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Pattikkamthodi Ravunni Menon (1880–1948) was a pivotal figure in the history of Kathakali, having played a crucial role in remoulding and refining its grammar in the famed Kalluvazhi tradition of the classical dance-drama from Kerala in south India. [1]
Kathakali is different from a similar-sounding Kathak, though both are Indian classical dance traditions of "story play" wherein the stories have been traditionally derived from the Hindu epics and the Puranas. Kathak is an ancient performance art that emerged in North India, with roots in traveling bards retelling mythical and spiritual ...
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, Kerala state kathakali award, Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi award Tonnakkal Peethambaran is a Kathakali exponent from Kerala , India . He has been honored with several noted awards including the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award 2003, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 2011 and Kerala State Kathakali Award 2014.
Subhadraharanam (The Abduction of Subhadra) is a Kathakali play authored by Manthredathu Nambudiripad in Malayalam. Based on the Mahabharata , it narrates the episodes surrounding Subhadra's elopement and marriage with the Pandava prince Arjuna with the help of her brother Krishna in the absence of their older brother Balabhadra( Balarama ) . [ 1 ]
Banayudham (Bana's Battle) is an Aattakatha (Kathakali play) written by Balakavi Rama Shasthri. It used to be a popular play in the southern (thekkan) style of Kathakali. [1] The Asura king Bana, son of Mahabali, has a thousand arms. His daughter Usha falls in love with Aniruddha, the grandson of Krishna.
Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair (1916–2007) was a Kathakali artist from Kerala, India. [1] Endowed and equipped with a life profile that also showed him to several traditional Indian performing arts other than Kathakali, his stage presentation infused a fresh breath into the four-century-old art form, thanks also to his broad and deep view about the Puranas (Indian mythology) that spurred from a ...
Unnayi Warrier was a poet, writer, scholar, and dramatist who lived in Thiruvananthapuram, India during the 17th/18th century. He is best known for his chef-d'oeuvre Nalacharitham aattakatha and is known to have made significant contributions to the art of Kathakali, the classical dance-drama form of Kerala.
Keechakavadham (The Slaying of Keechaka) is a Kathakali play authored by Irayimman Thampi [1] in Malayalam.Based on the Mahabharatha, it narrates an episode from the thirteenth year of exile of the Pandava princes, during which they stay in disguise at the palace of the King of Virata. [2]