Umeed: Colors of Hope | Kathak Production Highlights

“Umeed” is the Hindi word for “Hope”. Sunena Gupta, with the blessings and guidance of Guru Mulla Afsar Khan, brings to you a unique contemporary concept produced in the Indian classical dance form, Kathak. She tells the story of the journey of a young girl navigating her way through struggles with mental health, chronic illness and self-image issues. Through the artistic theme of colors, she compares her emotions of happiness, anger, fear, sadness, love and hope to the perception of different shades of colors. Sunena visions that with the telling of this story of hope, she can urge those who have lived this journey to hold out a helping hand, and those who are struggling to take one.

Sunena performed Umeed at the PGP Hall, Singapore to two packed audiences of 550 each. Her event welcomed notable guests such as the Indian, Pakistan, Sri Lankan and Bangladesh High Commssioners to Singapore. She is aiming to bring this production overseas in order to spread her message.