Gurusmarana 2019- Kutiyattam Festival at Irinjalakkuda, Kerala


Date:  01 - 08 July 2019
Venue : Madhava Natya Bhoomi, Ammannur Gurukulam, Irinjalakkuda, Thrissur Dt, Kerala, (India).


Ammannur Kuttan Chakyar as Vidhooshakan


Artistes Margi Sajeev Narayanan Chakyar as Vidushakan (left) Margi Raman Chakyar as Samvaranan ;
File photo by Welcome kerala Magazine

‘Gurusmarana 2019’ , the Kutiyattam festival dedicated in memory of the legendary Kutiyattam artiste Guru Ammannur Madhava Chakyar  is organised by Ammannur Chachu Chakyar Smaraka Gurukulam, Irinjalakkuda (Thrissur,Kerala) and will be conducted from 01 to 08 July 2019 at Madhava Natya Bhoomi, Ammannur Gurukulam, Irinjalakuda. This year, the 8-day long 11th Kutiyattam festival titled  'Kulasekhara Vidooshaka Natyolsavam' focuses on the character ‘Vidushaka’ in different plays, mainly from Kulasekhara’s Subhadra Dhananjayam and Thapathisamvaranam, the ancient texts of dramas.  The Kutiyattam festival will be inaugurated by Dr Dharmarajan Adatt, vice Chancellor of Sree Sankaracharya Sanskrit University, on 01 July 2019.
The program schedule of Kutiyattam/Nangiarkoothu performances is given. 

01 July (Monday) :
05.00 pm - Panchamizhavu Keli (percussion orchestra with Mizhavu)
Inaugural Session
Followed by Nangiarkoothu by Kapila Venu.
Story : Kamsavadham, from Sreekrishnacharitham.




02 July (Tuesday):
06.00 pm - Kutiyattam
Story : Thapathisamvaranam Onnam Ankam.
Actor (character): Ammannur Rajaneesh Chakyar (Samvaranan), Margi Madhu Chakyar (Vidushakan).

03 July (Wednesday):
06.00 pm - Kutiyattam
Story: Thapathisamvaranam Onnam Ankam.
Actor (character): Sooraj Nambiar (Samvaranan), Ammannur Kuttan Chakyar (Vidushakan).

Artistes Suraj Nambiar (left) and Saritha Krishnakumar.
04 July (Thursday):
06.00 pm: Kutiyattam
Story / Scenes:  Thapathisamvaranam Randam Ankam (Peaveshakam).
Actor (character): Usha Nangiar (Menaka), Kapila Venu (Rambha).

05 July (Friday):
06.00 pm -Kutiyattam
Story : Thapathisamvaranam Randam Ankam (Nirvahanam).
Actor (character): Ammannur Rajaneesh Chakyar (Samvaranan).

06 July (Saturday):
06.30 pm - Kutiyattam
Story: Thapathisamvaranam Randan Ankam.
Actor (character):  Sooraj Nambiar, (Samvaranan), Ammannur Rajaneesh Chakyar (Vidushakan).

07 July (Sunday):
10.00 am: Seminar.
Subject : Vidooshaka in Kulasekhara plays – specialities and possibilities
Paper Presentation by Dr K G Paulose on the topic ‘Acting possibilities of Vyangyavyakhya in contemporaneity’.
Paper Presentation by Dr C K Jayanthi on ‘Female characters in Kulasekhara Plays’.
05.00 pm: Talk by Ammannur Rajaneesh Chakyar on ‘Kulasekhara Plays- From text to Performance’,  
followed by Kutiyattam performance.
Story : Subhadra Dhananjayam Randam Ankam (Vishkambham).
Actors (character) - Sooraj Nambiar (Kanjukeeyan), Dr Aparna Nangiar (Kalpalathika).

08 July (Monday):
06.00 pm: Kutiyattam.
Story : Subhadra Dhananjayam Randam Ankam
Actors (character): Margi Raman Chakyar (Arjunan), Margi Sajeev Narayana Chakyar (Vidushakan), Kapila Venu (Subhadra), Dr Aparna Nangiar (Kalpalathika). Bhageeradhi Prasanth (Shalpathika), Sooraj Nambiar (Kanjukeeyan).

Supporting artists:
Mizhavu: Kalamandalam Rajeev, Kalamandalam A.N. Hariharan, Kalamandalam Narayanan Nambiar, Kalamandalam Ravi Kumar, Kalamandalam Jayaraj, Kalamandalam Vineesh, Kalamandalam Vijay and Kalamandalam Rahul.
Edakka: Kalanilayam Unnikrishnan, Moorkkanad Dinesh Warrier, Kalanilayam Kaladharan.
Thalam: Aparna Nangiar, Saritha Krishnakumar, Kapila Venu, Bhagirathi Prasanth, Athira, Anitha, Sruthi, Athulya, Anjana, Gopika.
Chamayam (make up): Kalanilayam Haridas.
Aniyara (stage support): Krishnadev, Sankaran, Tharun.


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