Navtej Singh Johar of Chandigarh is a rare example of a dancer who has combined traditional Bharatanatyam with refreshing touches of modernity. . . On this occasion, Johar literally took the audience on an aesthetic journey.

Chaganty, The New Indian Express, Hyderabad, April 7, 2000

As a dancer, Navtej found a lyricism, that takes on an inner search and allows one to disconnect from the ordinary. Meenakshi Memudam Dehi is almost like a lengthy leisurely lullaby. His dance takes the audience into the mediative sphere. This is where the artist makes the cohesion between Sufi thought and Hindu philosophy. . . At a leisurely pace, the dancer developed the number truly as a work of art.

Pratima Sagar, The Hindu, Hyderabad, 14 April/15 May 2000

For those who love to venture out to the uncharted shores of contemporary dancing, here was something that one is going to remember for a long time.

Shukla Dasgupta, Newstime, Hyderabad, 7th April, 2000

That crossing boundaries of given categories should come naturally to a performer who in the ultimate sense has no gender, was illustrated by Navtej Singh Johar in his leisurely and savoured Bharatanatyam interpretation. . . a totally involved and intnese interpretation.

There were a lot of theatrics involved and Navtej not only uses his facial muscles, but the body in its entirety to communicate nuances of the abstract theme that he has opted to dabble with.

Suresh Krishnamoorthy, The Hindu, 3rd April, 2000