Appunni Tharakan

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Nambiarath Appunni Tharakan
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Appunni Tharakan
Born (1928-08-03) August 3, 1928 (age 96)
Kothachira, Kerala, British India
NationalityIndian
Occupation Kathakali makeup artist
SpouseParvathy
Children3
Parent(s)Kunjan Tharakan
Kutty Pennamma

Nambiarath Appunni Tharakan is a Kathakali artist from Kerala, India. He work as Uduthukettal (Make up, dressing and costume of Kathakali performer) expert at aniyara (behind the curtains) of Kathakali. He received several awards including Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award, Kerala Kalamandalam Award for Best Kathakali Aniyara Artist and Kerala Kalamandalam Mukundaraja Award.

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Biography

Nambiarath Appunni Tharakan was born on August 3, 1928, at Mangod near Cherpulassery in present-day Palakkad district, to Kunjan Tharakan and Kutty Pennamma. [1] He dropped out his education halfway and went to the Vazhengada temple to earn a living. [2] He learned the Uduthukettal from well known Kathakali artist Pambath Sankaran, also known as Kollankode Sankaran, the husband of her sister Kunjimalu Amma. [1] He started his career at the Olappamanna Mana at the age of fourteen. [1] He began working independently at the age of eighteen. [2]

He became a permanent employee of the Kerala Kalamandalam at the age of 50 and retired in 1984. [1] He got a job as Aniyarakkaran (behind the curtain artist) in Kalamandalam with the help of poet Olappamanna Subramanian Namboodiripad who was the president of Kalamandalam that time. [3] Until then, the post of Aniyarakkaran was not in the Kalamandalam. [3] He was also main Aniyara artist of the Kottayam PSV Natyasangham, the Iringalakuda Unnai Warrier Memorial Kalanilayam and the Perur Sadanam Kathakali Academy. [1] Since the inception of the Kerala State School Kalothsavam in 1953, Appunni Tharakan has been preparing school children for 55 consecutive years. [3] [4]

Personal life

He and his wife Parvathy have 3 children. [3]

Awards and recognitions

Family

He and his wife Parvathy have four children, Unnikrishnan, Sivaraman, Mohanan and late Sankaranarayanan. [3] Sivaraman is a teacher at the Kerala Kalamandalam. [2] His youngest son Mohanan is an Uduthorukkal artist. [2]

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