A budding star cast for live Carnatic music and Bharatanatyam, maybe? (10,4)
I believe the answer is:
performing arts
'live carnatic music and bharatanatyam maybe?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'a budding star cast' is the wordplay.
'a' becomes 'per' (eg 'one a day' means 'one per day').
'budding' becomes 'forming' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'cast' indicates anagramming the letters (letters are dispersed or cast around).
'star' is an anagram of 'arts'.
'per'+'forming'+'arts'='PERFORMING ARTS'
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for performing arts that I've seen before include "the field of dancers and musicians" , "field of activity?" , "Music and drama" , "stage shows, say" , "Stage and screen" .)