Sharmila Biswas is a noted Indian classical dancer and choreographer within the Odissi. Also a fan of guru Kelucharan Mohapatra. In 1995, Sharmila established Odissi Vision and Movement Center in Kolkata. Where she is the Artistic Director, the Centre also has OVM Repertory.

In the year 2012, Biswas was awarded Sangeet Natak Akademie Award, which she was conferred by the Sangeet Natak Akademie, India’s National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama, and many others.

Early Life and Education

Biswas was born and brought up in Kolkata. Where she started learning dance from the age of only eight as she was very passionate about dance and drama. When she was sixteen years old, she started training in Odissi under Muralidharan Majhi and then got trained under Kelucharan Mohapatra.

Subsequently, she learned drama from Kalanidhi Narayanan

Sharmila got married to Swapan Kumar Biswas in 1987. He is a doctor specializing in health management. The couple lives in Kolkata and has a son named Shoumik Biswas.

Career

Over the years, Biswas participated in humanistic discipline festivals at Elephanta, Khajuraho Dance Festival, and Konark Dance Festival and in the UK, the USA, Germany, Russia, Dubai, and Bangladesh. She performs both classical Odissi additionally as her experimental choreographic works. She has also done extensive research on the traditional Mahari dance performed by temple dancers of Orissa.

In 1995, she established Odissi Vision and Movement Center (OVM) in Kolkata. Where was the Artistic Director and trains young dancer, the institute also run the OVM Repertory. In 2009, she started Poorva Dhara, an annual festival of traditional dances of the East and North East Indies. In the year 2012, she was awarded by Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, the highest and brilliant award for performing artists mostly for dance and drama, conferred by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India’s National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama and many more.