Kalamandalam kesavan biography definition

Kalamandalam Kesavan is an Indian actor, playwright and Kathakali Percussionist. He became famous for working in the Malayalam film industry from the s to s. Kalamandalam has penned more than forty short plays and poems for Kathakali. Pisharadi Award. Kesavan was first trained in percussion by his uncle, Neettiyath Govindan Nair.

Later, he was trained by the prominent percussion practitioners like Thiruvillwamala Venkinchan Swami and Moothamana Kesavan Namboodiri, who polished his skills in percussion. But the turning point in his career happened in when he enrolled at the Kerala Kalamandalam in Thissur, under the Kathakali masters, Appunni and Krishnankutty Poduval.

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Kalamandalam also worked as a professor at the FACT Kathakali School for three decades, where he became popular as a percussionist and established himself as a writer and Kathakali playwright. He also wrote a series of poems for children. After this, he was spotted by filmmaker, Aravindan, who offered him to do a role in the film, Oridathu.

At 65, he started acting in some films and television serials, where he played pivotal roles and became a popular face in the Malayalam film industry. He made his film debut in the year through G.