Sudha Chandran was born to dance and practically started dancing as soon as she could walk. By the age of five, her parents were convinced that she had a special talent.
In order to provide their young daughter with opportunity to learn from the best, they begged the principal of the most prestigious dancing school in Mumbai to accept her despite her young age. Although the admission rules were usually quite strict, the headmaster relented upon seeing the young prodigy dance with his own eyes.
Bharatanatyam, a traditional Indian dance takes years and years of dedication and skill to master. She became the school’s most diligent student and at 15 years old, had grown up to become an incredibly promising Bharatanatyam professional dancer.
However, tragedy struck. Sudha was involved in a bus accident and in a cruel twist of fate, her leg had developed gangrene and was amputated. That was it. Her dancing career and everything she had worked so hard for since she could walk was gone.