Krishnaprasadam- two day celebrations to honour Chenda percussionists Kalamandalam Krishnadas and Kottakkal Prasad
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| Cover page of the official brochure of the event 'Krishnaprasadam. |
Date: 19- 20 Oct 2019
Venue: Pazhayakavu temple ground, Pallassana, Palakkad
district, Kerala.
The event titled ‘Krishnaprasadam is to honour the
experienced artists Kalamandalam Krishnadas and Kottakkal Prasad with
‘Veerashrumkhala’. Both these artists, Chenda
percussionists specialized in Kathakali, are from the lineage of the legendary
percussionist Kalamandalam Pallassana Chandramannadiyar; Kottakkal Prasad is
his son and Kalamandalam Krishnadas, his nephew. Around 300 artists from across Kerala are
participating in the two day event. The celebration include performances of
traditional orchestras – Thayambaka, Keli, Panchaari Melam etc. and Kathakali. The detailed schedule of performances is given.
19 Oct 2019
8.45am- lighting the lamp
9.15am- Ashtapathi by Eloor Biju
10.00am- Introductory meeting and commemorative speech
11.00am- Pancha-thyambaka
Artists: Kallur Ramankutty Marar, Porur Unnikrishnan,
Kalpathi Balakrishnan, Kallur Unnikrishnan and Chirakkal Nidheesh.
2.00pm- Panchaari Melam
Artists:
Chenda- Padmasri Peruvanam Kuttan Marar, Peruvanam
Satheesan Marar, Pazhuvil Raghu, Chovallur Mohana Varrier, Kalamandalam
Sivadasan, Kalamandalam AsokanKalamandalam Kesavankutty and others.
Veekkan Chenda- Peruvanam Gopalakrishnan, Cherussery
Ramadas, Vattekkattu Pradeep, Kallekulangara Gokul, Pallassana Raju and others.
Elathalam- Pallassana Hari, Pallassana Manikandan,
Kallekulangara Gireesh, Pallassana Prasad, Puthukkode Sunil and others.
Kombu- Kummath Ramankutty Nair, Cherppu Unnikrishnan,
Pazhambalakkode Manikandan, Kavassery Arun, Pallassana Kannan and others.
Kurumkuzhal- Vellappaya Nandanan, Urakam Anilkumar,
Ayiloor Krishnadas, Chittilancherry Mahesh, Thiruvappara Sivaprasad and others.
4.00pm- Kanyarkali
Presented by Pazhayakavu Kanyarkali sangham, Pallassana
6.00pm- Bharathanatyam by Paris Lakshmi.
8.00pm- Kathakali
Story 1: Kuchelavrutham
Artists: Nelliyodu Vasudevan Nambuthiri (as Kuchelan),
Padmasri Kalamandalam Gopi (Krishnan), Margi Vijayakumar (Rugmini).
Story 2: Subhadraharanam
Artists: Sadanam Krishnankutty (as Balabhadrar),
Kottakkal Kesavan Kundalayar (Krishnan).
Story 3: Nalacharitham Randam Divasam
Artists: Kalamandalam Ramachandran Unnithan (as
Kattalan), Vellinezhi Haridas (Damayanthi).
Story 4: Baalivijayam
Artists: Kalamandalam Sreekumar (as Ravanan), Mathoor
Govindankutty (Naradan).
Story 5: Duryodhanavadham
Artists: Kalamandalam Krishnakumar (as Duryodhanan in part
1), Kalamandalam Ravikumar (Dussasanan in part1), Margi Suresh (Sakuni),
Kalamandalam Venkitaraman (Darmaputhrar), Kalamandalam Chambakkara vijayakumar
(Paanchali in part 1), Kottakkal Sabareesh (Kutty Bheeman), Sadanam Bhasi
(Krishnan), Kalamandalam Jishnu Ravi (Paanchali in Part 2), Kalamandalam Margi
Balasubrahmanian (Duryodhanan in part 2), Kalamandalam Hari R nair (Dussasanan
in Part 2), Kottakkal Sudheesh (Mumukshu), Kalamandalam Vaikom Prasanth (Roudra
Bheeman).
Singers: Kalamandalam Mohanakrishnan, Pathiyur
Sankarankutty, Kottakkal Madhu, Kalamandalam Babu Nambuthiri, Kalamandalam
Sajeev, Kalamandalam Jayaprakash, Kalamandalam Hareesh, Kalamandalam Vinod,
Sadanam Shivadas, Kalamandalam Ajesh Prabhakar, Sadanam Jyothish Babu,
Kalamandalam Vishnu, Kalamandalam Krishnakumar.
Chenda percussionists: Kurur Vasudevan Nambuthiri,
Kalamandalam Unnikrishnan, Kalamandalam Vijayakrishnan, Margi Venu,
Kalamandalam Balasundaran, Kalamandalam Nandakumar, Thrippunithura Gopikrishnan
Thamburan, Sadanam Ramakrishnan, Kidangoor Rajesh, Kalanilayam
Ratheesh,Kalanilayam Krishnakumar, Kalamandalam Venumohan, Kalamandalam
Ravisankar, Kalamandalam Sreehari.
Madhalam percussionists: Kalamandalam Sankara Varrier,
Kalamandalam Margi Raveendran, Kalamandalam Achutha Varrier, Margi Ratnakaran,
Kottakkal rameshan, Kalamandalam Rajnarayanan, Kalamandalam Venu, Kalamandalam
Aneesh, Sadanam Shivajith.
Chutty: Margi Ravi, Kalanilayam Padmanabhan, Kalanilayam
Saji, Kalanilayam Devadasan, Kalanilayam Rajeev, Eroor Manoj.
20 Oct 2019
09.30am- Keli
Artists: Kalamandalam Manjeri Haridas, Kalamandalam
Sankaranarayanan, Vellinezhi Anand, Kottakkal Vijayaraghavan (Chenda percussionists),
Cherpulassery Shivan, Sadanam Bharatharajan, kalamandalam Hariharan,
Eswaramangalam Vivek (Madhalam), Pallassana Saju, Pallassana Satheesh,
Pallassana Gokul (Valanthala Chenda), Angadippuram Rajasekharan, Pallavoor
Ramesh, Mambad Rajesh, Pallassana Nidheesh (Elathalam).
11.00am- Friendly meet
02.00pm- Kathakalipada Kacheri
Artists for Kacheri 1: Deepa Palanad, Meera Ram Mohan
(Vocal), Kalamandalam Devarajan (Chenda), Kalamandalam Sudheesh (Madhalam),
Kalamandalam Nidhin Krishna (Edakka),
Artists for Kacheri 2: Kottakkal P D Nambuthiri, Kalamandalam Balachandran (Vocal),
Kalamandalam Irinjalakkuda Shivadas (Chenda), Sadanam Jayarajan (Madhalam),
kalamandalam Sreeraj (Edakka).
04.00pm- Thrithayambaka
Artists: Padmasri Mattannur Sankarankutty Marar,
Mattannur Sreekanth and Mattannur Sreeraj
06.00pm- Ceremonial meeting to honour the veteran artists
Kalamandalam Krishnadas and Kottakkal Prasad.
08.30pm- Kathakali
Purappadu- Melappadam ( 8 mudi)
Artists: Arya Parappur, Harsha Surendran, Sharanya
Premdas, Narmada Vasudevan, Gopika Ramesh, Nandana Thekkumbad, Suptha
attupuram, Nanditha Krishna (vesham), Kottakkal narayanan, Nedumpalli Ram Mohan
(Singers), Kalamandalam Krishnadas, Kottakkal Prasad, Panamanna Sashi,
Kalamandalam Udayan Nambuthiri (chenda), Kottakkal Ravi, Kalamandalam
Prakashan, Kalanilayam Manoj, Kalamandalam Varavoor Haridas (Madhalam)
Story 1: Karnasapadham
Artists: Kalamandalam Balasubrahmanian (As Karnan) and
Kalamandalam Rajasekharan (Kunthi).
Story 2: Lavanasuravadham
Artists: Kottakkal Nandakumaran Nair (As Hanuman),
Kalamandalam Pradeep (Kusan), Kalamandalam Shanmughadas (Lavan), Oyur
Ramachandran (Seeta). Kalanilayam Unnikrishnan, Palanad Divakaran, Athippatta
Ravi, Kalanilayam Rajeev (Singers), Kalamandalam Raman Nambuthiri, Ayamkudi
Unnikrishnan, Kalamandalam Sreekanth Varma (Chenda percussionists),
kalamandalam Narayanan Nair, Thiruvalla Jayasankar, Kalamandalam Sreekumar
(Madhalam), Kalamandalam Sivaraman, Kalamandalam Balan, Kalamandalam
Satheeshan, Kalamandalam Sudheesh (Chutty).
Story 3: Sampoorna Ramayanam (Panchavadi onwards)
Attakkatha by C A Varrier and presented by Kottakkal PSV
Natyasangam.
Artists: Kottakkal A Unnikrishnan (as Sreeraman),
Kottakkal C M Unnikrishnan (Lakshmanan and also as Indrajith), Kottakkal Pradeep
(Seeta), Kottakkal Raju Mohan (Lalitha and also as Viswamithran), Kottakkal
Hareeswaran (Soorpanakha and also as Jatayu and Prahasthan), Kottakkal Sudheer
(Ravanan), Kottakkal Manoj (Yathi), Kottakkal Muraleedharan (Sugreevan),
Kottakkal Devadas (Bali and also as Vasishtan), Kottakkal Balanarayanan (Thara
and also as Mandothari), Kottakkal Amal Krishna (Angadan and also as Rakshasa),
Kottakkal Haridasan (Hanuman), Soorya Krishna, Sreeyesh (Rakshasanmar),
Kottakkal Sunilkumar (Vibheeshanan), Kottakkal Harikumar (Bharathan), Kottakkal
Krishnadas (Sathrugnan), Kottakkal Narayanan, Kottakkal Madhu, Kottakkal
Santhoshkumar, Kottakkal Vineesh, Kottakkal Vishnu Narayanan (Singers),
Kottakkal Prasad, Kottakkal Vijayaraghavan, Maneesh Ramanathan, Nithinkumar, Ashwin
(chenda percussionists), Kottakkal Ravi, Kottakkal Radhakrishnan, Kottakkal
Pratheesh, Kottakkal Harisankar (Madhalam percussionists), Kottakkal Satheesh,
Kottakkal Ravikumar, Vishnu S Nambiar (Chutty/make up).
For info:
Mahesh P V, Gen Convenor, Mob: 8086493978
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