Love thrives on the myth of neverendingness. Never-ending companionship­—till death do us part. Or the never-ending wait for the Beloved. For lavani singers and dancers however, love is fleeting. “We ...

If lavani is known outside Maharashtra today, it is largely because of its association with Bollywood item numbers, with Katrina Kaif's Chikni chameli from the 2012 Agneepath, Vidya Balan performing ...

After raunchy item numbers, Bollywood actresses seem to be enamoured with 'lavani', a Maharashtrian folk dance and are leaving no stone unturned to emerge as the 'lavani queen' of the B-town. After ...

This dance form, besides being a folk dance of Maharashtra, has many bold and dark shades. Rightly so, it was again laced in controversy recently, and yet, somehow, we cannot help but groove to its ...

The mention of lavani often conjures up images of svelte women, singing and dancing with abandon. But this notion, which centres on sexually explicit performances by women for men, is just one among ...

It has been an uphill battle over decades for tamasha performers to win public respect and recognition of lavani as a folk art form rather than a low-brow, bawdy dance show. For the Kolhati ...