Kalamandalam Gopi is one of the most famous kathakali artistes in Kerala, India, celebrated for his seminal contributions to the aesthetics and popularity of the classical dance-drama across the world. With a happy blend of the solid body grammar of the highly stylised Kalluvazhi tradition in which he was groomed and the more flexible, pa.....
Kottakkal Sivaraman is an acclaimed performing artiste who revolutionalised the portrayal of female roles in Kathakali, the classical dance-drama from Kerala in southern India. He did have a forerunner in that mission in the form of the late Kudamaloor Karunakaran Nair, but Sivaraman indisputably took stree vesham (female roles) to hither.....
Kalamandalam Ramankutty Nair is one of the most senior performers of Kathakali, having been a grand and sober presence on the classical art form's stage for an incredibly long span of over seven decades. More than the longevity, it is the poise and precision of his body movements that enable him to stand out as a master craftsman of the h.....
