Golden Jubilee Kutiyattam festival at Kerala Kalamandalam

5-day long Kutiyattam, the Sanskrit theatre, festival in connection with the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the establishment of Kutiyattam department at Kerala Kalamandalam deemed university, Cheruthuruthy will be conducted from 24 to 28 Sept 2015. The inception of Kutiyattam department by Painkulam Ramachakyar (Late) was a revolutionary step in the field of Kutiyattam. With the efforts of Painkulam Ramachakyar and Padmashree P K Narayanan Nambiar, the maestros in Kutiyattam, the Sanskrit theatre flourished crossing the conservative boundaries of traditional kutiyattam. The 5-day commemorative Kutiyattam festival include performances of Kutiyattam, Nangiarkoothu, Prabandhakoothu etc. and academic sessions like debate/ discussions, seminars etc.

The schedule:
Venue: Koothambalam, Kerala Kerala Kalamandalam deemed university, Cheruthuruthy, Thrissur Dt, Kerala (India).

24 Sept (Thursday):

09.30 am: Kutiyattam (Story: BaaliVadham)

Scenes: Introducing the character ' Sreeraman'

Presented by: Kalamandalam Midhun

Mizhavu (Percussion) : Rahul T S , Krishnadas, Sudarsan

11.00 am: Nangiarkoothu

Presented by: Kalamandalam Sajitha

Mizhavu: Kalamandalam Dhanarajan, Kalamandalam Sajith Vijayan, Ajith P Krishna

02.00 pm: Paper Presentation by Kalamandalam Unnikrishnan Nambiar

04.15 pm: Inaugural Session

06.30 pm: Kutiyattam (Story: BaaliVadham)

Scenes: Introducing the character ' Sreeraman'

Presented by: Kalamandalam Ramith

Mizhavu: Kalamandalam Vibin , Vijay, Rahul T S

25 Sept (Friday):

09.00 am: Padakam (Solo performance)

Presented by: Kalamandalam Vijay

10.30 am: Nangiarkoothu

Presented by: Kalamandalam Neethu

Mizhavu: Sivaprasad, Vivek, Krishnadas

02.00 pm: Seminar

04.30 pm: PrabadhaKoothu (Solo performance)

Presented by: Kalamandalam Painkulam Narayana Chakyar

Mizhavu: Vipin

06.30 pm: Kutiyattam (Story: BaaliVadham)

Scenes: Introduction of charcter 'Sugreevan'

Presented by: Kalamandalam Manjunath
Mizhavu: Vijay, Rahul, Sudarsan

26 Sept (Saturday):

10.00 am: Nangiarkoothu

Presented by: Kalamandalam Vijitha

Mizhavu: Shyamjith, Vivek, Krishnadas

11.30 am: Padakam (Solo performance)

Presented by: Edanad Ramachandran Nambiar

02.00 pm: PrabadhaKoothu (Solo performance)

Presented by: Pothiyil Narayana Chakyar

Mizhavu: Sivaprasad

04.00 pm: Seminar

06.30 pm: Kutiyattam (Story: BaaliVadham)

Scenes: Introduction of charcter 'Sugreevan'

Presented by: Kalamandalam Jishnu Prathap

Mizhavu: Kalamandalam Sajith Vijayan, Abijosh

27 Sept 2015 (Sunday):

09.30 am: Nangiarkoothu by Kalamandalam Krishnendu

Mizhavu- Kalamandalam Dhanarajan, Kalamandalam Sajith Vijayan, Vijay

11.00 am: Seminar

02.00 pm: Debate/Discussion

04.30 pm: Mizhavu Melam (Orchestration with Mizhavu) by Kalamandalam Vivek & team

6.30 pm: Kutiyattam

Story- Baali Vadham  (story of Baali & Sugreeva from the Epic Ramayan)

Artists(Character) : Kalamandalam Jishnu Prathap (Sugreevan), Kalamandalam Manjunath (Hanuman),  Kalamandalam Midhun (Lakshmanan), Kalamandalam Ramith (Sreeraman), Kalamandalam Sangeeth  Chakyar (Baali), Kalamandalam Nila (Thara) and  Kalamandalam Achuthanandan, Kalamandalam Dhanarajan, Kalamandalam Sajith Vijayan, Sivaprasad, Rahul T S, Vijay (all percussionists-Mizhavu).

28 Sept 2015 (Monday):

10.00 am- debate/discussions

02.00 pm- Memorial Speech dedicated to Kidangoor Ramachakyar aka Kuttappa Chakyar

04.30 pm- Meeting of concluding session & inauguration of the one year- action plan of Jubilee celebrations

06.30 pm-Kutiyattam

Story: Soorppanakhangam (Story of Soorppanakha, Sister of Ravana from the Epic Ramayan)

Artists (Character): Padmashree Kalamandalam Shivan Nambuthiri (Sreeraman), Margi Sathi (Seetha),

Kalamandalam Girijadevi (Lalitha), Kalamandalam Ramith (Lakshmanan), Kalamandalam Rama Chakyar (Soorppanakha) and Kalamandalam Eswaranunni, Kalamandalam Achuthanandan, Kalamandalam Rajeev, Kalamandalam A N Hariharan, Kalamandalam Dhanarajan, Kalamandalam Sajith Vijayan (all percussionists-Mizhavu)

Edakka (Percussion) - Kalamandalam Sreekumar, Kalamandalam Aneesh, Kalamandalam Venu Mohan, Kalamandalam Ravishankar, Kalamandalam Nithin Krishna, Kalamandalam Sreeraj, Kalamandalam Jinesh, Kalamandalam Sudheesh, Kalamandalam Sarath, Kalamandalam Abhinand

Thalam (Cymbals) - Kalamandalam Prasanna, Kalamandalam Krishnendu, Kalamandalam Sajitha, Kalamandalam Neethu, Kalamandalam Haritha, Kalamandalam Nila, Kalamandalam Aswathi, Kalamandalam Jayalakshmi, Kalamandalam Darshana

Chutty (Make-up) - Kalamandalam Shivaraman, Kalamandalam Balan, Kalamandalam Shivadasan, KalamandalamSukumaran, Kalamandalam Nikhil, Kalamandalam Satheesh, Kalamandalam Vyshak, Kalamandalam Rahul, Kalamandalam Shibu

Stage Support- Balakrishnan, Arun, Manesh, Rameshkumar