ORMA 2019- Kathakali Festival at Karalmanna (Palakkad district), Kerala

Date: 19-21 July 2019
Venue: Vazhengada Kunju Nair Smaraka Trust, Karalmanna, Near Cherpulassery, Palakkad district, Kerala (India).

Orma2019 is organized by by Vazhengada Kunju Nair Smaraka Trust in memory of the Kathakali maestro late Kottakkal Sivaraman. Lectures, Cholliyattam, Kathakali performances are the highlights of the three day event. The focus of the festival is Kathakali plays- Keechakavadham, Utharaswayamvaram and Dakshayagam written by Irayimman Thambi (1782-1856). The festival and workshop is organized with the support of Kerala Sahithya Akademi and Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi, both headquartered at Thrissur. The schedule of programme is given.

19 July 2019 (Friday)- 
09.30am- ceremonial start & inaugural meet
10.30am-Lecture by Prof G Dileepkumar
11.30am- Cholliyattam by Kalamandalam Balasubrahmanian
12.30pm- Lecture by Prof A G Oleina
01.30pm- Kathakali performance 
Story: Keechakavadham
Artists: Kalamandalam Neeraj (as Viradan), Kalamandalam Shibi Chakravarthy (Kungan), Sadanam Vipin Chandran (Valalan), Kalamandalam Adithyan (bruhannala), Kalamandalam Praveen (Damagrandhi), Kalamandalam Arunraju (Thandripalan), Kottakkal Balanarayanan (Sudeshna), Kalamandalam Oyur Ramachandran (sairandri), Kottakkal Devadas (Mallan), Kalamandalam Pradeep (Valalan in second role).
05.30pm- Kottakkal Sivaraman commemorative meet & presentation of Awards
07.00pm- Kathakali performance
Story : Keechakavadham (continuation of the earlier session of Kathakali)
Artists: Kalamandalam Krishnakumar (as Keechakan), Margi Vijayakumar (sairandri), Kottakkal Balanarayanan (Sudeshna), Sadanam Vipin Chandran (Valalan), Kottakkal Krishnadas (Madolkkadan), Kalamandalam Sibi Chakravarthy (Upa Keechakan), Kalamandalam Sreeraman (Bheeru).
Supporting Artists: Kottakkal Madhu, Sadanam Shivadas, Kalamandalam Ajesh Prabhakar, Kalamandalam Krishnakumar, Abhijith Varrier (Singers), Kalamandalam Krishnadas, Sadanam Ramakrishnan, Kalanilayam Udayan Nambuthiri (Chenda percussionists), Kalamandalam Rajnarayanan, Kalamandalam Aneesh, Kalamandalam Sreejith (Madhalam percussionists), Kalanilayam Padmanabhan, Kalanilayam Sudheesh (Chutty/make up).

20 July 2019 (Saturday)-
10.00am- lecture by Dr. P Venugopalan
11.00am- Lecture demonstration on Mohiniyattam by Dr. Kalamandalam Rachitha Ravi
12.30pm- Lecture by K C Narayanan
02.00pm- Kathakali Performance 
Story: Utharaswayamvaram
Artists: Kottakkal Kesavan Kundalayar (As Duryodhanan), Kottakkal Pradeep (Bhanumathi), Sadanam Sadanandan (Dhoothan), Kalamandalam Ashik (Karnan and also as Viradan), Kalamandalam Ajeesh (Bheeshmar), Kalamandalam Hari R nair (Thrigarthan), Kalamandalam Vipin (Valalan),
05.30pm- Lecture by Dr. Manoj Kuroor
06.30pm- Kathakali performance  
Story: Utharaswayamvaram (continuation of the earlier session of Kathakali)
Artists: Sadanam Bhasi (as Utharan), Kalamandalam Adithyan (Utharaathni), Kalamandalam Arun Raju (Utharapathni and also as Uthara), Kalamandalam Ashik, Kalamandalam Ajeesh (Pashupalakar), Peesappilli Rajeevan (Bruhannala), Vellinezhi Haridas (Sairandri), Kalamandalam Sreeraman (Hanuman), Kottakkal Harikumar (Duryodhanan), Kottakkal Shijith (Karnan and also as Abhimanyu), Kottakkal Pradeep (Bheeshmar), Kalamandalam Kesavan Nambuthiri (Kripar), Kalamandalam Shyamdas (Sreekrishnan).
Supporting Artists: Kalamandalam Jayaprakash, Kalanilayam Rajeevan, Kottakkal Vengeri Narayanan, Kalamandalam Vishnu (Singers), Kalamandalam Unnikrishnan, Kottakkal Prasad, Kalamandalam Venu Mohan, Sadanam Jithin (Chenda Percussionists), Kottakkal Radhakrishnan, Kalamandalam Venu, Biju Attupuram, Sadanam Krishnaprasad (Madhalam percussionists), Kalamandalam Sivaraman, Kalanilayan Devadas, Kalanilayan Satheesh Kumar (Chutty/make up).

21 July 2019 (Sunday)- 
09.30am- Classical Music Concert by Meera Ram Mohan (Vocal), Suresh Nambuthiri (Violin), Kallekkulangara Unnikrishnan (Mridangam).
11.00am- Cholliyattam by Kalamandalam Balasubrahmanian
12.30pm- Lecture by Prof M M Narayanan
02.00pm- Kathakali performance
Story: Dakshayagam
Artists: Kalamandalam Manoj (As Dakshan), Kalamandalam Praveen (Vedavalli),
05.30pm- Valedictory function
06.30pm- Kathakali performance 
Story: Dakshayagam (continuation of the earlier session of Kathakali).
Artists: Kalamandalam Shivadas (as Sathi), Kalamandalam Arun Raju (Vridha Brahmanan and also as Pooja Brahmanan), Kalamandalam Shanmughadas (Dakshan), Kalamandalam Shyamdas (Indran and also as Shivabhootham), Kalamandalam Vipin (Nandikeswaran and also as Pooja Brahmanan), Kottakkal Shijith (Dhadeechi), Kalamandalam Neeraj (Veerabhadran), Kalamandalam Ananthu (Bhadrakali), Kalamandalam Praveen (Pooja brahmanan), Kalamandalam Ashik (Shivabhootham). Supporting Artists: Kalamandalam Babu Nambuthiri, Nedumpalli Ram Mohan, Sadanam Jyothish Babu, Sreerag Varma (Singers), Kalamandalam Balasundaran, Kottakkal Vijayaraghavan, Kalamandalam Sudheesh (Chenda percussionists), Sadanam Bharatharajan, Kalamandalam Hariharan, Kalamandalam Sudheesh Paloor (Madhalam Percussionists), Kalamandalam Ravikumar, Kalamandalam Sreejith, Kalamandalam Vyshak (Chutty/make up).
Costumes & stage support: Manjuthara Mangod.

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