Bringing legends to life
Sunanda has an innate artistry and is spontaneously innovative. The eight moods alternately exuded from her face with telling effect, the gestures were eloquent. It was the ekaharya of a gifted artiste - N.Hariharan, The Times Of India.

Mohini Attam's new enchantress
Sunanda Nair, lissome, tall, graceful and beautiful, is adept at the gentle flowing movements of Mohini Attam as well as its rythms. There is no denying the fact that Sunanda Nair is Mohini Attam's Future. - Arshiya Sethi, The Times of India, Delhi.

A dancer made for Mohiniattam
Sunanda Nair impressed at once by showing her good training under Dr. kanak Rele and her stunning stage presence. Mohini Attam and Sunanda are made for each other. - Subbudu Mama, Sunday Statesman.

A revelation with her dancing characterised by expressive movements which are a delightful aesthetic treat - Subbudu Mama.

The Mohini herself
Sunanda brought to the fore the distinctive undualating style of her distinguished guru. Her lovely face and large eyes prove to be the ideal vehicles for the projection of Mohini, the enchantress, who has come to enchant - C.M.Rana, Evening News.

A Star is born
Sunanda Nair is an incomparable Mohini Attam dancer. It is as if Sunanda Nair was born to put Mohini Attam on a firm footing with the other schools of classical dance. All the best talent of the past has been garnered and placed in the person of Sunanda Nair. - Hima Devi

She has reached such a point of professional grace, and her body sways and twists with such skill that it becomes obvious her power and control is miraculous. And the body has been turned by the magic hand of hard-work and talent into an instrument of incomparable ability and beauty - Hima Devi.

Enthralling recital
Sunanda Nair provided an auspicious beginning to the utsav. She can be rightly described as the prima ballerina among the Mohini Attam dancers today. - G.S.Paul.

Stamp of Individuality
Here, the danseuse imparted a stamp of her individuality to all her movements. The contrasting emotions that her face delineated, were eloquent enough to demonstrate her virtuosity in abhinaya. The shishya herself proved her deftness in choreography. The number was specially noteworthy for the effective utilization of space on the stage for an unusually large number of performers. - G.S.Paul.

Magnificient Obsession
Stage personality of a dancer has a special mention even in Natya shastra. It is one of the important prerequisites for a dancer particularly when dancing is an art to entertain and enlighten. Sunanda fulfills the requisite abundantly and that is one of her greatest and lasting natural assets. - Mr.Dinesh.

Restless gypsy feet
Sunanda went through her novel repertoire, polished by her striking looks and graceful movements, the audience was charmed into a trance. - V.V.Prasad.

Sunanda Nair, an excellent classical dancer in her own right was transformed into a prima ballerina. No technical analysis would yield the secret of her incomparable art, the exquisiteness and elegance of her line, the lyrical grace and flow of her movement and ultimate perfection of imperishable beauty, which are the heart of her performance. - Hima Devi.

Enchanting Beauty - C.P.Ranjendran

Enchanting Mohini Attam by Sunanda Nair - C.P.Rajendran

Sharp sense of rhythm
Sunanda Nair is endowed with immense histrionic talent identifiying herself totally with the character she portrays. - N.Hariharan.

Brilliant future
Sunanda leaves a fine impression wherever she performs. She dances with professional expertise and spontaneity that is marked by elegance, which is one of the main characteristic of Mohini Attam. - Vijay Shankar.

Sunanda has marked control over histrionics and she is able to transit fluently from one emotion to another. - Prakruti Kashyap.

One Fluent Flow Of Grace
Sunanda Nair has reached a certain degree of perfection which carries her audience into a state of Ananda. Tall and slim she has acquired a rare state of grace and skill, and her abhinaya is nothing short of superb. - Hima Devi.

Skill and grace in Sunanda Nair's Mohini Attam
Sunanda at the peak of her dancing powers interpreted her orchestral support of experts, with an excellence rare to find in Mohini Attam. Her abhinaya takes on a natural everyday interpretation which is easily understood. - Hima Devi.

Exploiting lasya bhava to the hilt. - Scorpio.

Dance of abandon
Sunanda's exquisite grace, sense of rhythm and lyrically expressive gestures were very much in evidence when she presented a full-length Mohini Attam recital at the India International Centre, NewDelhi. - C.M.Rana.

Sunanda's Mohini Attam recital engrossing.
Sunanda impressed one with her lissome figure, authentic costume and make-up and poise in presentation from the start. Liquidity in movements, steps tuned to the music, and powerful netra bhava (her eyes speak rasa) all combined to make her performance one of lingering appeal.- N.Hariharan, Times Of India.

Sunanda Nair has been carrying the Nalanda Dance Academy's torch for excellence. She regaled the audience with the liquid grace and fluidity of her dance. Endowed with a tall and trim figure, and a winsome face, the dancer caps these advantages with an expressional felicity which is rare. - Leela Venkatraman.

Sunanda was brilliantly shaped as Kalyani, sharpened and tempered capable of stirring the soul of the elite audience. Thunderous applause after each of her episode confirms this observation. Sunanda lifted her curse clan up by her powerful dramatic traits, free and natural movements and expression as if she was born to be a Kalyani. - Mr.Dinesh, Arts and Crafts.

Sunanda's mobile face is extremely communicative without recourse to any exaggeration in abhinaya. I particularly appreciated the contro in the final scene when a grief stricken Kannagi curses that Madurai be burnt. - Leela Venkatraman.

Sunanda Nair playing Kalyani, is expression personified - with superb sbhinaya throughout. Where Kalyani relates the mornings happenings and her desires to her mother, teaches many lessons in abhinaya. Kalyani's anguish is palpable. - Arati Kumar, Society.

Kanak could not have discovered a better artiste than Sunanda Nair to live in the role of Kalyani. She was proclaimed the star of the show by the audience. - M.R.Dinesh, Indian Arts and World Crafts