1.) Is Kuchipudi a folk or a classical style of dance?
2.) What is the difference between Kuchipudi and Yakshagana?
3.) What is the literal meaning of the word 'Yakshagana'?
4.) Is there a relation between Yakshagana of Karnataka and of Andhra Pradesh?
5.) What is Ramanatakam?
6.) What are the difference between Kuchipudi and Melattur (Melattur Bhagavata Mela)?
7.) How old is the Kuchipudi style?
8.) How old are the plays? How old is the music?
9.) Are there different types / styles of Kuchipudi (village/town/different regions)?
10.) What are the characteristic differences between the dance position and movements of kuchipudi and Bharata Natyam?
11.) Are there also similarities?
12.) What are the difference and similarities between Kuchipudi music and classical Carnatic music (ragas, talas, musical forms)?
13.) What about male and female roles?
14.) What about the repertoire?
15.) What are the changes oradditions the Guru has made in Kuchipudi performances?
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