Sadanam P. V. Balakrishnan

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A portrait of Shri Sadanam P.V. Balakrishnan who will be presented with the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Kathakali Dance by the President Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam in New Delhi on October 26, 2004.jpg
Sadanam P. V. Balakrishnan
Born1944 (age 79–80)
Taliparamba, Malabar district, British India
NationalityIndian
OccupationKathakali exponent
Parent(s)A. V. Krishnan, Umayamma

Sadanam Puthiya Veettil Balakrishnan popularly known as Sadanam Balakrishnan is an exponent of Kathakali, a form of Indian classical dance, from Kerala, India. He has received several notable awards, including the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2003, Kerala state Kathakali award in 2020, and Kerala Kalamandalam fellowship in 2017. Balakrishnan taught Kathakali at the International Center for Kathakali in Delhi from 1974 to 2006 and became the Principal of Perur Gandhi Seva Sadanam in 1980. He has written four books.

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Biography

Puthiya Veettil Balakrishnan was born in 1944 in Taliparamba, Kannur district to A. V. Krishnan and Umayamma. [1] [2] He first studied Kathakali from Kondiveettil Narayanan Nair and later studied at Gandhi Sevasadanam Kathakali Academy under Thekkinkatil Rammuni Nair and Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair for ten years with a Central Government Scholarship. [3] He is specialized in the Kalluvazhi style of Kathakali performance. [4] He joined as a teacher in Kathakali at the International Center for Kathakali in Delhi in 1974, took charge as its Principal and Chief Artiste in 1980 and retired in 2006. [4] After the retirement of Keezpadam Kumaran Nair in 1980, he became the Principal of Perur Gandhi Seva Sadanam. [2] He proved his mettle in all disciplines of Kathakali including acting, choreography, direction and teaching. [5]

Balakrishnan has also written four books. Among the published books, Kathakali (Balakrishnan, Sadanam (2004). Kathakali. Wisdom Tree. ISBN   978-81-86685-13-6.) is part of a series on the six classical Indian dances, published by Wisdom Tree and another Kathakali: A Practitioner’s Perspective was published by Poorna Publications. [1] Two books are about to publish soon. One is a compilation of 14 Aattakatha texts and other is about his Guru Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair. [3]

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