Three years ago, there was a student in GITAM, who had wished to help all the other students who were skilled in Arts, Music and Dance but could not find the correct platform to develop and sharpen their respective skills. His ambition was to setup a student body which focused only on cultural activities. He was Akhil Mahesh, a first year student at the time. He decided to call it Kalakrithi.
Kalakrithi meaning ‘The form of art and exhibiting this art to the outside world’ was a very successful student body which focused on the talents in the forms of music, arts, dance, drama etc. The founder, Akhil Mahesh is one from the associated bands of “Royal School of Music, London”. Assisted by Ajith, Nithin, Priyanka, Joy Solomon, Kalakrithi was founded on 24th March, 2010 in the Open Auditorium with a crowd of 60 people. The body has worked since then to bring out the skilled into lime light. Kalakriti leadership was later taken up by Shiva, Sneha and it is now currently lead by Dwarakanath.
The Auditions for Kalakrithi are taken once a year, in a well planned and organized manner. There are various categories to audition for; Dance, Vocals, Instrumental and Dramatics. The auditions will all take place on a single day. Auditions for dance are taken on spot while instrumentals and vocals are done in stage wise process. The body of 120 members divides the work among themselves and make the auditions a grand success.
Ravi Krishna Subramani