Nahid Siddiqui Foundation

The Nahid Siddiqui Foundation aims to revive the real arts of our region and provide a platform for all ages to explore dance, drama, music and yoga.

Nahid Siddiqui is the face of Kathak in the world, and a visionary who has shed a different light on dance form and given birth to a style practiced by her only. She has against all odds and challenges, spent over for decades of her life breathing hope, vitality an exuberance to a dance form that has received very little state patronage and support. Through sheer perseverance she has not only earned the reputation of a prolific artist but has also singlehandedly set a formidable standard of quality, a refined sensibility of aesthetics and an intricate system of technical expertise which has received much acclaim all over the world. She is acknowledged for contributing her own style, technique and expression (Gharana) , which is imbued and informed by Islamic and Sufi aesthetics, sensibilities and longing for ultimate union.

Meri Kahani, Meri Zabani - Part 39 - Starting Kathak at the Bhavan Centre in London - Nahid Siddiqui

Meri Kahani, Meri Zabani - Part 38 - Ustad AllahRakha - Nahid Siddiqui

Meri Kahani, Meri Zabani - Part 37 - First performance in London; Faiz Sahib & Ustad Zakir Hussain

Meri Kahani, Meri Zabani - Part 36 - Keeping your student alive - Nahid Siddiqui

Meri Kahani, Meri Zabani - Part 35 - in England in the late 70s - Nahid Siddiqui

Meri Kahani, Meri Zabani - Part 34 - Leaving Pakistan for the UK- Nahid Siddiqui

Meri Kahani, Meri Zabani - Part 33 - Aftermath of ban by Pk Govt, leaving for UK - Nahid Siddiqui

Meri Kahani, Meri Zabani - Part 32 - 1978/79 and Banned by Pak Govt - Nahid Siddiqui

Meri Kahani, Meri Zabani - Part 31 - 1978, and the end of PTV's 'Payal' - Nahid Siddiqui

Meri Kahani, Meri Zabani - Part 30 - Nahid Siddiqui - The grandeur of art/ Artists must serve art

Meri Kahani, Meri Zabani - Part 29 - Nahid Siddiqui - Beginnings of choreography

Meri Kahani, Meri Zabani - Part 28 - Nahid Siddiqui - Ustad Shafiullah Khan Sahib

Meri Kahani, Meri Zabani - Part 27 - Nahid Siddiqui - 'Payal', designing the set

Meri Kahani, Meri Zabani - Part 26 - Nahid Siddiqui - Payal launch

Meri Kahani, Meri Zabani - Part 25 - the beginning of "Payal" - Nahid Siddiqui

Meri Kahani, Meri Zabani - Part 24 - Nahid Siddiqui

Meri Kahani, Meri Zabani - Part 23 - Nahid Siddiqui

Meri Kahani, Meri Zabani - Part 22 - Nahid Siddiqui

Meri Kahani, Meri Zabani - Part 21 - Nahid Siddiqui

Meri Kahani, Meri Zabani - Part 20 - Nahid Siddiqui

Meri Kahani, Meri Zabani - Part 19 - Nahid Siddiqui

Meri Kahani, Meri Zabani - Part 18 - Nahid Siddiqui

Meri Kahani, Meri Zabani - Part 17 - Nahid Siddiqui

Meri Kahani, Meri Zabani - Part 16 - Nahid Siddiqui

Meri Kahani, Meri Zabani - Part 15 - Nahid Siddiqui

Meri Kahani, Meri Zabani - Part 14 - Nahid Siddiqui

Meri Kahani, Meri Zabani - Part 13 - Nahid Siddiqui

Meri Kahani, Meri Zabani - Part 12 - Nahid Siddiqui

Meri Kahani, Meri Zabani - Part 11 - Nahid Siddiqui