Kathakali

September 30, 2023

Kottakkal Gopi Nair, the multifaceted Kathakali performer, passes away

Kottakkal Gopi, Gopi asan to friends disciples and loved ones, devoted his entire life to Kathakali and spent five decades as a student, actor and principal at the PSV Natyasangham Kottakkal, one of the major centres of Classical Kathakali training in the country.

September 16, 2023
Five Malayalis among 84 artistes to be conferred Sangeet Natak Akademi Amrit Awards

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar will present the awards on Saturday.
August 07, 2023
25-year-old Kathakali artiste collapses, dies during temple performance

Raghunath Mahipal, 25, was performing the dance drama at the Maruthorvattom Dhanwantari Temple on Sunday night when he suddenly felt uneasy and collapsed.
May 08, 2023
Kerala Minister Bindu plays Mahabharata’s Damayanti as she performs Kathakali after 3 decades

Bindu played Damayanti in the one-and-half-hour performance of “Nalacharitham”, a classic text in Kathakali written by Unnayi Warrier.
June 04, 2022
Kathakali legend Kalamandalam Gopi’s grandchild Malavika debuts as Krishna

Malavika, who followed the family tradition of enacting ‘pacha’ (virtuous) mythological characters in Kathakali, is the daughter of Raghurajan, a bank official who is the son of Gopi and Kalamandalam Sreekala, a teacher in music.
March 15, 2021
Kathakali maestro Chemancheri Kunhiraman Nair, 105, passes away

A proponent of Kathakali's northern style of Kalladikkodan, Chemancheri was active on stages for about nine decades.
February 17, 2021
At 64, Narayanan Namboothiri realises his dream with maiden Kathakali performance

Narayanan Namboothiri, a temple priest, of Puliyannoor near Pala in Kerala's Kottayam district performed at the Mahadeva Temple at Ettumanoor on Tuesday.

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Kottakkal Gopi Nair, the multifaceted Kathakali performer, passes away

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Five Malayalis among 84 artistes to be conferred Sangeet Natak Akademi Amrit Awards

25-year-old Kathakali artiste collapses, dies during temple performance

Kerala Minister Bindu plays Mahabharata’s Damayanti as she performs Kathakali after 3 decades

Kathakali legend Kalamandalam Gopi’s grandchild Malavika debuts as Krishna

Kathakali maestro Chemancheri Kunhiraman Nair, 105, passes away

At 64, Narayanan Namboothiri realises his dream with maiden Kathakali performance

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