Vazhenkada Vijayan
Vazhenkada Vijayan is a senior Kathakali exponent and a retired principal of Kerala Kalamandalam, the performing art institute where he was trained in the classical dance-drama from Kerala in southern India.[1]
Life
A son and disciple of Kathakali artiste Padma Shri Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair, Vijayan is noted for his roles in the categories of the "Virtuous Pachcha", the anti-heroic Kathi and the semi-realistic minukku roles.[citation needed]
Vijayan won the Central Sangeet Natak Academy 2012 award for Kathakali.[2]
A native of Vazhenkada in Malappuram district, he now lives in the Kathakali village of Vellinezhi in Palakkad district. His wife's name is Rajalakshmi.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Vasudevan, Vinu (27 October 2006). "Tales from the Ramayana". The Hindu. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
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Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Winners of Kerala
- Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar
- K. V. Narayanaswamy
- Neyyattinkara Vasudevan
- Trichur V. Ramachandran
- B. Sasikumar
- Guruvayur Dorai
- Palghat Mani Iyer
- Palghat R. Raghu
- T. V. Gopalakrishnan
- Champakulam Pachu Pillai
- Chenganoor Raman Pillai
- Guru Gopinath
- Guru Kunchu Kurup
- Kalamandalam Gopi
- Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair
- Kalamandalam Rajan
- Kavungal Chathunni Panicker
- Kottakkal Chandrasekharan
- Kottakkal Sivaraman
- Madambi Subramanian Namboodiri
- Madavoor Vasudevan Nair
- Mankompu Sivasankara Pillai
- Nelliyode Vasudevan Namboodiri
- Padmanabhan Nair
- Ramankutty Nair
- Sadanam Krishnankutty
- Sadanam P. V. Balakrishnan
- Vasu Pisharody
- Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair
- Vazhenkada Vijayan
- Kalamandalam Kuttan Asan
- M. P. S. Namboodiri
- Ramachandran Unnithan
- Thonnakkal Peethambaran
- Varanasi Vishnu Namboothiri
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