Mallika Sarabhai

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She is the daughter of the Indian space scientist- Vikram Sarabhai and the Mrinalini Sarabhai, founder of Darpana Academy of Performing Arts.Her mother was also a dancer and she started learning dancing when she was very young. At the age of 15, she also started her acting career.She played the role of Draupadi in the Peter Brooks play The Mahabharata.She has won many accolades for her dancing ability: the Golden Star Award, which she won for the Best Dance Soloist, Theatre De Champs Elysees, Paris.She manages the Darpana Academy of Performing Arts, which was founded by her mother.Her performance of Sitas daughters has been performed over 500 times in three languages all over the world.She also wrote the script for the play Unsuni based on Harsh Manders book Unheard Voices to raise awareness amongst children.In 2012, she, along with Yadavan Chandran & Swiss pianist Elizabeth Sombart, co-directed Women with Broken Wings, an ode to the millions of women who have been the victims of violence.She also recreated Kadak Badshaahi, a play based on the 603-year-old history of Ahmedabad city, which ran for an unprecedented 33 full nights.She has anchored many shows on STAR TV and Doordarshan including the first NACO series on HIV, Talk Positive, etc.