SARPATATWAM OR THE SERPENT WISDOM by dancer Dr. Methil Devika/ OSCAR AWARD contended archival film

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“Sarpatatwam or The Serpent Wisdom” by Mohiniyattam artiste Methil Devika is a dancer’s portrayal of serpent allure and is the first-ever Indian Classical dance short-doc to have been voted into the contention list of the Oscar Academy Award, 2019 The serpent has long held the fascination of numerous cultures which imbues it with God-like qualities. The serpent is both feared and worshipped in not only Indian culture but across civilisations be it Greek, Egyptian or Chinese. Through Mohiniyattom, an Indian classical dance form dating back to 17th century, the dancer interprets the serpent’s moves as it coils, unfurls and glides through mysterious spaces. We are transported to another time, where there’s nothing left but the primordial. The archival film is an attempt to preserve Indian philosophy and mysticism through traditional performance and its associated esoteric and representative symbols. The documentary is unique in real-time performance-filming as it remains true to the artiste’s internalizing of the content, her dissemination through movement, trance and verbal conversation.
Concept/Choreography/ Music Adaptation/ Performance - METHIL DEVIKA
Directed by - Rajesh Kadamba/Methil Devika
DOP- Vipin Chandran
Edited by - Alby Nataraj
Produced by- Mukesh/ Methil Devika
Vocal - Aparna Sharma
Mridangam- P. Jayasankar
Veena- V. Soundarrajan
Violin- Shrikumar
Edakka/ Chenda/ Maddalam- Sajth Pappan
Copyright: Chitrakutam Art House
email: [e-mail]
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"And throw what is in your right hand; it will swallow up what they have crafted. What they have crafted is but the trick of a magician, and the magician will not succeed wherever he is.".....The Quran/Sahih Intl.(20:69)
Jesus exhorted them, "Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves"...The Bible/Matthew (10:16)
Viṣēn hanmi tē viṣam
....Atharvaveda 9|13|4

[@merlin3515]

വെറുതെയല്ല മുകേഷുമായി പിരിഞ്ഞത്.താങ്കൾക്ക് ഒരു ദൈവികതയുണ്ട് പാൽപ്പായസം ആരും മീൻചാറിൽ mix ചെയ്യുകയില്ല Sooooo talented.... speechless 😳🌕

[@seemaug7111]

തെറ്റ് രണ്ട് വശത്തും ഇല്ലേ? അച്ഛനാകാൻ പ്രായം ഉള്ള ഒരാളുടെ കൂടെ എടുത്തു ചാടി പോകുമ്പോൾ ബുദ്ധി ഇല്ലായിരുന്നോ. പ്രത്യേകിച്ചും ഒരു വിവാഹം കഴിച്ച ആൾ ആണ് എന്ന് അറിയാഞ്ഞിട്ടല്ലല്ലോ. വ്യക്തിപരം ആയ കാര്യങ്ങളെ കലയുമായി കൂട്ടി കുഴക്കുന്നത് എന്തിന്?

[@shameerraihana1248]

ശരിക്കും ദേവി മാം ഒരു നാഗകന്യകയായി മാറിയെന്നു തോന്നിയ നിമിഷങ്ങൾ.....!!!! നാഗത്തിന്റെ ചലനങ്ങൾ പോലും കൃത്യമായി അവതരിപ്പിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു...... അതിമനോഹരം.....

[@sindhuramadas684]

Beautiful and graful in each step. God bless her. She is gorgeous, talented and educated dancer. Which is very rare combination, overall she is so cultered abd humble person❤❤❤❤

[@mayamohan6764]

Exactly

[@anishasramom]

Its a wonderful study of sarpa representing കുണ്ഡലിനി ശക്തി "ആട് പാമ്പേ കുലം തേട് പാമ്പേ" ശ്രീ നാരായണ ഗുരുദേവൻ പറഞ്ഞത്, സർപ്പത്തെ ഉദേശിച്ചിരുന്നില്ല മറിച്ച് കുണ്ഡലിനി ശക്തി ആയിരുന്നു, ജ്ഞാനികൾ അറിഞ്ഞു.... സർപ്പോലോകത്തെ കുറിച്ചും, ആ ലോകത്തെ കുറിച്ചും ഒന്നും പറഞ്ഞു കണ്ടില്ല...! Very much similarities with human being and snakes..... ഇത് അരമണിക്കൂറിൽ ഒതുങ്ങുന്ന ഒരു subject അല്ല.. കേരളത്തിലേ സംസ്കാരത്തെ തോറ്ററിയാൻ പുതിയ തലമുറയ്ക്ക് ഒരു പ്രേരണ Thank you madan God bless you🙏

[@bharathchandran9195]

Felt like Naagadevi Herself dancing...wow...soo divine 🙏🙏🙏🙏🐍🐍🐍

[@laalkrishna9014]

കണ്ണയ് സേവിയാകെ കൊണ്ടായ് എന്ന ഭാഗം ഇതിലും നന്നായി ആർക്കേലും അവതരിപ്പിക്കാൻ കഴിയും എന്ന് ഞാൻ വിശ്വസിക്കുന്നില്ല. ദേവിക മാമിന് ഒരു കോടി നന്ദി ഇതു പോലെയൊരു നൃത്തം ഞങ്ങൾക്കായി സമർപ്പിച്ചതിന് നമ്മുടെ നാടിന്റെ മഹത്വം വാനോളം ഉയർത്തിയതിന് 🙏🏻

[@gourimazumder1918]

Mohiniattam is a very graceful dance form. But this is beyond graceful. It's so spiritual. It's so obvious and meaningful which is presented gracefully. She connected herself to the finest emotional and characteristic string of the creature and hence it was so easy for her to become one while performing. This is so unique and as she said it was worth documenting it

[@mayajayakumar6993]

🙏🙏🙏 വ്യത്യസ്തമായ ഈ സമീപനത്തിന് കോടി പ്രണാമം. സർപ്പ സങ്കല്പത്തെയും ഇന്ത്യൻ ഫിലോസഫിയേയും യോഗശാസ്ത്രത്തേയും എത്ര ആഴത്തിൽ അവതരിപ്പിച്ചു.🙏🙏🙏 എന്താണ് പറയേണ്ടത് എന്ന് അറിയില്ല.🙏🙏🙏

[@IamSunil017]

Ok lets see, bring yourself infront by your serpant wisdom, somebody tell her .you will get what you deserve so everybody be happy, else you have to go and say sorry or comfort as required to mukesh or your first husband as per my judgement or face my anger, no pretence, any other trying to contact me will face consequences, remember, its given strictly due to her effort though sge is an aged women. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGS6YZKHaqiBhsU eight onethreeeighteightsevensixtwosevenfour

[@visakh1favoriteodath158]

The snake is the symbol of alertness and the lord shiva is the symbol of absolute consciousness.

[@thomasthomasphilp4393]

The depiction of the spiritual awakening through her dance was out of this world.

[@rajlakshminair7985]

Uffff ... Can't explain... What a performance Devika...

[@laxmimenonp]

Ma'am, Epitome of Gracefulness... Being a Great Devotee of Naganghal,myself, i was enthralled to watch you transform into those graceful movements..Indeed a blessed performance ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@akhilkrishnan5161]

Mam,...njan oru classical dancer ane ente place mannarashala ane Ambalathil nammal chellumpol ulla feel oru dance ilude undaye ennu vechal ur dedication thanneyane sherikum mam njangalke vazhikatti thanneyane Mohinyattathine vere level

[@shabinaanup]

I couldn't take my eyes off her, beautiful choreography and amazing thoughts behind that, wish more people would appreciate such content 🙏

[@laxminair8348]

True..some pinch..she is so enchanting

[@IamSunil017]

Ok lets see, bring yourself infront by your serpant wisdom, somebody tell her .you will get what you deserve so everybody be happy, else you have to go and say sorry or comfort as required to mukesh or your first husband as per my judgement or face my anger, no pretence, any other trying to contact me will face consequences, remember, its given strictly due to her effort though sge is an aged women. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGS6YZKHaqiBhsU eight onethreeeighteightsevensixtwosevenfour

[@lalysaman9460]

Beyond words... All blessings from nagayakshiyamma🙏🏻

[@mrudulasonar5842]

I fall in love with this performance ... Watch more then 20 times

[@anithamoorthy6687]

Can anyone be this graceful in a 'sarpa drshti' ? No words can express ur beauty mam💕 loved every bit of your performance. Also glad that Mohiniyattam art form will get an international acclaim..🙏

[@yasoda1]

I was thinking the same! She gives me goosebumps !

[@droupathyak3641]

♥️🙏

[@balajidamodaran1589]

Ok

[@IamSunil017]

Ok lets see, bring yourself infront by your serpant wisdom, somebody tell her .you will get what you deserve so everybody be happy, else you have to go and say sorry or comfort as required to mukesh or your first husband as per my judgement or face my anger, no pretence, any other trying to contact me will face consequences, remember, its given strictly due to her effort though sge is an aged women. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGS6YZKHaqiBhsU eight onethreeeighteightsevensixtwosevenfour

[@mayavt]

10:24.... goosebumps.. you are awesome mam 🙏

[@eagleseye6576]

She is a class women with high attitude to take such a subject and deliver with excellence. #respect

[@vishnu4486]

Speechless.... U really exposed the real soul of Kerala culture. It brought me into my childhood and the *'Kaavu'* (the places in Kerala where people used to worship snakes) Thank you soo much mam...

[@PradeepKumar-pu5uc]

Super....... Devikaji

[@DeepaVasudevan111]

"First I'd like to appease the audience within"...👍👍👍

[@KrishnaVaishnavi]

Oh my God...this is mind blowing. I have no formal knowledge of mohiniyattam or any art form, but from the point of view of a common audience, this is amazing. Those lines 'Kannai sevi aake kondu...' what a transformation is that! I watched this and showed to two more people, all of three of us were startled at that point. Later, in your interview you speak about the same, so that was nice! Hypnotic, graceful, trance in motion. Loved the music, instrumentals, direction, lighting and every shot. Hats off to the entire team.

[@dharmicbliss1566]

Aadu Pambe.. See the most beautiful things in it, even it looks fearful. Hinduism teaches us everything around us that is part of the Earth and nature. A religion which helps to observe things more closely without digesting or separating.. but to assimilate everything towards one (the ultimate)...

[@arjun12527]

മുഖിൽ !

[@cosmos195]

Dude she said it's not a part of religion or vedas... It's a secret path for revelation or some secret.... Its nagas

[@arjun12527]

@@cosmos195 she may not be..But what she did is certainly the part of 'Tantra pada'

[@akhiljayadev7651]

@Asocio Analyst - You may call it religion or not according to your sensibilities. But what she has portrayed is the well-documented and widely followed path of Kula-Kundalini yoga/tantra in the Indian traditions. She displays in the dance the yogic system of awakening the Kundalini (serpent power) residing in the mooladhara chakra and guiding it step by step to the Sahasrara. The references to using 'ears as eyes' alludes to the yogic method of turning your eyes inward by closing it to the world. Pambatti Siddhar (author of the song) himself was a well-known Siddha in the Shaivite tradition. The 'serpent kalam' drawn on the floor and the final act of erasing it are all widely practised elaborate rituals in many naga temples across Kerala.

[@conultkris]

Well said

[@yugalkumar9041]

How can anyone dislike this ancient and mysterious knowledge? Heartiest applause and thank you for bringing this to us 😇

[@surajmannil1219]

Amazing mam... I am not a classical dancer. But Icould hold the same, great philosophy....which is the ever pure treasure in our vedhas and our cultural texts....Extremely happy to watch your dance and disclosure of this great philosophy

[@uskrishnanunni9316]

Connecting with the Divine through Mohiniyattom.....🙏❤️ No words Ma'am 💕

[@athirar5498]

Thank you for such a blissful performance..

[@gokulkajay9684]

words cannot explain the beauty of this act...💕💕💕

[@devidasanmenon9242]

Excellent, fabulous, Out of this world and looking forward for many more brilliant films

[@rahulgr9798]

No words. One of the best piece of art!

[@sulekha7959]

Such a beauty this is!! Mystical... divine articulation and expression!! 💖 💖

[@advocategirija5759]

Tears of joy and pride are the reward I present you Devika. Goosebumps....

[@harithas8699]

I just melted away in your performance.. beautiful

[@vinodvarma5051]

just incredible! My humble salute!!

[@allba100]

Loved this! Mesmerising!!

[@anuapillai]

Wow.... so beautiful.... breathtaking performance.... luv u Devika....

[@judepriya]

Astonishingly Devine performance... thank you Devika

[@sharmilamurali6237]

Breathless, especially the last phase, where you do magic with your eyes, amazing...

[@user-ud6pw8mq8r]

Respect! Your have definitely triggered thoughts to say the least.Thank you.

[@shibinpattali6735]

Amazing performance, with such divine power.hats off to u .

[@suryasurendran2554]

Splendid....wondering....how beautifuly you choreoraphd ......no words really....hats offffff ma'm

[@anoopalal728]

Mind blowing performance.....💕💕💕 Congratulations madam.

[@sadanandannanu9126]

Performance of the dedicated artist is appreciated. She did her work after much research work. 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@MrRajs37]

Awesome.. first time in life , a dance brings tears uncontrolable.. May you be blessed always. Thank you.

[@divyagopinathan9926]

Awestruck !! Wet eyes seeing a performance after a very long time !! You were that , that was you !!

[@drarunazeez]

One of the greatest dance performances ever, in the present generation. Salute you for the intelligent composition , bringing the higher philosophical wisdom to the masses. The music composition , orchestration , costume and ornament design by Dr. Devika is exemplary and world class. May this the beginning of a fulfilling journey , both for the dancer and the rasikas

[@manjuskripa6199]

Mesmerizing....stunning performance.....beautiful choreography and thoughts

[@rejinarajesh7870]

Enlightening piece of work. Thanks for the wonderful experience.

[@_._8355]

Awesome... beautiful performance.... choreography superb.,..feel Romanjam

[@ajithkumark6084]

It is a stunning performance, deeply rooted in spirituality and involves all the beauty of the form of the dance.

[@Rainbowbloxxy]

Another classic in the world of Arts, she is another Davinci in the world of dance.So convincingly presented the nuances of sarpa , the snake, the mystical domains of every being.She is a real artist who needs to studied thoroughly. Representative of universal art.

[@matholigopan3565]

Wonderful! extraordinary, so very expressive, even for an ignorant!

[@gokulkrishna1952]

maam i am hoping that one day i can see you performing mighty dance of all..the dance of cosmos..the dance of destruction and recreation..dance of the Pashupathi..Shiv tandav🔥🔥🔥

[@anirudhdudu4999]

Oh my God!!! How i missed this video..its mindblowing...outstanding performance..hats off to you.. felt mysterious on every moment..

[@vijeshbalakrishnan8147]

This is surprising and definitely a feast to my eyes. Never seen this version of mohiniyatam.. music was different , genre was different but still it’s same our mohiniattam.. splendid and so gracefully performed

[@sreedevimalappurath4150]

A performance where you cant take your eyes off her and thought provoking explanations making deeper impressions on one's mind!! Was waiting for this , since you talked about it in a show. Shows the great effort, care, passion and all above the research done to present it in such grace and beauty. ATHISUNDARAM.......

[@sepdafodils]

Wow wow!!! Thank you Methil Devika for sharing such profound wisdom & power of intent!! Such a Grace!

[@sreejithsivasankar8272]

This is very deeply experiential documentary, and a lot of research has gone through by the dancer in this. Having grown up in temples seen the kalamezhthu and initiated to Kriya Yoga, I could relate to many aspects being expressed by the dancer. This is a treasure for the wisdom passed by forefathers. And gratitude to whole team and the creator of this magnificient piece.

[@apoo62]

OH My God the second half,it was an out of the body experience.

[@manju893]

Meticulous performance Philosophical perspective deep in this concept was so beautiful

[@smartielts]

What a graceful artist! Why is Ms Devika confined to Kerala only. What're the state's culture bureaucrats doing to promote this terrific talent beyond our borders. God, Methil Devika's a treasure, let the whole world get to experience her, pleeeeeeease.

[@sreekuttymohan3079]

This is an un beliveble experience, presentation of mohiniyattam in a very different flavor. Thank u mam

[@drharikumarcs5471]

Congratulations, Devika.so beautiful. Excellent presentation. Really happy to see your growth not only as a dancer and choreographer but also in the understanding of our culture.presenting the theme in Mohiniyattam is not an easy task. May you continue to enthrall us with more such performances.

[@sarithav2408]

Every essence embedded perfectly..

[@anitamohan6211]

Mesmerizing performance, beautifully executed. God bless you

[@vasantanair9536]

Never seen any thing like this. So enchanting performance

[@jimnachandran3514]

Feels respect.... Very talented artist..... Madam u r great 🔥

[@fathimasanayoosaf8688]

This is unlike any other mohiniyatam I have seen before. Truly soulful.... God bless🙌

[@sathidevi1585]

Got tears in eyes. Don't know why.Thank you,Devika.God bless you.

[@sreyapillai3334]

Thankyou mam for bringing the artform and the underlying spiritual elements in a way easily comprehended by ordinary people through this dance documentary.😊

[@emilmonphilip2998]

Minimalistic... mind blowing

[@chandrasekhar7090]

What a talented woman! Beauty, brilliance, grace, dedication, simplicity extraordinary communication ability, innovative bent of mind all conjoined upon one individual. She deserves all encouragement. Prayers for you Methil Devika. 🙏

[@RagJyothi2011]

Brilliant Ma’an!Cery different concept portrayed in your own style & dance form!Amazing!!

[@adelseyyed]

Dancing with feet is one thing.. But dancing with heart makes it different.. Loved every bit of it..

[@whitelotusvoice-over8423]

This is the only performance of her if you say so is good enough, but if she claims the Devine attractive element, lets see in her charter and in her future. her only asset is a symmetric face which will drop soon. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXbFonqZntSUe5o

[@adelseyyed]

I see what you meant.. Progressive skills needs appreciation.. And she is beautiful..

[@pratikshasonkar2024]

Very beautiful and arresting... The trance rubbed off on me as i watched. Thank you Devika mam.

[@anjalypraveen808]

Just amazing , she is so beautiful

[@udaychitnis1904]

I had not felt before, such a beautiful sarptatvam through a mohini attam dance! Great doctor methil devika and her talent of dance and mudrabhinay!

[@veefour100]

This space is magical...So out of this world...Wonderful video

[@sarashiruhasanapriye]

Awesome and get goosebumps every time we watch 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻 the eyes and expressions, looks I am before a raja nagam 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@branavasorubysivabalaratna7819]

No words. Absolutely no words to describe this enchanting performance! And then the interviewer is also such a humble person! His genuine admiration for her, for the concept and her dance is reflected perfectly from his eyes, when he is listening to her explaining about the vision of snakes.

[@mohangn123]

The costume and the stage spot with its backdrop were adding to the ambiance of a such a serpent dance.

[@vinitha7784]

This is SO BEAUTIFUL ❤

[@archanas.viswan3167]

Spellbound performance. The way you recreate the concept through this art is awesome. The second half of the performance where you transform into the concept with that specifications of sarpa drishti and later the awakening of the chakras and the Kundalini power has really struck me.

[@harijithhareesh266]

Its Amazing👌👌 and beyond

[@jithulakshmanam1006]

my god... what an expression... she is a born dancer.... god gift and her hard work as togther we are having a great visual treat...

[@arpitarnair]

Wonderful 😍😍😍 can't explain the trance that one as viewer feels through this music and the dance.. 👏👏🙏

[@mervynjames6599]

Omg. I can’t describe how beautiful this is. Brilliant. Brilliant. Brilliant. I couldn’t take my eyes off. Soooooooooo beautiful and graceful. Thank you for this performance.

[@giridharm7240]

You have brought to play, all the condensed wisdom, beauty and grace that are so essential to understanding the spirituality of Pambatti Siddhar. Your voice-over adds overtones to the visual performance. Wish you many more such performances. God bless you

[@mcv4945]

Speechless!! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@sarasara-zf6zl]

Waiting for this for a long time...thank U ma'am for this visual treat..linked with myth and philosophy...😍

[@sreekumarrajan1900]

Awesome Work.... Truly a light to our existence....... Congrats....... 🙏🙏🙏

[@bijijohn7204]

Now a days i am so addict of methil devika. What an amazing performance and your knowledge.sooooooooo. Brilliant job.

[@rudrarajuraju6887]

My reverential Namaskaram for the graceful and brilliant performance and the exposition of the philosophical concept. My sincere prayers to Mother to bless you with long years of health, joy and devotion so you can keep this art form pristine and live for the generations to come.🙏🙏🙏

[@IamSunil017]

Ok lets see, bring yourself infront by your serpant wisdom, somebody tell her .you will get what you deserve so everybody be happy, else you have to go and say sorry or comfort as required to mukesh or your first husband as per my judgement or face my anger, no pretence, any other trying to contact me will face consequences, remember, its given strictly due to her effort though sge is an aged women. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGS6YZKHaqiBhsU eight onethreeeighteightsevensixtwosevenfour

[@saraswathy4492]

Wow...what a performance!!! Mesmerizing!

[@gopikaukmidhuna8616]

ഏറെ ബഹുമാനത്തോടെ നമസ്കരിക്കുന്നു...സാങ്കേതിക വശങ്ങളെ കുറിച്ച് പറയാനുള്ള അറിവ് ഇല്ല, പക്ഷേ എത്ര കണ്ടാലും മതിവരാത്ത മോഹിനിയാട്ടം ആണിത് ...വീണ്ടും വീണ്ടും കാണുമ്പോൾ കണ്ണുകൾ നിറഞ്ഞു, നെഞ്ചില് ഭക്തിയും ദേവി ചൈതന്യവും ഘനീഭവിക്കുകയാണ് ഒടുവിൽ....

[@jacobsamuel3180]

The Serpent's Thesis .., beautiful depiction ., Congrats. Its substance that sustains Art..,and Art in turn adorns a Culture.

[@sandeepks2127]

U r brilliant performance... U r living... Beautiful.... Legend and master of arts No words to explain ur beauty and performance

[@santhidivakaran6925]

Excellent.....beautifull performance...wish you all the best..🙏

[@priyasivadasan8501]

Extraordinary piece of creation....Appreciate the creator within....Thank you so much for expressing the spiritual knowledge hidden within the sarpam paatu ...

[@aneeshlchempakasseril4087]

It's amazing ma'am... Mind blowing performance👌👌👌👌