S M Raju is the co-founder of Navarasa Dance Theater, a contemporary dance company headed by renowned dancer and choreographer Dr. Aparna Sindhoor and Anil Natyaveda. For over fifteen years, he has written and directed various dance theater works that have been showcased in various venues and festivals all over the world including the Lincoln Center, Teesri Duniya Theater, Montreal, and Amol Palekar's Theater Festival, Pune.