Browsing: 2018-Utsavam

Nangiarkoothu is a women only theatre that closely follows the contours of Koodiyattam. In Nangiarkoothu, a single female actor narrates,…

First half of nineteenth century was the golden age not just for Kathakali, it was the time when music and…

Unnayi Warrier stands tall among the Kathakali playwrights. His magnum opus, Nalacharitam is the closest a Kathakali play comes to…

Like most classical art forms of India, Kathakali too owes much to the Bhakti movement in its origin and evolution.…

Kathakali adapted the Koodiyattam tradition of putting the onus of romance on the anti-hero. Romantic interludes (Pathinja Padam) set to…

This play traces its origin to the genesis of Kathakali, when the King of Kottarakkara penned eight plays based on…