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A budding star cast for live Carnatic music and Bharatanatyam, maybe? (10,4)

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I believe the answer is:

performing arts

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'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" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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