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Kalamandalam Pradeep and Peesappilly Rajeevan during rehearsal of Old Man and the Sea. On the right is director Neeraj. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Ernest Hemingway’s Nobel Prize-winning The Old Man and the Sea will soon get a Kathakali version Shakespearean plays and, more recently, the Spanish classic Don Quixote by Cervantes, have been adapted…
Kalamandalam Rajasekharan performing Chintha Vishtayaya Sita. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement As the drums beat and the cymbals clashed, coloured curtains trembled in the lamplight. It was a different kind of Kathakali like no other. ‘Chintha Vishtayaya Sita’, one of the famous poems of poet Kumaranasan, choreographed by Kalamandalam Rajasekharan, appeared as the second solo…
Kalamandalam Krishnakumar | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement When Kalamandalam Krishnakumar joined Kalakshetra in Chennai as a teacher, the young Kathakali artiste had to unlearn a few things to meet the institution’s requirement as a part-time Bharatanatyam dancer. This exposure came in handy when Krishnakumar next got posted at his alma mater in Cheruthuruthy, not far…
The paintings of Kalamandalam Gopi by Mopasang Valath | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT When, in early 2024, Kathakali maestro Kalamandalam Gopi or Gopi Ashan, as he is fondly called, was approached for a project for the Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) that would showcase him, the 87-year-old was enthusiastic about it. The project entailed capturing,…
