Vazhenkada Vijayan

Vazhenkada Vijayan

Vazhenkada Vijayan is a senior Kathakali exponent and a retired principal of Kerala Kalamandalam, the performing art institute where he was trained in the classical dance-drama from Kerala in southern India. [http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/10/27/stories/2006102700770200.htm]

A son of late Kathakali artiste Padma Shri Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair, Vijayan is noted for his roles in the categories of the virtuous pachcha, the anti-heroic Kathi and the semi-realistic minukku roles. He figures as Duryodhanan in the storyplay Uttaraswayamvaram on a VCD that has been brought out by the cultural forum called the Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair Memorial Trust.

Vijayan is also a noted scholar on Kathakali, thus more known as a teacher than a performer.

A native of Vazhenkada in Malappuram district, he now lives in the Kathakali village of Vellinezhi in Palakkad district.


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