With every conceivable sporting activity speedily shuffled up into a corporatised league for maximum milking, it’s unsurprising that the annual boat race on the Punnamada lake in...
Photograph by PTI
Kerala artists perform during Taj Mahotsav 2018 at back site of Taj Mahal in Agra.
PTI Photo
Artists pose near vintage cars at the 8th edition of the 21 Gun Salute International Vintage Car rally in Gurugram.
PTI Photo
New Window
Contemporary concerns have prompted young Kathakali artistes to take a fresh view of their art
Photographs by Naveen Rudran, Raghu Ganesh, C.M. Shyamkumar
Students dressed as Kadakali to participate in a procession as part of Kerala State School Youth Festival, in Kannur.
PTI Photo
Pallipuram Sunil and Paris Laxmi perform jugalbandhi Kathakali and Bharatnatyam at a program, in Kochi.
PTI Photo
Kathakali dance artists put on make-up backstage before a performance in Hyderabad. Kathakali is a highly stylized classical dance which originated in Kerala during the 17th centur...
AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.
A Kathakali performance in Kochi
Amit Dixit
In this March 1photo, a Kathakali from Kerala performs at a Kerala tourism promotion event in Calcutta.
AP Photo/Bikas Das
Legendary Kathakali artiste KOTTAKKAL SIVARAMAN, 74. In the hitherto all-male dance form, he was the ace at essaying the feminine. His best: the Damayanti to Kalamandalam Gopi’s ...
Focus group
Young Kathakali dancers 'train' their eyes at a school for classical arts in Kochi, 1996
What would Madavoor Vasudevan Nair have performed had he not died on stage that night? A look at the Kathakali master’s singing of a raga vis-à-vis a pertinent kriti by a Carnatic composer.
Last month, noted Ottanthullal exponent Kalamandalam Geethanandan had collapsed and died while performing at a temple in nearby Irinjalakkuda in Thrissur.
If it’s easy to hail an artiste for his all-roundish skills, it may be even more interesting to locate the reasons behind them. An overview of top Kathakali artiste Sadanam Krishnankutty, who celebrates his 60th year of career tomorrow: