Sivaraman
Sivaraman may refer to: * Athippatta Sivaraman, better known as A. S. Nair, a painter, illustrator and cartoonist from Kerala, India * Sivaraman Cheriyanad (1941–2019), Malayalam-language writer from Kerala, India * Kottakkal Sivaraman (1936–2010), revolutionised the portrayal of female roles in classical dance-drama from Kerala in southern India * S. Sivaraman, Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu * Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman (born 1935), Indian mridangam player See also * Savaran (other) * Sivaram (other) {{surname ...
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Kottakkal Sivaraman
Kottakkal Sivaraman (9 Jan 1936 – 19 July 2010) was a performing artiste who revolutionised the portrayal of female roles in Kathakali, the classical dance-drama from Kerala in southern India. Career Kathakali, being a largely masculine dance form with an all-male presence (at least till the end of the first half of the 20th century), tended to give female roles a secondary status. This is despite some of its classical stories having dense and slow-paced songs (padams) set for female characters like Tripura Sundari, Lalitha (in Kirmeeravadham, Bakavadham) or Urvashi (in Kalakeyavadham) besides characters like Damayanti (Nalacharitam) or Mohini (Rugmangadacharitam) or Draupadi, Sairandhri (or Malini in Keechakavadham) which demanded fertile imagination and an insight about their profile for brighter enactment. The 1936-born Sivaraman, a disciple of his uncle-guru Padma Shri Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair at the PSV Natyasangham in Kottakkal in north-central Kerala's Malappuram district ...
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