Protima Bedi
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| Born | Protima Gupta[1] 12 October 1948 Delhi, India |
| Died | 18 August 1998 (aged 49) Malpa, Pithoragarh, India |
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| Children | 2, including Pooja Bedi |
Protima Gauri Bedi[2][3] (12 October 1948 – 18 August, 1998)[4] was an Indian model turned Odissi exponent. In 1990, she established Nrityagram, a dance school in Bangalore.
Early life
Protima was born in
In 1953, her family moved to Goa, and in 1957 they moved to Bombay. At the age of nine, she was sent to stay at her aunt's home in a village in the Karnal district for a while, where she studied in a local school. On her return, she was sent to Kimmins High School, Panchgani, where she received her early education. She graduated from St. Xavier's College, Bombay (1965–67).[5]
Career
Modeling career
By the late 1960s, she started working as a model. In 1974, she came into the news for
Dance career
You have only to ready yourself, to allow things to happen as they should. The greatest favour you can do yourself is to 'get out of your own way'.
- Protima Bedi, Timepass: Memoirs of Protima Bedi[5]
In August 1975, at the age of 26, viewing an
To hone her dancing skill, she started studying abhinaya from Guru Kalanidhi Narayanan of Madras. From then on, she started giving performances around the country. Around the same time, Protima started her own dance school at Prithvi Theatre in Juhu, Mumbai. It later became the Odissi Dance Centre.
Nrityagram
In 1989 Protima started building Nrityagram, situated on the outskirts of Bangalore. It became India's first free dance
Nrityagram, created as a model dance village, was constructed by architect
Final years
Protima's son, Siddarth, had
In her autobiography, Timepass, based on her journals and letters collated and published by her daughter, Pooja Bedi, in 2000, she gives an account of her relationships and lifestyle, the birth of her dream project, Nrityagram, and her eventual transition into a sanyasin towards the end of her life, when she retired from public life and wanted to explore the Himalayas.[17]
Personal life
Protima Bedi met Kabir Bedi during her modeling career. After a few months, she left her parents' house to live with him. She married Kabir and had two children, including Pooja Bedi. They separated in 1974. [citation needed][18]
See also
- Indian women in dance
Notes
- ^ The Tribune, 5 February 2000.
- ^ Obituary Archived 2 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine India Today, 7 September 1998.
- ^ Protima Gauri Bedi nrityagram.org.
- ^ Dream Nrityagram.
- ^ a b c Time Pass: The Memoirs of Protima Bedi, Introduction, pp. 1–2. Biographical info: "Early Years"
- ^ Protima's interview on naked run Archived 2006-03-06 at the Wayback Machine Hindustan Times.
- ^ Protima Guari Interview Rediff.com, 22 August 1998.
- Indian Express, 22 September 1998.
- ^ Nityagram profile Archived 16 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine indoindians.com.
- ^ Odissi Kala Kendra Contemporaries in Odissi.
- IMDb
- ^ "Waiting for spring". The Hindu. 5 March 2007. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012.
- ^ Interview Kabir Bedi Archived 2009-06-26 at the Wayback Machine Filmfare October, 2001.
- ^ Bowing Out Archived 7 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine India Today, 27 April 1998.
- ^ Dutt, Nirupama (20 August 1998). "Will a pilgrim's tale remain untold?". The Indian Express.
- ^ Obituary The New York Times, 30 August 1998.
- ^ To Family and friends Archived 2008-10-22 at the Wayback Machine Hindustan Times.
- ^ Desk, HT Entertainment (12 April 2021). "Kabir Bedi reveals how he ended open marriage with Protima Gupta to be with Parveen Babi: 'She burst out crying'". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
References
- Time Pass: The Memoirs of Protima Bedi, with Pooja Bedi Ebrahim. New Delhi, Penguin, 2000. ISBN 0-14-028880-5.
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