Navya Nair (L), Navya with Soorya Krishnamoorthy
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24 Sep 2026, 11:16 am
Star Navya Nair fondly kept in mind ISRO researcher, cultural icon and Soorya Festival creator Soorya Krishnamoorthy, who died on Wednesday. Speaking with press reporters, Navya discussed the function he played in her profession as a dancer and her years-long association with him. “I had the opportunity to perform in Soorya Festival consecutively for the last five years,” the star stated before including that he assisted get in touch with her dance expert Priyadarshini Govind.
She included that dancers such as her had much regard for Soorya Krishnamoorthy which she had a caring relationship with him. “We were all wondering how we would come and dance at Ganesham theatre in his absence,” Navya Nair shared. She likewise explained him as “a very active person” before sharing her dream that the federal government would support the celebration he established. “It was his biggest desire to see the festival do well always,” the star stated.
Somewhere else, talking to ANI about her coach, Navya Nair shared, “He was like a mentor to me. I feel so blessed to have lived my life in the era where Soorya Krishnamoorthy was there because I don’t think that there could be anybody else who can replace him.”
It deserves keeping in mind that Krishnamoorthy operated at the Indian Space Research Organisation in the function of a researcher after previous president and ISRO researcher APJ Abdul Kalam picked him for the function. He discovered his arts and cultural celebration back in 1977, and it would go on to turn into one of the longest such occasions worldwide. Numerous artists, consisting of Navya Nair, made name and popularity thanks to their involvement in the celebration.
On the work front, Navya was last seen in 2025’s Paathirathri and will next appear in Visitortogether with Urvashi and Dhyan Sreenivasan.