Mikhail Smirnov was playing music in a Russian restaurant in Long Island, N.Y., in 1991 when a dancer came in and asked for a job. The owner told Smirnov and the musicians to play dance music for her.
A Russian dance troupe mesmerized audiences at Ilaiyaraaja's studio in Chennai with performances to his iconic Tamil songs. Their elegant routines, meticulously organized by the Indo-Russian Cultural ...