KALAMANDALAM KESAVAN
PASSES AWAY
Renowned percussionist, actor and author Kalamandalam Kesavan died at 5.30 p.m on Saturday, 25 th April 2009. he was 73. A “ Chenda’ artist, prolific writer with more than 40 works to his credit. An actor with quite a number of appearances in films and television serials, Kesavan had been active in the cultural scene till his last. He won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi award for his collection of poems Thenthulli
( Honey Drops).
He was born in 1936 at peringottu inponnani, Kesavan was initiated in to the world of’ Chenda’
He joined the Kerala Kalamandalam in 1954. Krishnan kutty poduval was the first to give an aesthetic angle to percussion used in Kathakali and took it to the foreground. Kesavan was progressive in his out look and could look beyond the limitations of a classical art like Kathakali. This was precisely why he could think of preparing attakatha from varied sources.
Kesavan is survived by wife and three children. His body kept at the Changampuzha park Edappally, for the public to pay homage. Personalities from various sections of life came to offer tributes to the departed artist.
Prof John Kurakar
PASSES AWAY
Renowned percussionist, actor and author Kalamandalam Kesavan died at 5.30 p.m on Saturday, 25 th April 2009. he was 73. A “ Chenda’ artist, prolific writer with more than 40 works to his credit. An actor with quite a number of appearances in films and television serials, Kesavan had been active in the cultural scene till his last. He won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi award for his collection of poems Thenthulli
( Honey Drops).
He was born in 1936 at peringottu inponnani, Kesavan was initiated in to the world of’ Chenda’
He joined the Kerala Kalamandalam in 1954. Krishnan kutty poduval was the first to give an aesthetic angle to percussion used in Kathakali and took it to the foreground. Kesavan was progressive in his out look and could look beyond the limitations of a classical art like Kathakali. This was precisely why he could think of preparing attakatha from varied sources.
Kesavan is survived by wife and three children. His body kept at the Changampuzha park Edappally, for the public to pay homage. Personalities from various sections of life came to offer tributes to the departed artist.
Prof John Kurakar
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