KOCHI: With his chiselled touch, he brings characters to life using pieces of wood. Karikkakom Thrivikraman owns a degree in Ivory and Wood Carving from the College of Fine Arts, Thiruvananthapuram.

In the hierarchy of characters in Kathakali, negative characters or those with grey shades, chuvanna thaadi and karutha thaadi, (characters with red beard and black beard) are considered lower to ...

Kathakali has remained predominantly a man’s world. Attempts by women to break the walls have been met with resistance. However, few would deny the strength, resilience and passion women have shown ...

University of Kerala’s senior professor Dr. B. Hariharan speaks about expressive storytelling Mysore/Mysuru: Kathakali, Kerala’s world-renowned classical dance-drama with a history spanning over 400 ...

Ganga Kottarakkara is one of the very few kathakali artists to perform both male and female characters in the art form. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kottarakkara Thampuran is considered the founder of ...

Organised by Tripunithura Kathakali Kendra as part of its monthly programme, Kamsa Janardhanam took the audience through the helplessness of Kamsa’s father Ugrasen, who was imprisoned by his own son; ...

The acclaimed artist reflects on Kathakali’s traditions, evolving storytelling, visual grandeur, and the growing interest among younger generations in this classical dance-drama Renjish Nair, an ...

She recently fashioned a performance combining the art forms with artistes Athira Shanker and Eloor Biju We have seen Sasikala Nedungadi both on the big screen in movies like Prathi Poovankozhi and on ...

Once a thriving mode of story-telling, Kathakali, one of the most recognized dance forms from India has been reduced to a tourist gimmick that exists merely to adorn colourful tourist brochures. Most ...

It was a day of mourning: a leading light in the cultural arena, veteran singer Kalim Sharafi, had passed away earlier. But the show must go on, that is the way of the world. As a finale to a recent ...