Tuesday 6 September 2016

Ritambhara Sahni of Belly Dance Institute Mumbai - in a Television Serial - Thief Of Baghdad [ Zee TV]




I, Ritambhara Sahni have been a dance instructor since 1996 in Mumbai  and i started to teach at a really young age. I was a child of 6 years when i started to dance and perform on stage and work on the radio as well. My mother Shrimati Indu Sahni was the lead announcer at All India radio and all thanks to her i got the opportunity to work on radio as a child artist and perform for many events as well. Today i also run Belly Dance Institute Mumbai by Ritambhara Sahni which is the first ever belly dance class in Mumbai. Today i am proud to say that a lot of the belly dance classes in Mumbai are run by my students who have completed my instructors course at my Belly Dance Institute Mumbai.

 I was always in love with performing arts , be it singing, dancing, acting, mimicry, voicing...i was just so crazy to explore everything and today i can say that i have had to explore as many aspects of performing arts as i wanted to always but i was always partial to dance as that was what got me naturally more to do each time and i guess every time.

 However my love for acting got me to do serials on Television and i acted in a few. I loved facing the camera. I was always told that i look like an Arabian Girl and i still get that compliment and i so love it as it compliments me as a belly dance performing artist. Because of my Arabian look i got to do a lot of mythological serials and my dialogues were usually in Urdu .

 I played the role of a Water Fairy in this serial - Thief of Baghdad. My charector name was ' Shahanaaz' It was a serial by Karnik Communications and the executive producer was  - Mr. Sunjoy Wadhwa [now a great friend as well ]. Mr. Sunjoy Wadhwa is well known for his production house called Sphere Origins and is the man behind ' Balika Wadhu' . I am so fortunate to have met such great people during my acting days on the silver screen and have them as friends in my life even as of today .

 It was a thrill to be in that beautiful both with the most talented actor - Mr Narendra Jha. He played Ahmed the Theif [ a good hearted thief for that matter ] . He was popularly called the Baghdad Ka Chor back then and he suited the role really well. I had a few words with him on the day of my shoot and discovered him to be a gentleman, infact he was a person i knew just like his role. An amazing actor and a wonderful person. The serial was directed by the talented Director Mr. Vijay Panday.
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Ritambhara Sahni of Belly Dance Institute Mumbai with talented actor Narendra Jha in Zee Tv'spopular serial Theif of Baghdad

Wearing the Arabic costumes for the serial even at that time - i would feel like a belly dancer as i was so crazy to learn and explore this dance form. Belly dance was a 'taboo' dance in many countries and was not accepted in India either. I would sure feel like a belly dancer wearing the costumes when getting ready for my shots in the serial but missed wearing the belly dance hip scarf / belly dance belt always. I use to dream of wearing the coins on cloth wrapped around my waist. Belly dance in Mumbai was not appreciated so i would never have found belly dance belts in Mumbai. A belly dance belt / belly dance hip scarf is something i always dreamed to wear.
Ritambhara Sahni's Belly Dance Institute Mumbai
Ritambhara Sahni with great actor Narendra Jha of Thief of Baghdad serial on Zee Tv in the role of a water Fairy herself .
Ritambhara Sahni successfully runs Belly Dance Institute Mumbai by Ritambhara Sahni as of today.
To know more about me - Ritambhara Sahni and My institute - Belly Dance Institute Mumbai by Ritambhara Sahni - Do Click on the following links.

Centers at Colaba, Bandra West, Khar West and Andheri.








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Review / Testimonial by a student at Ritambhara Sahni's Belly Dance Institute Mumbai


As someone who is a bit self conscious on the dance floor (my friends do moves called "the Nargis moves' [for those who can't read, my name is Nargis], and let's just say they aren't the smoothest), the intro to Ritambhara Sahni's belly dance  class in Mumbai had sounded like a good idea to me. The belly dance  class was full of other self-proclaimed non-dancers, but most of us at least had some rhythm. This belly dance class in Mumbai class is definitely for the beginners as well as beginner's of the beginners like me...we spent a lot of time learning to right-left-left-right and use our arms as well along with the beautiful moves. I loved it when i entered the doors at belly dance institute Mumbai and i saw beautiful girls and women of all age , shapes and sizes belly dancing in their colourful and glittery belly dance belts at Mumbai's premier and 1st ever belly dance class - belly dance institute Mumbai by Ritambhara Sahni . I remeber i was so crazy about getting my hands on one of the belly dancing belts on day one. Wearing my belly dancing belt added so much magic to motivating me to belly dance all the more. The noise of the belly dance belts can make one contagiously wear her own belly dance belt to start belly dancing. YEs, im crazy about Ritambhara Sahni's belly dance classes in Mumbai is what i really would want to say here in my review. Also Ritambhara Sahani's belly dance institute Mumbai have made me fall in love with my belly dance belt through the love for belly dance. lastly in my testimonial i would like to say  a big "THANK YOU ' to Ritambhara Sahni mam and here team of instructors  and everyone at Belly Dance Institute Mumbai, for making my belly dance classes first experience with belly dancing absolutely enjoyable. Our batch had so much fun that we're still talking about it days later and cant wait to start the next level. Despite us being older and in various sizes and shapes, not once did you make us feel out of place. Ritambhara Mam - your energy and enthusiasm, coupled with your patience and earnestness to help us conquer the moves, really built our confidence. We stand a little taller, smile a little brighter and walk a little sassier because of you.  I love love love the fact that i could come and practice at all your centers - Colaba, Bandra , Khar and Andheri. It helped me rise so much. Ritambhara Sahni's institute is an amazing belly dance institute in Mumbai.
- Nargis Mehta
[ student at Ritambhara Sahni's belly dance classes in Mumbai]
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