KULLU: The BJP government has given its go- ahead to party MP and actress Hema Malini to start a classical dance school in the state.

 

It has also approved a proposal of Punjabi singer Hans Raj Hans to set up a vocal music training school. The government has suggested that Malini set up her dance school in Kullu, Chief Minister P K Dhumal said at a function at Naggar in the district on Sunday to celebrate birth centenary of renowned film actress of yesteryear Devika Rani Roerich.

He invited Russian participation in art, culture, tourism and hydro power sectors and urged Russian Ambassador V I Trukinikov to be the state's ambassador for promotion of culture and tourism. Dhumal said late Devika Rani, the great grand daughter of noble laureate Rabindra Nath Tagore, broke the myth of male dominance in the Bollylwood film industry.

Trukinikov said the birth centenary of the wife of eminent painter late Sevetrolar Roerich, who settled in Naggar in Kullu valley, was also being celebrated in Russia.

Source : PTI