Kathakali Festival at Thrissur

Kathakali Club Thrissur will conduct Kathakali Festival with the financial assistance of Cultural Ministry, Govt of India on 13 March 2016 from 10.00 am to 10.00 pm at ThekkaMadhom Lakshmi Kalyana Mandapam, Thrissur, Kerala (India). The event will have seminar, cholliyattam (acting practice) and Kathakali performances.

Eminent personalities like Kalamandalam Rammohan and Venu G participate in the seminar. The seminar titled  Aaharyathinte Prasakthiyum Pradhanyavum that begins at 10.00 am discuss the importance of costuming and makeup of different characters in Kathakali. Cholliyattam (acting practice) and the performance of Kathakali are then staged in the afternoon (from 2.00 pm). The three stories staged on this day are Kalyanasougandhikam, DuryodhanaVadham and PrahladaCharitham. This is a golden opportunity to see all the different types of costuming in Kathakali including the rare character Narasimham. The Kathakali is presented by the performers from the renowned kathakali school PSV Natyasangam, Kottakkal.

Kathakali Performance

The details of the Kathakali performance.
Stories: Kalyanasougandhikam, DuryodhanaVadham and PrahladaCharitham
Presented by: PSV Natysangam, Kottakkal

1. Story: Kalyanasougandhikam
Written by: Kottayathu Thamburan
Characters: Bheemasenan, Panchali, Hanuman
Actors: Kottakkal Kesavan Kundalayar (Bheemasenan), Kottakkal RajuMohan (Panchali), Kottakkal
Haridasan (Hanuman)

2. Story: DuryodhanaVadham
Written by: Vayaskkara Aryan Mooss
Characters: Sakuni, Duryodhanan, Dussasanan, Dharmaputhrar, Bheeman, Arjunan, Nakulan, Sahadevan, Panchali, Sreekrishnan, Dritharashtrar, Mumukshu, RaudraBheeman
Actors: Kottakkal Sudheer (Duryodhanan), Kottakkal Hareeswaran (Dussasanan), Kottakkal
Harikumar (Dharmaputhrar), Kottakkal Krishnadas (Bhemman), Kottakkal Harikrishnan (Arjunan), Kottakkal Sajeeshkumar (Nakulan), Kottakkal Sooryakrishna (Sahadevan), Kottakkal Balanarayanan (Sakuni), Kottakkal Pradeep (Panchali), Kottakkal C M Unnikrishnan (Sreekrishnan), Kottakkal Krishnadas (Dritharashtrar), Kottakkal Balanarayanan (Mumukshu), A Unnikrishnan (Raudrabheeman).

3. Story: PrahladaCharitham
Written by: Madavur Mudavana Kelu Aasan
Characters : Hiranyakasipu, Prahladan, Sukran, Balakanmar, Santhamarkanmar, Kolayalikal, Narasimham
Actors: Kottakkal Muralidharan (Hiranyakasipu), Kottakkal Sunilkumar (Sukran), Kottakkal Manoj (Prahladan),Kottakkal Harikrishnan, Kottakkal, Sooryakrishna, Kottakkal Sajeeshkumar (Balakanmar), Kottakkal Pradeep, Kottakkal Balanarayanan (Santhamarkanmar), Kottakkal Krishnadas, Kottakkal Harikrishnan (Kolayalikal), Kottakkal Devadas (Narasimham)

Music:-

Song (Vocal): Kottakkal Narayanan, Kottakkal Madhu, Kottakkal Santhoshkumar, Kottakkal Vineesh.
Chenda (Percussion): Kottakkal Prasadkumar, Kottakkal Vijayaraghavan, Kottakkal Maneesh Ramanathan
Maddalam (Percussion): Kottakkal Raveendran, Kottakkal Radhakrishnan, Kottakkal Mahesh
Chutti (Makeup): Kottakkal Satheesh, Kottakkal Anilkumar, Kottakkal Devadas
Backstage: Kottakkal Vasu, Kottakkal Ramakrishnan, Kottakkal Unnikrishnan, Kottakkal Ramachandran, Kottakkal Anoop.