times-December 19, 1982
  14. "Sobha has the brilliance of a genius & the durability of a plodder"
    - A.S. Raman-Amritha Bazar Patrika-October, 1983
  15. "Sobha Naidu darting like a gazelle, eyes flashing a myriada emotions and whole body moving like an exquisite poem, give her anysong, any mood she brings to it the authority of Kuchipudi classicism and the fluid grace of individual creativity".
    Newstime, 25-5-1985
  16. "Ms. Sobha Naidu the dancer, has certainly carved a niche for herself in the world of dance. She has a figure like a temple sculpture, agility of a panther & grace of deer".
    Indian Express, 1985
  17. "The one and only Sobha Naidu that boneless wonder of dance world"
    - Economic Times-April 20, 1986
  18. "Sobha is a unique example of total involvement in her Art"
    It was truly a sparkling kaleidoscope of emotions and one was simply amazed at the ease, precision and fineness with which the danseuse could evoke a wide variety of emotions so corvincingly and exquisitely.
    Deccan Chronicle-24-10-1986
  19. "To this the doe-eyed Sobha added a new dimension by her creative choreography and eloquent abhinaya in this dance-ballet, one of the major choreographic assignments.
    Newstime, September, 1986
  20. "Sobha the total Artist, was all this, changing moods like the evening sky with flowing movements and evocative expressions leading to a total Joy akin to the silvery moonlight on the calm mid-sea.
    - Newstime, 30-7-1987
  21. "As is abhinaya, so in footwork and movements Sobha Naidu's performance was nothing less than excellent. It was intricate footwork, swiftly done and blending with the gracefully strong movements of the body".
    - Express News Service, 8-10-1990
  22. "Gifted with doe-eyes which can express the subfleties and temples sculpture like figure"
    Smt. Sobha can dance with ecstasy and can infuse the Kuchipudi style with new dimension and meaning. Such was the rejected tempting offers from the field and instead decided to work for the preservation of Kuchipudi dance in its pristine form and style.
    - Indian Express, 28-6-1992
  23. "Two decades ago, I described Sobha Naidu as a 'Boneless Wonder' and she still answers to that description. She is now the Principal of the Kuchipudi Art Academy, Hyderabad".
    - By Subbudu, Indian Express, 30-12-1992
  24. "For Sobha Naidu, dance is life and life is dance"
    (P. Sudheendhra Putty talks to the Nritya Choodamani Sobha Naidu, the dansense for whom dance is the direct approach to God)
    - Deccan Chronicle 16-4-94.
  25. "Nayana Manoharam Vipra Narayana Nritya Roopakam"
    Neeharika Samstha advaryamlo jarigina "Natya Nrityotsavam"lo rendava roju pramukha narthaki Dr. Sobha Naidu brindam che pradarsitamaina "Vipra Narayana" Kuchipudi Nritya Roopakam nayana manoharamga avishkrutamayyindi.
    - Vaartha 26-10-2005.
  26. "Itu Sobha Naidu, Atu Sonu Nigam"
    Andhra Pradesh avatarana Swarnotsavala sandharbhamga raastra paryataka sakha, rastra paryataka samstha samyuktamga Bhagyanagaramlo, Taramati Baradari Vedika pi talapettina Utsavaalu Padmasri Smt. Sobha Naidu tana brundamto kalasi chesina Kuchipudi Sampradaaya amsaalato subharambhami, manoharamga saagi Prekshakulani Mantra Mugdhulani chesayi.
    - Vaartha 02-11-2005.
  27. "Cultural Extravaganza"
    City Express Photograph
    Padmasri Smt. Sobha Naidu performs Kuchipudi at the Andhra Pradesh State Formation's Golden Jubilee Celebrations Function, Organised by the Department of AP Tourism at Taramati Baradari in Hyderabad
    - Indian Express 03-11-2005.
  28. "Dance Queen"
    Deccan Chronicle Photograph
    Padmasri Smt. Sobha Naidu performs Kuchipudi at the Andhra Pradesh State Formation's Golden Jubilee Celebrations Function, Organised by the Department of AP Tourism at Taramati Baradari in Hyderabad
    - Deccan Chronicle 03-11-2005.
  29. "Aakattukunna Kalyana Srinivasam"
    Vaartha Review
    Kinnera Art Theatre vaari 28 va Vaarshikotsavam sandharbhamga jarigina "Andhra Pradesh Nrityostsavam"lo bhaagamga 22 va roju jarigina "Kalyana Srinivasam" Nritya Roopakam Manognamga saagindi. Padmasri Smt. Sobha Naidu pradhana paatralina Lakshmidevi, Padmavathi paatralapi manoharamga abhinayinchina teeru nritya priyulanu Mantra Mugdhulani chesindi. Sobha Naidu pada nartanam, hava bhava vinyasamto aasantam netrananda parvamga "Kalyana Srinivasam" Nritya Roopakam avishkrutamayyindi.
    - Vaartha 02-12-2005.

 

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